page_title: Gene Heeter
hierarchical_section_title: Gene Heeter
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of West Virginia Mountaineers football player Gene Heeter
context_page_description: 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, catching a 16-yard pass from Dick Wood against the Denver Broncos.
  Heeter was inducted into the Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame on Long Island in the Football Category with the Class of 2016.
context_section_description: 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 , catching a 16-yard pass from Dick Wood against the Denver Broncos.
  Heeter was inducted into the Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame on Long Island in the Football Category with the Class of 2016.
caption: Heeter from The Monticola, 1963
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