Gene Heeter
 Heeter from The Monticola, 1963 | |
| No. 85 | |
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| Position: | Tight end |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | April 19, 1941 Windber, Pennsylvania |
| 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 | |
| Career NFL statistics | |
| Player stats at NFL.com · PFR | |
Eugene Elwood Heeter is an American former college and professional football player. Born April 19, 1941 in Windber, Pennsylvania, he played tight end at West Virginia University, and professionally in the American Football League 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.
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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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- 1941 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Johnstown, Pennsylvania
- American football tight ends
- Players of American football from Pennsylvania
- West Virginia Mountaineers football players
- New York Jets players
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- People from Windber, Pennsylvania
- American football tight end, pre-1950 birth stubs