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It was at Passaic High School that he gained his oft-used nickname " Ironhead ", a reference to his wild-man strength and the fact that he had to wear a hat size of 8¾.

Heyward's obituary in The New York Times gave a different story.

It said he got his nickname from street football games in which he would lower his head into the stomach of the tackler ; one opponent said it hurt so much that Heyward's head must be made of iron.