Howard Preston Ridlehuber is a former American collegiate and professional football running back in the NFL and the American Football League. 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 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. His most notable Buffalo Bills highlight came during a game against the 0?5 then called Boston Patriots. Preston was a backup running back with the 2?3 Bills. O.J. Simpson had been concussed in Houston the week before and was not dressed for the Patriots game. 

November 2nd, 1943 in Greenwood, South Carolina (Age 81)