George E. Henderson (August 23, 1894 – January 1978), nicknamed "Rube", was an American

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in the 1920s. A native of Wilson County, Virginia, Henderson made his Negro leagues debut in 1921 for the

Chicago Giants The Chicago Giants were a professional baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois which played in the Negro leagues from 1910 to 1921. History The team was founded by Frank Leland after he and his partner, Rube Foster, split up the Leland Gi ...

Detroit Stars The Detroit Stars were an American baseball team in the Negro leagues and played at historic Mack Park. The Stars had winning seasons every year but two, but were never able to secure any championships. Among their best players was Baseball Hall ...

, and

Cleveland Tate Stars The Cleveland Tate Stars were a Negro league baseball team from 1919 through 1923. They played as an independent (non-affiliated) team from 1919 through 1921, and joined the Negro National League in 1922. In their only season as a full-fledged l ...

. He went on to play two more seasons with Cleveland through 1923. Henderson died in

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in 1978 at age 83.

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