Paul Henderson (basketball)
Paul Henderson (born Mai 23, 1956) is a retired American-French professional basketball player.
Career
Henderson, a 6’7 (2.01 m) forward,[1] played college basketball at Butte College and won Two-time California small schools Junior College Player of the Year honors.[2] In 1976, he transferred to the University of Southern California.[3] Seeing action in 26 games of the 1976–77 season, Henderson averaged 11.8 points and 7 rebounds per contest for USC.[1]
He played for
George Fisher at Orthez, Henderson won the European competition FIBA Korać Cup in 1984, scoring 20 points in the championship game against Red Star Belgrade,[4] as well as the French national championship in 1986 and in 1987.[5] With an average of 27.2 points per contest, Henderson was the leading scorer of the French league in the 1980–81 campaign.[6] He left Orthez as the leading scorer in club history.[7]
After his retirement, Henderson served as an assistant coach at Pau-Orthez until 2012.[8] He is married to a French woman and was granted French nationality.[9]
References
- ^ a b "Paul Henderson College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
- ^ "Desert Sun 30 April 1976 — California Digital Newspaper Collection". cdnc.ucr.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
- ^ "Transfer Athletes". www.butte.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
- ^ "Korac Cup 1983–84". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
- ^ "Le site des archives du basket pro francais". www.basketarchives.fr. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
- ^ "Bilan saison 1980–1981". www.basketarchives.fr. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
- ^ "Paul Henderson, fidèle à Orthez depuis 40 ans". larepubliquedespyrenees.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020-08-04.
- ^ "L'Elan Béarnais doit verser 37 500 euros à Paul Henderson". France 3 Nouvelle-Aquitaine (in French). Retrieved 2020-08-04.
- ^ "L'appel aux dons de l'ancien Palois Paul Henderson pour sa famille californienne". Basket Europe (in French). 2018-11-13. Retrieved 2020-08-04.