Gene Heeter
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| File:Gene Heeter.jpg Heeter from The Monticola, 1963 | |
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| Position | Tight end |
| Personal information | |
| Born | April 19, 1941 Windber, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Weight | 230 lb (104 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College | West Virginia |
| AFL draft | 1963: 8th round, 58th overall pick |
| Career history | |
| Coaching profile at Pro Football ReferenceLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | |
| Stats at Pro Football Reference | |
Eugene Elwood Heeter (born April 19, 1941) is an American former professional football player who was a tight end for the New York Jets of the American Football League (AFL). He played college football for the West Virginia Mountaineers before playing for the Jets from 1963 through 1965. On September 12, 1964, he scored the first-ever touchdown in Flushing's Shea Stadium [1], catching a 16-yard pass from Dick Wood against the Denver Broncos[2]. Heeter was inducted into the Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame on Long Island in the Football Category with the Class of 2016.
See also
[edit | edit source]External links
[edit | edit source]- https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/HeetGe00.htm
- https://web.archive.org/web/20070930094151/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=HEETEGEN01
Categories:
- 1941 births
- Living people
- Players of American football from Johnstown, Pennsylvania
- American football tight ends
- West Virginia Mountaineers football players
- New York Jets players
- American Football League players
- People from Windber, Pennsylvania
- Sportspeople from Somerset County, Pennsylvania
- American football tight end, pre-1950 birth stubs