Francis Elmer Heydt (August 15, 1918[1] – November 25, 2008)[2] was a competitive swimmer who won three NCAA men's swimming championships, including the 150-yard backstroke event and two 300-yard medley relay championships as a member of the University of Michigan swimming team in 1940 and 1941.

[6] After transferring, Heydt became eligible to compete for Michigan in February 1940,[7] and won the Big Ten championship in the 150-yard backstroke in both 1940 and 1941.

[10] Two years later, another Michigan swimmer, Harry Holiday, broke Heydt's record, swimming the 150-yard backstroke with at time of 1:33.5.

[2] He also sold airport runway sweepers, dog tag making machines, file cabinets, batteries, pipelines and airplanes.

In 1991, the company sued Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney in a suit that resulted in a published decision from the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.

[13] Heydt met Virginia Lee Williams while he was working as a lifeguard at Mission Hills Country Club in Kansas City.