Steve Hardwick

{{Short description|English footballer (1956–2024)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Steve Hardwick

| image =

| full_name = Steven Hardwick

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1956|9|6}}

| birth_place = Mansfield, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2024|9|16|1956|9|6}}

| death_place =

| position = Goalkeeper

| height = 5 ft 11 in{{cite book |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88 |editor-first=Peter |editor-last=Dunk |publisher=Queen Anne Press |location=London |date=1987 |page=278 |isbn=978-0-356-14354-5}}

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1974–1977

| clubs1 = Chesterfield

| caps1 = 38

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1977–1983

| clubs2 = Newcastle United

| caps2 = 92

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1978

| clubs3 = → Detroit Express (loan)

| caps3 = 30

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1983–1988

| clubs4 = Oxford United

| caps4 = 156

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 1985

| clubs5 = → Crystal Palace (loan)

| caps5 = 3

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 1987

| clubs6 = → Sunderland (loan)

| caps6 = 6

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 1988–1991

| clubs7 = Huddersfield Town

| caps7 = 109

| goals7 = 0

| totalcaps = 434

| totalgoals = 0

| nationalyears1 = 1974 | nationalteam1 = England Youth | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0

}}

Steven Hardwick (6 September 1956 – 16 September 2024) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for six professional teams during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. Hardwick died on 16 September 2024, at the age of 68.[https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/sport/24594265.former-oxford-united-newcastle-goalkeeper-steve-hardwick-dies/ Former Oxford United and Newcastle goalkeeper Steve Hardwick dies]