Fred E. Heckel

Fred E. Heckel was American college football player coach. He served as the head football coach at Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania for one season, in 1900, compiling a record of 5–3.
Heckel attended high school in Bradford, Pennsylvania, where he was captain of the football team, playing as a halfback. He then went to Pennsylvania State College—now known as Pennsylvania State University, where he played football from 1896 to 1898 as a quarterback. Heckel returned to Penn State in 1910 as an assistant coach for the football team.