John Steber

John Warren Steber III (September 12, 1923 – October 1, 1975) was an American professional football guard in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins. He played college football for the Vanderbilt Commodores and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. He was selected in the seventh round of the 1945 NFL draft.

John Steber

Steber from The 1944 Blue Print
No. 16
Position:	Guard
Personal information
Born:	(1923-09-12)September 12, 1923 Mobile, Alabama, U.S.
Died:	October 1, 1975(1975-10-01) (aged 52)
Height:	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:	225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school:	Murphy (Mobile, Alabama)
College:	Vanderbilt Georgia Tech
NFL draft:	1945: 7th round, 61st pick
Career history
Washington Redskins (1946–1950)
Career highlights and awards
First-team All-American (1943) Jacobs Blocking Trophy (1943) First-team All-SEC (1943)
Career NFL statistics
Games played: 55 Games started: 28 Fumble recoveries: 5 Stats at Pro Football Reference

Biography

Steber was born in Mobile, Alabama. In 1942, he played as a sophomore guard for the Vanderbilt Commodores. The following year, he was part of the V-12 Navy College Training Program at Georgia Tech and played with their Yellow Jackets team. He left the United States Navy in 1946.^[1]

In 1955, he began working as a line coach at Hardin-Simmons University.^[2]