Henderson left an indelible mark on the city of Oakland, where he grew up and thrived as the best player to wear an Oakland A's uniform.

Henderson wasn’t just one of the greatest to play baseball — as he once acknowledged about himself. He was certifiably cool, radiating with the swagger Oaklanders see in themselves and

Rickey Henderson, a prolific lead-off hitter for the Oakland Athletics in the 1980s and 90s who became baseball's all-time stolen bases leader, dies at 65.