Steve Sader

{{Short description|American football player (1916–1946)}}

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| position = Fullback

| number = 33

| birth_date = {{birth date|1916|6|6}}

| birth_place = New York, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1946|5|6|1916|6|6}}

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| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lbs = 180

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| high_school = South Philadelphia (PA)

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• Phil/Pit Steagles ({{nfly|1943}})

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| statvalue1 = 2

| statlabel2 = Rushing attempts

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| statlabel3 = Rushing yards

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| statlabel4 = Rushing average

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| statlabel5 = Rushing touchdowns

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Stephen J. J. Sader (June 6, 1916 – May 6, 1946) was a professional football player for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League. However, he was also a member of the "Steagles", a team that was the result of a temporary merger between the Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers due to the league-wide manning shortages in 1943 brought on by World War II. Prior to his career in the NFL, Sader was a standout local sandlot player with no professional experience who played fullback and was the kicker for Bill Morrow's Shamrocks's, a South Philadelphia sandlot team. He also excelled as a catcher in hardball and played for Morrow's Baseball Shamrocks, Manoa, and the Wilmington Clippers. Additionally, it has been reported he was scheduled for a tryout as a catcher with the Brooklyn Dodger Donalds, but this needs corroboration.

He had a contract for the 1944 season and was put on waivers to a new team being started up in Boston by Kate Smith's husband. He unfortunately had a chipped bone in his kicking foot and toward the end of the season was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Disease. He died in May 1946 leaving a wife, Mary Agnes Sader (Reardon) and a son, Stephen M. Sader as survivors.