Henderson C. Gill is an English former rugby league

Rugby league

Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...

 footballer. He played for Bradford Northern

Bradford Bulls

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, Wigan

Wigan Warriors

Wigan Warriors is an English rugby league club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester. The club's first team squad competes in the engage Super League and the team are the current Challenge Cup holders as of the 27th August 2011....

 and Rochdale Hornets

Rochdale Hornets

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 in the Rugby League Premiership

Rugby League Premiership

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 and South Sydney Rabbitohs

South Sydney Rabbitohs

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 in the NSWRL competition. He played on the .

Despite a stocky build, Henderson was quick and used this to great effect scoring 145 tries for Wigan and 9 for Great Britain

Great Britain national rugby league team

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 over his career. He was also a handy goal-kicker who represented Great Britain 15 times between 1981 and 1988 and England

England national rugby league team

The England national rugby league team represent England in international rugby league football tournaments. The team has now seen a revival, having largely formed from the Great Britain team, who also represented Wales, Scotland and Ireland. The team is run under the auspices of the Rugby Football...

 once in 1981. Gill made his international debut playing for England with a try against Wales

Wales national rugby league team

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 in Cardiff

Cardiff

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 in 1981. During the 1987–88 Rugby Football League season, he played on the wing for defending champions Wigan in their 1987 World Club Challenge

1987 World Club Challenge

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 victory against the visiting Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles

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. His last test was against New Zealand

New Zealand national rugby league team

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 in 1988.

External links

• Henderson Gill Wigan Career Page on the Wigan RL Fansite.
• Henderson Gill at wiganwarriors.com
• Wigan profile
• Rugby League Project stats