Preston Ridlehuber
| Date of birth | November 2, 1943 |
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| Place of birth | Greenwood, South Carolina |
| Career information | |
| Position(s) | Running back |
| Uniform number | 32, 37 |
| College | University of Georgia |
| AFL draft |
1966 / Round: 19 / Pick: 168 (By the New York Jets) |
| NFL draft |
1966 / Round: 11 / Pick: 166 (By the San Francisco 49ers) |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| (1966) | NFL Atlanta Falcons |
| (1968) | AFL Oakland Raiders |
| (1969) | AFL Buffalo Bills |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Career stats | |
| Rushing attempts-yards | 12–55 |
| Receptions-yards | 4–84 |
| Touchdowns | 3 |
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Howard Preston Ridlehuber (born November 2, 1943 in Greenwood, South Carolina) is a former American collegiate and professional football running back in the NFL and the American Football League (AFL). He played one season each for the NFL's Atlanta Falcons and the AFL's Oakland Raiders and Buffalo Bills. He was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the 11th round, pick 166 overall, in the 1966 NFL draft and by the New York Jets in the 19th round, pick 168 overall, of the 1966 AFL draft.
Ridlehuber is a graduate of Gainesville High School in Gainesville, Georgia where he was an all-around athlete in football, baseball, basketball and track. He received All-State honors as a baseball pitcher and football quarterback. He then attended the University of Georgia where he played quarterback on the football team rather than sign as a pitcher with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He won the C.M. Hendricks MVP award in the 1964 Sun Bowl where Georgia defeated Texas Tech. He was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity at Georgia.
Ridlehuber is best known for scoring a touchdown with 33 seconds remaining in a game against the New York Jets, by recovering a fumbled kickoff. It occurred in the Heidi Game, and was not seen by television viewers because NBC switched from football coverage to the 1968 film Heidi. The Heidi Game or Heidi Bowl as it is also known led to a change in the way professional football is televised on network television; games are now shown to their conclusion before evening programming begins.
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