Mac Henderson

He died on 5 March 2009 at the age of 101 as the longest-lived Test player in rugby union history.

On the occasion of his 100th birthday in 2007, Scottish Rugby held a lunch in honour of Henderson at Murrayfield Stadium. He was the first of Scotland's international players to become a centenarian.

In 1963, they opened a vegetarian restaurant, Henderson's in Hanover Street in the centre of Edinburgh, "which has long since established itself as an institution in the city."

In 1962, Henderson and his wife opened a farm shop in Edinburgh as an outlet for their produce.

He was capped three times by Scotland, all in 1933. Scotland won all 3 matches and secured the Triple Crown.

He played for Edinburgh District in their inter-city match against Glasgow District on 3 December 1932. Edinburgh won the match 15 - 3.

Henderson met Janet Millar, while playing tennis at a friend's home at Gullane. Millar was an architect's daughter and in 1932 the couple married in a society wedding in Troon. His wife had been told she could not have children, but she believed that a healthy, vegetarian diet would make her fertile. The couple went on to have seven children; five sons named Andrew, John, Peter, Nicholas and Oliver; two daughters, Sara and Catherine. At his death Henderson had 14 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

James McLaren Henderson (1 May 1907 – 5 March 2009), better known as Mac Henderson was a Scotland international rugby union player and then businessman, founding one of Edinburgh's most famous restaurants, Henderson's.

Henderson was born in 1907 in Elphinstone, near Tranent and attended Edinburgh Academy. On leaving school her played for Dunbar but he then moved to Edinburgh where he played for Edinburgh Academicals.