John Henderson (hurler)

John Henderson, born on 14 October 1957 in Johnstown, County Kilkenny, is an Irish retired hurler who played as a corner-back and full-back for the Kilkenny and Wicklow senior teams. He first played competitive hurling at Coláiste Mhuire, joined the Kilkenny minor team at sixteen and later the under-21 side, and made his senior debut in the 1979 championship. Immediately a regular, he won three All-Ireland medals, six Leinster medals and four National Hurling League medals and was an All-Ireland runner-up twice. He won one Railway Cup medal with Leinster and a championship medal with Fenians, and also won a championship medal with Glenealy. His brothers Pat and Ger won eight All-Ireland medals between them with Kilkenny, and he made 34 championship appearances before retiring after the 1991 championship. He later managed the Wicklow senior team and the Dublin under-21 team and worked as an analyst on the Sunday Game.