John Claussen Heldt (May 2, 1900 – May 6, 1985) was an American football player and coach.
Heldt played on the Iowa Hawkeyes football team in 1922.
[2] He left Ohio for the National Football League and played with the Columbus Tigers in one game during 1923.
During the 1926 National Football League season, Heldt was a player-coach for the Tigers and had one win alongside six losses.
[3][4] During a 1951 accident, Heldt was pinned under a railway car and experienced a fracture to his hip and skull.