Position: | Fullback |
Number: | 33 |
Birth Date: | 6 June 1916 |
Birth Place: | New York, U.S. |
Height Ft: | 5 |
Height In: | 11 |
Weight Lbs: | 180 |
High School: | South Philadelphia (PA) |
College: | None |
Pastteams: | |
Statlabel1: | Games played |
Statvalue1: | 2 |
Statlabel2: | Rushing attempts |
Statvalue2: | 3 |
Statlabel3: | Rushing yards |
Statvalue3: | 5 |
Statlabel4: | Rushing average |
Statvalue4: | 1.7 |
Statlabel5: | Rushing touchdowns |
Statvalue5: | 0 |
Pfr: | SadeSt20 |
Stephen J. J. Sader (June 6, 1916 – May 6, 1946) was a professional football player for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League. However, he was also a member of the "Steagles", a team that was the result of a temporary merger between the Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers due to the league-wide manning shortages in 1943 brought on by World War II. Prior to his career in the NFL, Sader was a standout local sandlot player with no professional experience who played fullback and was the kicker for Bill Morrow's Shamrocks's, a South Philadelphia sandlot team. He also excelled as a catcher in hardball and played for Morrow's Baseball Shamrocks, Manoa, and the Wilmington Clippers. Additionally, he had a tryout with the Brooklyn Dodgers and they were willing to sign him, but the Eagles did not allow him a release from his contract to play both sports with their overlapping seasons.
He had a contract for the 1944 season and was put on waivers to a new team being started up in Boston by Kate Smith's husband. He unfortunately had a chipped bone in his kicking foot and toward the end of the season was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Disease. He died in May 1946 leaving a wife, Mary Agnes Sader (Reardon) and a son, Stephen M. Sader as survivors.