Steve Baumgartner

{{Short description|American football player (born 1951)}}

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

{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| image =

| caption =

| number = 63

| position = Defensive end

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|3|26}}

| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

| death_date =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 7

| weight_lbs = 265

| draftyear = 1973

| draftround = 2

| draftpick = 51

| high_school = Lisle (IL) Benet Academy

| college = Purdue

| teams =

• New Orleans Saints ({{NFL Year|1973}}–{{NFL Year|1977}})
• Houston Oilers ({{NFL Year|1977}}–{{NFL Year|1979}})

| highlights =

• First-team All-Big Ten (1972)

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 95

| statlabel2 = Games started

| statvalue2 = 27

| statlabel3 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue3 = 7

| pfr = B/BaumSt20

}}

Steven John Baumgartner (born March 26, 1951) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end for seven seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Purdue Boilermakers.{{cite web | url=https://www.jconline.com/story/sports/college/purdue/football/2018/11/27/purdue-football-greatest-players-all-time-who-wore-best-91-99/2063686002/ | title=Thompson: Purdue football Who Wore It Best Nos. 91-99 | date=November 27, 2018 | accessdate=23 January 2025}} He played in the NFL for the New Orleans Saints from 1973 to 1977 and the Houston Oilers from 1977 to 1979.{{Cite web |title=Steve Baumgartner |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BaumSt20.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220329073030/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BaumSt20.htm |archive-date=2022-03-29 |access-date=2023-04-16 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} In 1975, the Orlando Sentinel noted that Baumgartner had an unusual hobby as a beer-can collector. Baumgartner stated that he had 1,200 beer cans lining the walls of a spare room at his house.{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-orlando-sentinel/163733754/ | title=Dolphins' Robbie: Class By Himself | work=The Orlando Sentinel | date=November 17, 1975 | accessdate=23 January 2025}}