Steve Burtt Sr.

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Steve Burtt
Personal information
Born (1962-11-05) November 5, 1962 (age 61)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school Charles Evans Hughes
(New York City, New York)
College Iona (1980–1984)
NBA draft 1984: 2nd round, 30th overall pick
Selected by the Golden State Warriors
Playing career1984–2000
Position Point guard
Number15
Career history
1984–1985 Golden State Warriors
19851986 Westchester Golden Apples
1985 Connecticut Colonials
19851986 Albany Patroons
1987 Jersey Jammers
1987 Long Island Knights
19871988 Savannah Spirits
1987–1988 Los Angeles Clippers
19881989 Gravelines
19891990 Albany Patroons
19901991 Oklahoma City Cavalry
1991 Halifax Windjammers
1991 Oklahoma City Cavalry
1991–1992 Phoenix Suns
1992 Oklahoma City Cavalry
1992 Iraklis Thessaloniki
19921993 Oklahoma City Cavalry
1992–1993 Washington Bullets
1993 Westchester Stallions
19931994 Maccabi Rishon LeZion
19941995 Illycaffé Trieste
19951996 Reyer Venezia Mestre
19961997 Genertel Trieste
1997 Long Island Surf
19971998 Casetti Imola
19981999 Scandone Avellino
19992000 Banco Sardegna Sassari
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points 584 (5.6 ppg)
Rebounds 92 (0.9 rpg)
Blocks 123 (1.2 apg)
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at NBA.com
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at Basketball-Reference.com

Steven Dwayne Burtt (born November 5, 1962) is a retired American professional basketball player. The 6'2" point guard played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) sporadically from 1984 until 1993. He also had an established playing career overseas. Born in New York City, Burtt played high school basketball for Charles Evans Hughes before enrolling at Iona to play for the Gaels. Burtt now teaches at Bronx Collegiate Academy (Bronx, New York).

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College career

In his 4 seasons with Iona, Burtt played in 121 games, averaging 20.9 points per game, 3.5 rebounds per game and 1.7 steals per game. [1] He is the all-time leader of Iona in total points scored for the school with 2,534. [2] He also has several other school records, including career field goals made, field goals attempted, and season field goals made. [2] Burtt also held the single-season scoring record with 732, a record broken in 2006 by his son, Steve Burtt Jr. [2] During his college career he was a three time All-MAAC first team (1982–1984) member and twice All-MAAC Player of the Year (1983–1984). [3] They are one of just two father-son duos to score 2,000 points each in NCAA Division I basketball, the other being Dell Curry and Steph Curry. [4]

Professional career

Burtt was selected 30th overall in the 1984 NBA draft by the Golden State Warriors. In his rookie season injuries shortened his playing to 47 games, averaging 4.2 points per game on .383 shooting. [5] [6]

He played professionally in Greece in 1992 before being banned for life from its basketball league for drug violations, consisting of cocaine and hashish found in his luggage returning from a visit to the US. [7] In Italy Burtt changed teams annually in Serie A and, in a timespan of six years, he contested in 155 games averaging 28.4 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game. [8] In 2007, Burtt was named by Maccabi Rishon LeZion B.C. as the "Best Foreigner Player" of the last 20 years.

Personal life

Burtt is the father of former Iona College basketball player Steve Burtt Jr., who shares his name, and played for the senior Ukraine national team. [9]

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