Dick Steinberg
{{Short description|American football executive}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Dick Steinberg
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1935|8|9}}
| birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1995|9|25|1935|8|9}}
| death_place = Long Beach, New York, U.S.
| high_school = Philadelphia (PA) Central
| college = Temple
| pastcoaching =
- Vanderbilt (1964–1966)
Assistant - Kansas State (1967–1969)
Assistant - Southern Miss (1970–1971)
Assistant
| pastexecutive =
- New England Patriots (1972-1976)
scout - Los Angeles Rams (1977–1979)
Director of college scouting - New Orleans Saints (1980)
Vice President of player personnel - New England Patriots (1981–1989)
Director of player development - New York Jets (1990–1994)
General manager
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Dick Steinberg (August 9, 1935 – September 25, 1995) was an American football executive who served as the general manager of the New York Jets from 1990 to 1994.
Career
=Early career=
Steinberg began his career as a coach at Roman Catholic High School before moving on to being a coach at Staunton Military Academy.{{cite news |title=Dick Steinberg, 60, Jet Official Who Built Pro Football Teams |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/26/obituaries/dick-steinberg-60-jet-official-who-built-pro-football-teams.html |work=New York Times |date=26 September 1995 |access-date=20 December 2018|last1=Longman |first1=Jere }}
=College football coaching=
Steinberg was an assistant coach at Vanderbilt from 1964 to 1966. Starting in 1967 and for three seasons, Steinberg was an assistant coach at Kansas State. Steinberg's last college coaching job was when he was an assistant coach at Southern Miss.{{cite news |title=Dick Steinberg, 60, Jet Official Who Built Pro Football Teams |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/26/obituaries/dick-steinberg-60-jet-official-who-built-pro-football-teams.html |work=New York Times |date=26 September 1995 |access-date=20 December 2018|last1=Longman |first1=Jere }}
=National Football league personnel=
In 1972, Steinberg became a scout for the New England Patriots which would last until after the 1976 season.{{cite news |title=Dick Steinberg, 60, Jet Official Who Built Pro Football Teams |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/26/obituaries/dick-steinberg-60-jet-official-who-built-pro-football-teams.html |work=New York Times |date=26 September 1995 |access-date=20 December 2018|last1=Longman |first1=Jere }}
In 1977, the Los Angeles Rams hired Steinberg. During his tenure with the Rams he drafted a core group of players who would play a part in the Rams reaching Super Bowl XIV. During the 1980 season, Steinberg was the vice president of player personnel for the New Orleans Saints.{{cite web |title=Jets name Dick Steinberg general manager |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1989/12/18/Jets-name-Dick-Steinberg-general-manager/7497629960400/ |website=UPI |publisher=UPI |access-date=20 December 2018}} In 1981, Steimberg returned to the Patriots and for nine seasons he was their director of player development. He helped build the Patriots team that would reach Super Bowl XX a few years later. In late 1989, after the Patriots reduced his role within the organization, Steinberg joined the New York Jets as their general manager, becoming the first such person in that role for the team since the 1970s.{{cite news |title=Jets Will Interview Steinberg of Patriots |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/12/sports/jets-will-interview-steinberg-of-patriots.html |work=New York Times |date=12 December 1989 |access-date=20 December 2018|last1=Eskenazi |first1=Gerald }} Steinberg's most notable move during his tenure with the Jets was trading for Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Boomer Esiason in 1993.{{cite news |title=Dick Steinberg, 60, Jet Official Who Built Pro Football Teams |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/26/obituaries/dick-steinberg-60-jet-official-who-built-pro-football-teams.html |work=New York Times |date=26 September 1995 |access-date=20 December 2018|last1=Longman |first1=Jere }}
Death
Steinberg died of stomach cancer on September 25, 1995, in Long Beach, New York at age 60.{{cite web|last=Longman |first=Jere |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/26/obituaries/dick-steinberg-60-jet-official-who-built-pro-football-teams.html |title=Dick Steinberg, 60, Jet Official Who Built Pro Football Teams |work=The New York Times |date=1995-09-26 |access-date=2015-09-23}}{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-09-26-sp-50035-story.html |title=Dick Steinberg, Former Ram Executive, Dies at 60 of Cancer |publisher=Articles.latimes.com |date=1995-09-26 |access-date=2015-09-23}}
References
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