15 Facts About Sherrill Headrick

Sherrill Headrick was an American professional football player.

Sherrill Headrick played college football at Texas Christian University, playing offensive guard.

Sherrill Headrick then spent one year playing in the Canadian Football League.

Sherrill Headrick played linebacker and went on to star for the team while they were the Texans and when they became the Kansas City Chiefs.

Sherrill Headrick learned of the fracture five days later, but went on to play the following week, earning the nickname "Psycho".

Sherrill Headrick played with a broken neck, infected gums, and a fractured thumb.

Sherrill Headrick was such a wild man, people didn't realize he was such a student of the game.

Teams would come out in different formations, and Sherrill Headrick knew exactly where the ball was going to go.

Sherrill Headrick was a Sporting News All-AFL first-team selection in 1960,1961 and 1962, when the Texans won the longest game ever played and defeated the two-time defending champion Houston Oilers in the double-overtime AFL Championship game.

In 1967, the Chiefs drafted linebackers Willie Lanier and Jim Lynch and let Sherrill Headrick go to the Cincinnati Bengals in the 1968 expansion draft.

Sherrill Headrick finished his AFL career with the Cincinnati Bengals in 1968, the expansion Bengals' first season.

Sherrill Headrick earned the rank of Diamond Life Master awarded by the American Contract Bridge League.

Sherrill Headrick began collecting disability from the NFL at age 45.

Sherrill Headrick used a wheelchair for the last 10 years of his life.

Sherrill Headrick died on September 10,2008, after a long battle with cancer at the age of 71.