Steve Korte | |
Number: | 60 |
Position: | Center Guard |
Birth Date: | 15 January 1960 |
Birth Place: | Denver, Colorado, U.S. |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 3 |
Weight Lb: | 265 |
College: | Arkansas |
Draftyear: | 1983 |
Draftround: | 2 |
Draftpick: | 38 |
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Statlabel1: | Games played |
Statvalue1: | 83 |
Statlabel2: | Games started |
Statvalue2: | 63 |
Statlabel3: | Fumble recoveries |
Statvalue3: | 3 |
Pfr: | K/KortSt20 |
Steve Korte (born January 15, 1960) is an American former professional football player who was a center and an offensive guard for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL) 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]