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The problem with running a Hall of Fame-related website is that many of the big ones we cover all have announcements within months of each other.  The backbone of what we do is list-related, resulting in a long push to revise what we already have, specifically now with our Football and Basketball Lists.

At present, we have a minor update as we have completed the next twenty-five of the 2024 Football List, which will expand to 400, and you can comment on and vote on:

The new 301 to 325:

301. Warrick Dunn
302. Levon Kirkland
303. Roddy White
304. Lou Rymkus
305. Kyle Williams
306. Willie Galimore
307. Keith Lincoln
308. Jerry Norton
309. Bobby Walston
310. Sherrill Headrick
311. Wayne Walker
312. Ryan Kalil*
313. Julian Peterson
314. Casey Hampton
315. Vic Sears
316. Swede Youngstrom
317. Ron McDole
318. Daryl Johnston
319. Nnamdi Asomugha
320. Bob Talamini
321. Sam Madison
322. Wesley Walls
323. Gaynell Tinsley
324. Jack Ferrante
325. Bubba Baker 

*Denotes First Year of Eligibility.

Rankings are impacted annually based on your comments and votes.

Thank you all for your patience. We will soon unveil more changes to the football, basketball and hockey lists.

318. Sherrill Headrick

While playing college ball at TCU, Sherrill Headrick was not drafted by either the National Football League or the American Football League in 1960, when the American Football League was beginning operations.  Headrick was eventually signed by the Dallas Texans, where he was a First Team All-Pro in his first three seasons and a significant force on the Texans' 1962 AFL Championship team.

Headrick and the rest of the Texans relocated to Kansas City, and the now-named Chiefs remained an AFL power with Headrick a force in the defensive interior.  Headrick earned two more AFL All-Star selections (1965 & 1966), and in the latter year, he helped the Chiefs win the AFL Championship.  He would finish his career with a season with the Cincinnati Bengals in 1968.

Undrafted by both the NFL and the fledgling AFL out of TCU in 1960, Sherrill Headrick signed with Lamar Hunt's Dallas Texans and quickly became one of the fiercest defensive enforcers in professional football. Earning the nickname "Psycho" for his reckless disregard for his own body and staggering tolerance for pain, Headrick anchored the center of Hank Stram's middle defense from the very first snap in franchise history.

Headrick hit the ground running with an unprecedented three-year run of dominance to open his career. He captured First-Team All-AFL honors in each of his first three professional seasons (1960, 1961, and 1962), combining brutal tackling force with keen pre-snap diagnostic skills. His signature moment of toughness came in the 1962 AFL Championship Game, where he played through a fractured vertebra suffered early in the contest to lead Dallas to a historic 20–17 double-overtime victory over the Houston Oilers in the franchise's final game in Texas.

When the organization relocated north to become the Kansas City Chiefs in 1963, Headrick remained the defensive unit's undisputed emotional leader. Though severe injuries—including broken bones, torn ligaments, and a dislocated shoulder—accumulated over the years, his standard of play rarely dipped. He earned two additional Second-Team All-AFL selections in 1964 and 1966 and collected five total AFL All-Star nods during his tenure.

In 1966, Headrick anchored the linebacking corps alongside EJ Holub and Bobby Bell, helping Kansas City win its second AFL title and reach Super Bowl I against the Green Bay Packers. His knack for creating takeaways in key moments netted 14 interceptions and 12 fumble recoveries during his eight years in red and gold before he played a final active season with the Cincinnati Bengals in 1968.

With the Chiefs, Headrick netted 14 interceptions and nine sacks over 108 games.  He entered the Chiefs Hall of Fame in 1993.