Thomas Henderson ( American football ) Thomas " Hollywood " Henderson ( born March 1 , 1953 ) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League from 1975 through 1980 . Early years . Henderson was raised by his teenage mother in the eastside of Austin , Texas and played football for the L . C . Anderson High School " B " team until his sophomore year ( 1969 ) , when he moved to Oklahoma City to live with his grandmother and find a more stable environment . Although he earned All - City honors playing defensive end at Douglass High School as a senior , he was not recruited by colleges , because he had a short career after having to sit out as a junior for transferring . After graduation he joined the Air Force , but quit before being sworn in . Henderson would eventually walk - on at the NAIA Langston University . His personality would earn him the nickname " Wild Man " , and helped him become a two time small - college All - America defensive end . As a senior he was named Southwest district defensive player of the year . Professional career . Dallas Cowboys . Henderson was drafted in the first round of the 1975 NFL Draft , as part of the Dallas Cowboys Dirty Dozen draft . He made his mark on special teams during his first two years , becoming a starter at the strongside linebacker position in 1977 and by the end of the 1978 season he made his only Pro Bowl . Lawrence Taylor , perhaps the greatest player ever at the position , said that he was inspired to wear 56 because it was Henderson ’ s number . Henderson gave himself the nickname " Hollywood " for his flamboyant play and high - visibility lifestyle . " Hollywood " was such a good athlete that the Cowboys used him to run reverses on kickoff s , returning one for a touchdown . He was one of the first linebacker s to run a 4 . 3 seconds in the 40 - yard dash and 9 . 5 seconds in the 100 - yard dash . He helped lead the Cowboys to three Super Bowl s , including a win in Super Bowl XII . Before Super Bowl XIII he started a war of words against the Pittsburgh Steelers , that ended up with him sharing a TIME magazine cover with quarterback Terry Bradshaw . However , his destructive lifestyle of drugs and alcohol began to catch up with him . During many games , he snorted liquid cocaine from an inhaler he hid in his pants . The final straw came in 1979 against the Washington Redskins at RFK Stadium . While his team was being soundly beaten 34 – 20 on national television , Henderson was mugging for the camera and displaying handkerchiefs with the Cowboys team logo . When interviewed about it , he blamed teammate Preston Pearson , saying that Pearson had asked him to show off the handkerchiefs , which Pearson was marketing , as a favor . Coach Tom Landry was so angered by the episode that he deactivated Henderson for the remaining 4 games of the season and later waived him . " Landry had given me plenty of warning , " Henderson admits . San Francisco 49ers . The San Francisco 49ers signed him , but also ended up waiving him during the 1980 preseason . He didn ' t make it with the San Francisco 49ers . Houston Oilers . He was later signed by the Houston Oilers , but played only six games in 1980 because of a hamstring injury . At the end of the season his contract wasn ' t renewed . After leaving the Oilers , he became one of the first football players to publicly admit to a drug problem and with the help of the NFL , he signed himself into a drug rehabilitation program . Miami Dolphins . In 1981 he signed with the Miami Dolphins but in the final preseason game he suffered a career ending neck injury . After football . In November 1983 , Henderson was arrested for smoking cocaine with two teenage girls in California . He was accused of threatening with a gun and sexually assaulting them . He claimed that he gave them drugs in exchange for consensual sex . He pleaded no contest to the charges and served eight months in court - ordered drug rehabilitation as well as two years in prison . He states that " Hollywood " died on November 8 , 1983 , and he has remained clean and sober ever since . His autobiography , " Out of Control : Confessions of an NFL Casualty " , written with co - author Peter Knobler , was published in 1987 . In 1993 , his old coach and critic Tom Landry was among those who congratulated him on ten years of clean living . Henderson made the news again in 2000 by winning the Lotto Texas $ 28 million jackpot . He started a charity ( East Side Youth Services & Street Outreach ) and has made major donations to the East Austin community where he grew up . He currently gives motivational speeches and sells videos of his anti - drug seminars ( HHH 56 Investments Ltd . ) . When asked by " the Dallas Morning News " what he does every day having won the lottery , Henderson responded , " Not a damn thing , and I don ' t start that until after lunch . "