Ray Steiner

{{Short description|American basketball player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}

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| name = Ray Steiner

| image = Ray Steiner.jpg

| width = 250px

| caption = Steiner with the Phillips 66ers, c. 1956

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| position = Point guard

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lb = 175

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| birth_place = Bland, Missouri, U.S.

| high_school = Bland (Bland, Missouri)

| college =

• Moberly Area CC (1949–1950)
• Saint Louis (1950–1952)

| draft_year = 1952

| draft_round = –

| draft_pick = –

| draft_team = Rochester Royals

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| highlights =

• Third-team All-American – AP, UPI (1952)
• First-team All-MVC (1952)

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Ray G. Steiner is a retired American basketball player, best known for his All-American college career at Saint Louis University.

Stenier, a 5'11" point guard from Bland, Missouri, started at the University of Missouri,{{cite news|title=Over My Shoulder|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/19573204/?terms=|newspaper=Moberly Monitor-Index|date=February 23, 1951|page=11|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = September 20, 2014}} {{Open access}} then transferred to Moberly Area Community College in the 1949–50 season, leading the Greyhounds to the 1950 junior college state title.{{cite news|title=Scribes Heap Praise on Bills' Ray Steiner|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/19554612/?terms=|newspaper=Moberly Monitor-Index|date=January 18, 1952|page=11|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = September 20, 2014}} {{Open access}} From there, Steiner transferred to Saint Louis for his final two seasons of eligibility.

After placing on the All-Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) second team as a junior, Steiner stepped up his game in his senior season. He drew acclaim in the regular season as he sparked the Billikens to a 61–60 win over top-ranked Kentucky in the Sugar Bowl Classic.{{cite news|title=Sporting Comment|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/51442649/?terms=|newspaper=Kansas City Star|date=December 31, 1951|page=8|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = September 20, 2014}} {{Open access}} He led SLU to the school's first NCAA tournament berth and at the conclusion of the season was named unanimously to the All-MVC first team{{cite news|title=All Missouri Valley Cage Team Selected|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/38513081/?terms=|newspaper=Joplin Globe|date=March 7, 1952|page=12|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = September 20, 2014}} {{Open access}} and placed on the AP and UPI third All-America teams.{{cite web| title = Saint Louis Billikens men's basketball record book, page 18 | work = slubillikens.com | date = | url = http://www.slubillikens.com/fls/27200/MBB/HistoryRecords.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=27200 | accessdate = September 20, 2014}}

Following his graduation from SLU, Steiner was drafted by the Rochester Royals in the 1952 NBA draft. Instead he chose to play for the Phillips 66ers in the Amateur Athletic Union. After his playing days were over, he remained with Phillips Petroleum Company.{{cite news|title="Little General" Promoted by Phillips Petroleum|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/34811102/?terms=|newspaper=Moberly Monitor-Index|date=September 4, 1971|page=1|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = September 20, 2014}} {{Open access}}