Youth hockey coach Neal Henderson, co-founder of the Fort Dupont Ice Hockey Club, the oldest minority hockey club in North America, has been named an inductee to the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame.
Henderson is one of five members of the Class of 2019, which will celebrate its induction Dec. 12 at the Marriott Marquis in the District.
Henderson, 82, moved to the area in the 1960s and established Fort Dupont in 1978 as a way to grow the sport in the region and teach inner-city youth life lessons through hockey.
He coached the club’s youth team, the Cannons, and still works with the club today.