Steve Little (American football)
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| Positions | Kicker, Punter | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | February 19, 1956 Springfield, Illinois, U.S | ||||||||||||||||||
| Died | September 6, 1999 (aged 43) Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S | ||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 180 lb (82 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| High school | Shawnee Mission South (Overland Park, Kansas) | ||||||||||||||||||
| College | Arkansas | ||||||||||||||||||
| NFL draft | 1978: 1st round, 15th overall pick | ||||||||||||||||||
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Steven Richard Little (February 19, 1956 – September 6, 1999) was an American professional football player who was a kicker and punter in the National Football League (NFL) for the St. Louis Cardinals. He is the third-highest drafted kicker in NFL history, behind Charlie Gogolak (6th, 1966) of Princeton and Russell Erxleben (11th, 1979) of Texas. Little was drafted higher than future NFL greats Ozzie Newsome and Todd Christensen.
Little was an All-American placekicker and punter during his years at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. He kicked an NCAA record-tying 67-yard field goal on October 15, 1977. That record has yet to be broken; it was set by Erxleben two weeks earlier on October 1, 1977, and is shared with Joe Williams of Wichita State (October 21, 1978).