American football and baseball player and coach (1912–2016)
This article is about the American football and baseball player and coach. For the Canadian Anglican priest, see Dan Heap.
Don Heap
Biographical details
Born
September 28, 1912 Evanston, Illinois, U.S.
Died
March 21, 2016(2016-03-21) (aged 103)
Playing career
Football
1936–1938
Northwestern
Position(s)
Halfback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1939–1941
Illinois Wesleyan
1942
Iowa Pre-Flight (assistant)
1946
Northwestern (freshmen)
Baseball
1941
Illinois Wesleyan
1946
Northwestern (assistant)
1947–1948
Northwestern
Head coaching record
Overall
13–10–2 (football) 28–26–1 (baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football 2 ICC (1939–1940)
Awards
2× First-team All-Big Ten (1936, 1937)
Second-team All-Big Ten (1935)
Donald Eugene Heap (September 28, 1912 – March 21, 2016)[1] was an American football and baseball player and coach. He was twice selected as an All-American football player while playing for the Northwestern Wildcats football team.
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