Fansided

Every NFL team’s biggest villain ever

By Sravan Gannavarapu

Denver Broncos tight end Shannon Sharpe answers questions at Media Day on January 26, 1999, at Pro Player Stadium in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Allen Kee/Getty Images)
Denver Broncos tight end Shannon Sharpe answers questions at Media Day on January 26, 1999, at Pro Player Stadium in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Allen Kee/Getty Images) /
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Dallas Cowboys linebacker Thomas “Hollywood” Henderson (56) during the Cowboys 35-31 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XIII on January 21, 1979 at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Ross Lewis/Getty Images)
Dallas Cowboys linebacker Thomas “Hollywood” Henderson (56) during the Cowboys 35-31 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XIII on January 21, 1979 at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Ross Lewis/Getty Images) /

Dallas Cowboys: LB Thomas “Hollywood” Henderson

You don’t get called “Hollywood” unless you are a character. For as military-like as Tom Landry’s teams were in the 1970s, Henderson was an exception and often ran his mouth almost as much as he ran hard on the football field. Henderson would say whatever he wanted, and more often than not, he backed it up.

Henderson came out of Langston University in 1975 and spent most of his early years on special teams. In 1977, Henderson became a starter at linebacker and stayed there for the rest of his career. His best-known trash talk was directed at the Pittsburgh Steelers, a key ingredient in the Cowboys-Steelers rivalry. Henderson may not have been the greatest player in Cowboy history, but he may have been the greatest instigator.

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