Steve Korte

American football player (born 1960)

American football player

Steve Korte

No. 60

Position:

Center
Offensive guard

Personal information

Born:

(1960-01-15) January 15, 1960 (age 64)
Denver, Colorado, U.S.

Career information

High school:

Arapahoe
(Centennial, Colorado)

College:

Arkansas

NFL draft:

1983 / Round: 2 / Pick: 38

Career history

New Orleans Saints (1983–1990)

Career highlights and awards

Unanimous All-American (1982)
Third-team All-American (1981)

Career NFL statistics

Games played:	83
Games started:	63
Fumble recoveries:	3

Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

Steve Korte (born January 15, 1960) is a former American football player. He played professionally as a center and an offensive guard in the National Football League (NFL) with the New Orleans Saints, from 1983 to 1990. He scored one touchdown from a fumble recovery.

Korte played college football at the University of Arkansas. He was a consensus All-American in 1982 at guard. He bench pressed 585 pounds, making him one of the strongest football players in Arkansas Razorbacks football history. In 2015 Korte was inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Honor.^[1]

Korte's son, Steven Korte, played fullback for the LSU Tigers football team and was signed by the Green Bay Packers in 2008 but did not play.^[2]

References

^ "Nine Razorbacks to be honored at 2015 University of Arkansas Sports Hall of Honor | NashvilleSportsMix". Archived from the original on 2015-06-18. Retrieved 2015-06-15.
^ "State's top recruits are on defense". Shreveport Times. Newspapers.com. August 27, 2004. p. 184.