International Career
He made his debut for Scotland on 20 October 1962, against Wales in a 3-2 victory for Scotland, in which he scored the winning goal. He also scored in his second game for Scotland in a 5-1 victory over Northern Ireland. He went on to gain a further 27 caps and score three more goals, a total of 29 caps and five goals. His last game for Scotland was on April 21, 1971, in a 2-0 defeat by Portugal. Henderson remains one of the youngest players to represent Scotland at 18 years and 269 days. In an interview with the Scotland on Sunday newspaper in April 2006, Henderson admitted that Scotland's failure to qualify for the 1966 and 1970 World Cups was a great disappointment to him as Scotland at that time had one of the best teams in Europe. "I can't believe that we had so many players who were genuine world class yet we didn't reach the best-ever finals of the biggest tournament of them all," said Henderson. He also represented the Scottish League XI.
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