Steve Malovic

{{Short description|American-Israeli basketball player (1956–2007)}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Steve Malovic
'סטיב מלוביץ

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 10

| weight_lb = 230

| nationality = American / Israeli

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1956|7|21}}

| birth_place = Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2007|4|13|1956|7|21}}

| death_place = Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.

| highschool = Alhambra (Phoenix, Arizona)

| college = *USC (1974–1976)

San Diego State (1977–1979)

| draft_year = 1978

| draft_round = 7

| draft_pick = 149

| draft_team = Phoenix Suns

| career_start = 1979

| career_end = 1996

| career_number = 4, 44

| career_position = Power forward

| years1 = {{nbay|1979|start}}

| team1 = Washington Bullets

| years2 = {{nbay|1979|full=y}}

| team2 = San Diego Clippers

| years3 = {{nbay|1979|end}}

| team3 = Detroit Pistons

| years4 = 1980–1981

| team4 = Stella Azzurra Roma

| years5 = 1981

| team5 = Real Madrid

| years6 = 1981–1985

| team6 = Hapoel Ramat Gan

| years7 = 1985–1986

| team7 = Viola Reggio Calabria

| years8 = 1986–1988

| team8 = Elitzur Maccabi Netanya

| years9 = 1988–1991

| team9 = Hapoel Galil Elyon

| years10 = 1991–1992

| team10 = Beitar Tel Aviv

| years11 = 1992–1995

| team11 = Hapoel Galil Elyon

| years12 = 1995–1996

| team12 = Bnei Herzliya

| highlights = * Israeli League champion (1993)

First-team All-PCAA (1978)
First-team All-WAC (1979)

}}

Stephen Lawrence Malovic ({{Langx|he|'סטיב מלוביץ}}; July 21, 1956 – April 13, 2007) was an American-Israeli basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for one season and enjoyed a long career in Israel, where he ultimately obtained Israeli citizenship.

Malovic played college basketball for the USC Trojans and San Diego State Aztecs. He played 39 games in the 1979–80 NBA season for the Washington Bullets, San Diego Clippers and Detroit Pistons. Following that season, Malovic played in Italy and Spain, finally settling into the Israeli top league. He played until 1996 for several teams and was a part of an Israeli League championship with Hapoel Galil Elyon in 1993.{{cite web| last = Livnat| first = Arie| title = Basketball: Steve Malovic dies at 50 | work = Haaretz | date = April 15, 2007 | url = http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/sports/basketball-steve-malovic-dies-at-50-1.218066 | accessdate = November 2, 2014}}

Malovic died of a heart attack on April 13, 2007.