Before Lawrence Taylor changed football forever — there was Hollywood Henderson. And nobody talks about him.
Ask anyone who watched football in the 1970s and they’ll tell you the same thing — Hollywood Henderson was Lawrence Taylor before Lawrence Taylor existed. Same speed. Same explosiveness. Same ability to completely wreck an offense before the play even developed. This was a linebacker — a linebacker — returning kicks. In an era when linebackers were expected to stuff the run and cover short zones, Henderson was doing things that defied the position entirely.
Put Hollywood Henderson in the right defensive system and experts say he would have had 20, maybe 25 sacks a season. Multiple times. He had the athleticism, the instincts, and the raw ability to be one of the greatest defensive players in NFL history. But he couldn’t stay on the field. And the world never got to see what he truly could have been.
Lawrence Taylor gets the legacy. Hollywood Henderson gets forgotten. The most what-if story in NFL history — and nobody even knows his name anymore.
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