Gene Heeter
American football player (born 1941)
American football player
Heeter from The Monticola, 1963 | |
No. 85 | |
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Position: | Tight end |
Personal information | |
Born: | (1941-04-19) April 19, 1941 (age 83) 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 / Round: 8 / Pick: 58 |
Career history | |
Player stats at PFR | |
Eugene Elwood Heeter (born April 19, 1941) is an American former college and professional football player. He played tight end at West Virginia University, and professionally in the American Football League (AFL) for the New York 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
External links
- https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/HeetGe00.htm
- https://web.archive.org/web/20070930094151/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=HEETEGEN01
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San Diego Chargers 1963 AFL draft selections
- Walt Sweeney
- Rufus Guthrie
- Dave Robinson
- Keith Kinderman
- Roy Williams
- Larry Glueck
- Pat Emerick
- Gene Heeter
- Steve Barnett
- Don Scott
- Bob Petrich
- Terry Baker
- Chuck Walton
- Frank Lasky
- Hatch Rosdahl
- Jack Cvercko
- Mike Fracchi
- Gene Breen
- Dick Drummond
- Ernie Park
- Buddy Soefker
- Dan Points
- Roger Gill
- Paul Watters
- Bill Frank
- Jerry Mazzanti
- Ken Dill
- Harry Butsko
- Steve Berzansky
- Herman Hamp
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