Steve Andrako

{{Short description|American football player (1915–1980)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Steve Andrako

| image = Steve Andrako.jpg

| caption = Andrako in 1940

| number = 29

| position = Center
Linebacker

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1915|9|11}}

| birth_place = Braddock, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1980|11|30|1915|9|11}}

| death_place = Half Moon Bay, California, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lb = 210

| college = Ohio State

| draftyear = 1940

| draftround = 17

| draftpick = 158

| pastteams =

• Washington Redskins ({{NFL Year|1940}})

| highlights =

• Second-team All-Big Ten (1939)

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 5

| pfr = AndrSt20

}}

Steven Francis Andrako (originally Andrejko) (September 11, 1915 – November 30, 1980) was an American football center in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins.{{cite news|title=Andrako's Demeanor Belies Ffame as Gridiron Warrior|newspaper=The Evening Star|date=September 18, 1940|page=17|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-star-andrako/150365715/|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news|title=Reskins' Pep, Which He Says Exceeds That of Collegians, Is Revelation to Andrako|newspaper=The Evening Star|date=August 15, 1940|page=C3|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-star-andrako/150365433/|via=Newspapers.com}} He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes. He was captain of the 1939 Ohio State Buckeyes football team,{{cite news|title=Steve Andrako To Captain Buckeyes: Center Elected '39 Leader at Annual Dinner|newspaper=The Newark Advocate|date=November 22, 1938|page=10|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-newark-advocate-steve-andrako-to-ca/150366279/|via=Newspapers.com}} was also selected as the Buckeyes' most valuable player, and finished second in the 1939 voting for the Chicago Tribune Silver Football. He was then selected in the 17th round of the 1940 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=1940 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1940/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-30 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}