English badminton player Badminton player Marje Henderson Personal information Country| England Born| Third quarter 1905 Portsmouth Died| 2000 (aged 95) Kathleen Marjorie Henderson (née Bell), known as Marje (1905-2000) was an English international badminton player.[1] ## Badminton career[edit] Henderson born in 1905 [2] was a four times winner of the All England Open Badminton Championships. She won four consecutive women's doubles with Thelma Kingsbury from 1933-1936. The first success was in her maiden name of Bell.[3] In addition she won the Scottish Open in 1935, 1937 and 1937. After marrying James Henderson in 1933 she played under her married name.[4] ## Legacy[edit] A plaque commemorates her achievements in her home town of Portsmouth and Henderson claimed that she was the first woman in international badminton to wear shorts.[5] ## References[edit] 1. ^ "History". All England Badminton. 2. ^ "Birth". Free BMD. 3. ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian. The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 74-78. ISBN 0-85112-492-5. 4. ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 5 April 2021. 5. ^ "Honour for first badminton player to wear short shorts". The News. Archived from the original on 20 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019. * v * t * e All England Open badminton women's doubles champions * 1899: Meriel Lucas & Mary Graeme (ENG) * 1900: Meriel Lucas & Mary Graeme (ENG) * 1901: Daisy St. John & E. Moseley (ENG) * 1902: Ethel Thomson & Meriel Lucas (ENG) * 1903: Mabel Hardy & Dorothea Douglass (ENG) * 1904: Ethel Thomson & Meriel Lucas (ENG) * 1905: Ethel Thomson & Meriel Lucas (ENG) * 1906: Ethel Thomson & Meriel Lucas (ENG) * 1907: G. L. Murray & Meriel Lucas (ENG) * 1908: G. L. Murray & Meriel Lucas (ENG) * 1909: G. L. Murray & Meriel Lucas (ENG) * 1910: Muriel Bateman & Meriel Lucas (ENG) * 1911: Dorothy Cundall & Alice Gowenlock (ENG) * 1912: Dorothy Cundall & Alice Gowenlock (ENG) * 1913: Hazel Hogarth & Muriel Bateman (ENG) * 1914: Eveline Peterson & Margaret Tragett (ENG) * 1920: Lavinia Radeglia & Violet Elton (ENG) * 1921: Kathleen McKane & Margaret Stocks (ENG) * 1922: Hazel Hogarth & Margaret Tragett (ENG) * 1923: Hazel Hogarth & Margaret Tragett (ENG) * 1924: Kathleen McKane & Margaret Stocks (ENG) * 1925: Hazel Hogarth & Margaret Tragett (ENG) * 1926: Violet Elton (ENG) & A. M. Head (IRE) * 1927: Hazel Hogarth & Margaret Tragett (ENG) * 1928: Marjorie Barrett & Violet Elton (ENG) * 1929: Marjorie Barrett & Violet Elton (ENG) * 1930: Marjorie Barrett & Violet Elton (ENG) * 1931: Marian Horsley & Betty Uber (ENG) * 1932: Marjorie Barrett & Leoni Kingsbury (ENG) * 1933: Marje Henderson & Thelma Kingsbury (ENG) * 1934: Marje Henderson & Thelma Kingsbury (ENG) * 1935: Marje Henderson & Thelma Kingsbury (ENG) * 1936: Marje Henderson & Thelma Kingsbury (ENG) * 1937: Diana Doveton & Betty Uber (ENG) * 1938: Diana Doveton & Betty Uber (ENG) * 1939: Tonny Ahm & Ruth Dalsgaard (DEN) * 1947: Tonny Ahm & Kirsten Thorndahl (DEN) * 1948: Tonny Ahm & Kirsten Thorndahl (DEN) * 1949: Queenie Allen & Betty Uber (ENG) * 1950: Tonny Ahm & Kirsten Thorndahl (DEN) * 1951: Tonny Ahm & Kirsten Thorndahl (DEN) * 1952: Tonny Ahm & Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen (DEN) * 1953: Iris Cooley & June White (ENG) * 1954: Judy Devlin & Susan Devlin (USA) * 1955: Iris Cooley & June White (ENG) * 1956: Judy Devlin & Susan Devlin (USA) * 1957: Anni Hammergaard Hansen & Kirsten Thorndahl (DEN) * 1958: Margaret Varner (USA) & Heather Ward (ENG) * 1959: Iris Rogers & June Timperley (ENG) * 1960: Judy Devlin & Susan Devlin (USA) * 1961: Judy Hashman (USA) & Sue Peard (IRE) * 1962: Judy Hashman (USA) & Tonny Holst-Christensen (DEN) * 1963: Judy Hashman (USA) & Sue Peard (IRE) * 1964: Karin Jørgensen & Ulla Rasmussen (DEN) * 1965: Karin Jørgensen & Ulla Strand (DEN) * 1966: Judy Hashman (USA) & Sue Peard (IRE) * 1967: Imre Rietveld (NED) & Ulla Strand (DEN) * 1968: Retno Kustijah & Minarni (INA) * 1969: Margaret Boxall & Susan Whetnall (ENG) * 1970: Margaret Boxall & Susan Whetnall (ENG) * 1971: Noriko Takagi & Hiroe Yuki (JPN) * 1972: Machiko Aizawa & Etsuko Takanaka (JPN) * 1973: Machiko Aizawa & Etsuko Takanaka (JPN) * 1974: Margaret Beck & Gillian Gilks (ENG) * 1975: Machiko Aizawa & Etsuko Takanaka (JPN) * 1976: Gillian Gilks & Susan Whetnall (ENG) * 1977: Etsuko Toganoo & Emiko Ueno (JPN) * 1978: Mikiko Takada & Atsuko Tokuda (JPN) * 1979: Imelda Wiguno & Verawaty Wiharjo (INA) * 1980: Gillian Gilks & Nora Perry (ENG) * 1981: Nora Perry & Jane Webster (ENG) * 1982: Lin Ying & Wu Dixi (CHN) * 1983: Wu Jianqiu & Xu Rong (CHN) * 1984: Lin Ying & Wu Dixi (CHN) * 1985: Han Aiping & Li Lingwei (CHN) * 1986: Chung Myung-hee & Hwang Hye-young (KOR) * 1987: Chung Myung-hee & Hwang Hye-young (KOR) * 1988: Chung So-young & Kim Yun-ja (KOR) * 1989: Chung Myung-hee & Chung So-young (KOR) * 1990: Chung Myung-hee & Hwang Hye-young (KOR) * 1991: Chung So-young & Hwang Hye-young (KOR) * 1992: Lin Yanfen & Yao Fen (CHN) * 1993: Chung So-young & Gil Young-ah (KOR) * 1994: Chung So-young & Gil Young-ah (KOR) * 1995: Gil Young-ah & Jang Hye-ock (KOR) * 1996: Ge Fei & Gu Jun (CHN) * 1997: Ge Fei & Gu Jun (CHN) * 1998: Ge Fei & Gu Jun (CHN) * 1999: Chung Jae-hee & Ra Kyung-min (KOR) * 2000: Ge Fei & Gu Jun (CHN) * 2001: Gao Ling & Huang Sui (CHN) * 2002: Gao Ling & Huang Sui (CHN) * 2003: Gao Ling & Huang Sui (CHN) * 2004: Gao Ling & Huang Sui (CHN) * 2005: Gao Ling & Huang Sui (CHN) * 2006: Gao Ling & Huang Sui (CHN) * 2007: Wei Yili & Zhang Yawen (CHN) * 2008: Lee Hyo-jung & Lee Kyung-won (KOR) * 2009: Zhang Yawen & Zhao Tingting (CHN) * 2010: Du Jing & Yu Yang (CHN) * 2011: Wang Xiaoli & Yu Yang (CHN) * 2012: Tian Qing & Zhao Yunlei (CHN) * 2013: Wang Xiaoli & Yu Yang (CHN) * 2014: Wang Xiaoli & Yu Yang (CHN) * 2015: Bao Yixin & Tang Yuanting (CHN) * 2016: Misaki Matsutomo & Ayaka Takahashi (JPN) * 2017: Chang Ye-na & Lee So-hee (KOR) * 2018: Christinna Pedersen & Kamilla Rytter Juhl (DEN) * 2019: Chen Qingchen & Jia Yifan (CHN) * 2020: Yuki Fukushima & Sayaka Hirota (JPN) * 2021: Mayu Matsumoto & Wakana Nagahara (JPN) * 2022: Nami Matsuyama & Chiharu Shida (JPN) * 2023: Kim So-yeong & Kong Hee-yong (KOR) *[v]: View this template *[t]: Discuss this template *[e]: Edit this template