Billy Hendry
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| Full name | William Harold Hendry | ||||||||
| Date of birth | June 1869 | ||||||||
| Place of birth | Newport-on-Tay, Scotland | ||||||||
| Date of death | 4 May 1901 | ||||||||
| Place of death | Kidderminster, England | ||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9.5 in (1.77 m) | ||||||||
| Playing position | Defender | ||||||||
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| Dunblane Thistle | |||||||||
| Dundee Wanderers | |||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||
| 1888 | West Bromwich Albion | 18 | (4) | ||||||
| 1889 | Kidderminster Harriers | ||||||||
| 1889 | Stoke | 16 | (1) | ||||||
| 1890–1891 | Preston North End | 15 | (0) | ||||||
| 1891–1895 | Sheffield United | 109 | (4) | ||||||
| 1895 | Dundee | ||||||||
| 1896 | Bury | 8 | (1) | ||||||
| 1898–1899 | Brighton United | ||||||||
| 1899–1901 | Shrewsbury Town | ||||||||
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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William Harold 'Billy' Hendry (June 1869 – 4 May 1901) was a Scottish footballer who played as a defender. Born in Newport-on-Tay he played in the Football League for Bury, Preston North End, Sheffield United, Stoke and West Bromwich Albion.
After leaving school, Hendry, a talented forward, played for Dunblane Thistle and then Dundee Wanderers, usually at outside right, but he was soon to play football in England. There was no professional football at the time in Scotland, so those players with talents to sell crossed the border. Hendry had an ability to skilfully dribble the ball, a technique not used in the traditional English game in the 1880s.
In 1888, Hendry found himself playing for West Bromwich Albion in the first Football League season. Hendry, now playing as a centre forward was restless in his time with the Baggies, and in April 1889 he joined Stoke. While at Stoke Hendry was mainly used as a left-back and played 16 times scoring once. In January 1890 he joined Preston North End, who had just become Football League champions for a second time.
In January 1891, Charles Stokes, the Chairman of Sheffield United’s football committee went to Preston and returned with the signatures of three Preston players in the hope of improving United's professionalism. The players he signed were Jack Drummond, Sammy Dobson and Billy Hendry.
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