{{Short description|American football player and coach (1900–1985)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox college coach | name = John C. Heldt | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1900|5|2}} | birth_place = Elk River, Iowa, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1985|5|6|1900|5|2}} | death_place = Alameda, California, U.S. | alma_mater = | player_years1 = 1918–1922 | player_team1 = Iowa | player_years2 = 1923 | player_team2 = Columbus Tigers | player_years3 = 1926 | player_team3 = Columbus Tigers | player_positions = Center, guard | coach_years1 = 1923 | coach_team1 = Ohio | coach_years2 = 1924–1925 | coach_team2 = Waterloo East HS (IA) | coach_years3 = 1926 | coach_team3 = Columbus Tigers | admin_years1 = 1924–1926 | admin_team1 = Waterloo East HS (IA) | overall_record = 3–5–1 (college)<br>1–6 (NFL) | bowl_record = | tournament_record = | championships = | awards = | coaching_records = }} '''John Claussen Heldt''' (May 2, 1900 – May 6, 1985) was an American football player and coach. After playing college football at the University of Iowa, in which he was a member of the 1921 All-Western college football team and 1922 All-Western college football team, he served as the head football coach at Ohio University in 1923.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/22996111/|title=Heldt Resigns Athletic Post|work=Iowa City Press-Citizen|date=March 17, 1926|access-date=February 14, 2018}}</ref> Heldt played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) for the Columbus Tigers in 1923 and was a player-coach with the Tigers in 1926.
==Early life and education== Heldt played on the Iowa Hawkeyes football team in 1922.<ref name=football>{{cite encyclopedia|last=Maxymuk |first=John |year=2012 |encyclopedia=NFL Head Coaches: A Biographical Dictionary, 1920-2011|isbn=9780786465576|publisher=McFarland |title=Heldt, John C. (Jack)|page=374|location=Jefferson|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gw3_obTNh4QC&pg=PA374}}</ref>
==Career== Heldt began his football coaching career with the Ohio Bobcats football team in 1923.<ref name=football/> He left Ohio for the National Football League and played with the Columbus Tigers in one game during 1923. Heldt returned to the Tigers in 1926 and played six additional games. During the 1926 National Football League season, Heldt was a player-coach for the Tigers and had one win alongside six losses.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jack Heldt Stats |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/H/HeldJa20.htm |website=Pro Football Reference |accessdate=April 11, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Jack Heldt Record |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/HeldJa0.htm |website=Pro Football Reference |accessdate=April 11, 2019}}</ref>
==Personal life== During a 1951 accident, Heldt was pinned under a railway car and experienced a fracture to his hip and skull.<ref>{{cite news |title=Missed Death On Rails By Fraction Of Inch; In Hospital |work=Somerset (PA) American |date=September 8, 1951 |page=2 }}</ref>
==Head coaching record== ===College=== {{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Ohio Green and White | conf = Ohio Athletic Conference | startyear = 1923 | endyear = single }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1923 | name = Ohio | overall = 3–5–1 | conference = 2–4–1 | confstanding = 14th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Ohio | overall = 3–5–1 | confrecord = 2–4–1 }} {{CFB Yearly Record End | overall = 3–5–1 | bowls = no | poll = no | polltype = | legend = no }}
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