Gene Heeter

Heeter from The Monticola, 1963
No. 85
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
New York Jets (1963–1965)
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.

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• https://web.archive.org/web/20070930094151/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=HEETEGEN01

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