Fans attend the Oakalnd Athletics’ Rickey Henderson’s celebration of life at the Oakland Arena in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025. Henderson, the greatest Oakland A’s player of all time, ...

Rickey Henderson was celebrated by former teammates, executives, friends and fans at the arena next to the Oakland Coliseum where he played for so many years and, later, had a field named for him.

He would have been 66 on Christmas Day. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) Related Articles Oakland Athletics | Fans say goodbye to Rickey Henderson in Oakland, where his No. 1 fan wished she could ...

Rickey Nelson Henley Henderson was born in Chicago in the back seat of an Oldsmobile before his mother could get to the hospital. He often joked of his arrival that Christmas Day in 1958 that, “I was ...

“When they talk about it takes a village to raise a kid, I'm thankful for Rickey and Dave and everybody else who raised me.” Henderson died Dec. 20 at age 65 shortly before his Christmas ...

The nomad Athletics finally appear to be doing something right. On Wednesday, the franchise announced it will be wearing a ...

Henderson, the greatest Oakland A’s player of all time, died at age 65. He would have been 66 on Christmas Day. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) “Rickey made his teammates better, made his ...

"When they talk about it takes a village to raise a kid, I'm thankful for Rickey and Dave and everybody else who raised me." Henderson died Dec. 20 at age 65, shortly before his Christmas birthday.