Bob Heimerdinger
American football fullback
| Northern Illinois | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
| Personal information | |
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg) |
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Bob Heimerdinger is a former American football quarterback. He played for the Northern Illinois Huskies football team from 1949 to 1951.[1]
As a junior, he led all small college players during the 1950 college football season with 1,782 yards in nine games.[2] He completed 102 of 210 passes for 1,597 yards an 13 touchdowns.[3]
As a senior, Heimerdinger led all small college players in total offense for the second consecutive year, tallying 1,775 yards.[4] He was the first player in small college history to repeat as national total offense leader.[5] His 1,710 passing yards also ranked first among small college players.[6] He also led the 1951 Northern Illinois State Huskies football team to a perfect 9–0 record and was selected as the team's most valuable player.[7] He was also picked as a second-team back on the 1951 Little All-America college football team.[8] His jersey number (12) was retired by Northern Illinois in February 1952.[9]
In March 1952, Heimerdinger was hired as a math teacher and coach at Paw Paw High School in Paw Paw, Illinois.[10] He next coached at Leyden Township High School and DeKalb High School. was named head football coach at DeKalb in April 1956.[11]
Heimerdinger's son Mike Heimerdinger was a coach in the National Football League.[12]
References
- ^ "Bob Heimerdinger Bio". NIU Huskies. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
- ^ Official Collegiate Football Record Book. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 1951. p. 40.
- ^ "Heimerdinger Leads Small College Backs". Southern Illinoisan. December 19, 1950. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ 1952 Official Collegiate Football Record Book, p. 85.
- ^ "Heimerdinger's passing yardage tops again". Arlington Heights Herald. December 7, 1951. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ 1952 Official Collegiate Football Record Book, p. 87.
- ^ "Heimerdinger Most Valuable: Quarterback Is Picked by Team Mates for Top Honor". The Daly Chronicle. November 24, 1951. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Jack Beeler Makes Little All-America". The Columbia Record. December 5, 1951. p. 6B – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Heimeringers". The Daily Chronicle. February 6, 1952. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Heimerdinger to Pawpaw". Dixon Evening Telegraph. March 31, 1952. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Name Bob Heimerdinger As Head DeKalb Football Coach". The DeKalb Daily Chronicle. April 17, 1956. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "DeKalb's Heimerdinger enjoys NFL success from the sidelines". The DeKalb Chronicle. August 12, 2001. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
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Northern Illinois Huskies starting quarterbacks
- Don Fortunato (1948)
- Bob Heimerdinger (1949–1951)
- Jim Harmes (1952)
- Paul Smith (1953)
- Ron Hicks (1954)
- Don Coulom (1955)
- Joe Plaskas (1956)
- Lew Flinn (1957–1959)
- Tom Beck (1960)
- George Bork (1961–1963)
- Jack Dean (1964)
- Ron Christian (1965)
- Mike Griesman (1966)
- Bob Carpenter (1967–1968)
- Steve Parker (1969)
- Terry Drugan (1970–1972)
- Bob Gregolunas (1973)
- Jerry Golsteyn (1974–1975)
- Pete Kraker (1976–1978)
- John Gibbons (1979–1980)
- Rick Bridges (1981)
- Tim Tyrrell (1982–1983)
- Darryl Taylor (1984)
- Marshall Taylor (1985–1988)
- Stacey Robinson (1989–1990)
- Rob Rugai (1991–1992)
- Scott Crabtree (1993)
- Aaron Gilbert (1994–1995)
- Brandon Barker (1996)
- Randall Foster (1997)
- Frisman Jackson (1997–1999)
- Chris Finlen (1997, 1999–2001)
- Craig Harmon (1998)
- Josh Haldi (2002–2004)
- Phil Horvath (2004–2006)
- Dan Nicholson (2005–2008)
- Ryan Morris (2007)
- Chandler Harnish (2008–2011)
- DeMarcus Grady (2008–2010)
- Jordan Lynch (2012–2013)
- Matt McIntosh (2014)
- Drew Hare (2014–2016)
- Ryan Graham (2015–2017)
- Tommy Fiedler (2015)
- Anthony Maddie (2016)
- Daniel Santacaterina (2016–2017)
- Marcus Childers (2017–2019)
- Ross Bowers (2019–2020)
- Rocky Lombardi (2021–2023)
- Ethan Hampton (2021–2022)
- Justin Lynch (2022)
