Sherrill Headrick
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| Sherrill Headrick | |
|---|---|
| Date of birth | March 13, 1937 |
| Place of birth |  Waco, Texas |
| Position(s) | LB |
| College | Texas Christian |
| AFL Draft | 1960 / Round : Free Agent |
| Jersey Number | 69 |
| Career highlights | |
| TSN All-AFL | 1960, 1961, 1962 |
| AFL All-Star | 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966 |
| Honors | AFL Champion, 1962 and 1966 Chiefs WOF, 1993 |
| Stats | |
| Statistics | |
| Teams | |
| 1960-1962 1963-1967 1968 |
AFL Dallas Texans AFL Kansas City Chiefs AFL Cincinnati Bengals |
Sherrill Headrick (born March 13, 1937 in Waco, Texas) was an American college and professional football player from Texas Christian University.
In 1960, Headrick came to the American Football League's Dallas Texans as an undrafted linebacker. He went on to star for the Texans and the Kansas City Chiefs.
In his first year with the Texans, Headrick set the standard for playing hurt, after fracturing a vertebra in his neck in a pre-game collision at Houston. Despite feeling pain in his neck, he played the entire game. He learned of the fracture five days later, but went on to play the following week, earning the nickname "Psycho", a reputation he fueled by banging his head against his locker and working himself up to the point of nausea before games. In his book "The American Football League - A Year-by-Year History, 1960-1969" Ed Gruver quotes Texans/Chiefs coach Hank Stram as saying that Headrick, who refused to wear hip pads, had the highest pain threshold [he'd] ever seen in an athlete. Headrick paid with a broken neck, infected gums, and a fractured thumb. When an injury left the bone in his finger protrding from the skin, Headrick popped the bones in place without missing a play.
He was a Sporting News AFL All-League 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. He was an AFL Western Division All-Star in 1965 and in 1966, when the Chiefs won the franchise's second AFL title, and played in the first AFL-NFL Worls Championship game. He finished his career with the Cincinnati Bengals in 1968.
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