He played professionally as a center and tackle for one season, in 1930, with the Frankford Yellow Jackets of the National Football League (NFL).
[1] Havens served two stints as the head football coach at Western Maryland College—now known as a McDaniel College—from 1935 to 1941 and again from 1946 to 1956, compiling a record of 77–65–6.
[2][3] Havens also served as the head basketball coach at Western Maryland during the 1934–35 season.
He died of kidney failure, on May 12, 1996, at Asbury Methodist Village in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
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