Thomas Henderson

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Tom Henderson (Labour politician)

Thomas Henderson (1867 – 28 January 1960) was a Scottish Labour Co-operative politician.

Henderson was born in Burntisland, Fife. He was apprenticed as a cabinet maker at the age of 11, but was later to work in the Clydeside and Belfast shipyards.

After nearly thirty years in Belfast, he moved to Glasgow where he was elected to the city council in 1919 as an Independent Labour Party councillor.

At the 1922 general election he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow Tradeston, becoming the first Co-operative MP in Scotland. He served on the executive of the National Co-operative Party. With the formation of the First Labour Government he was given the post of Comptroller of the Household and government whip for Scotland.

There was a large swing against Labour at the 1931 election, and Henderson lost his seat. He was appointed a Commander of the British Empire in the same year. He regained the seat at the 1935 general election, and held it until 1945, when he retired.

Tom Henderson (basketball)

Thomas Edward Henderson (born January 26, 1952) is an American former professional basketball player born in Newberry, South Carolina.

A tough-minded 6'4" guard from the University of Hawaii, Henderson was selected by the Atlanta Hawks in the first round of the 1974 National Basketball Association Draft. He went on to have a productive nine-year (1974–1983) professional career, playing for the Hawks, the Washington Bullets, and the Houston Rockets. Henderson accumulated 6,088 career points and 3,136 career assists, and he reached the NBA Finals three times, winning with the Bullets in 1978.

Since retiring from basketball, Henderson has worked as an administrator at a Houston-area juvenile facility.

While still an amateur as a college student, Henderson was on the United States basketball team at the 1972 Summer Olympics and was part of the controversial 1972 Olympic Men's Basketball Final.

Henderson and the rest of the team have never accepted the silver medal.

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