Dean Elmer Steinkuhler was born on January 27,1961 and is an American former professional football player who was a guard in the National Football League for eight seasons in the 1980s and 1990s.
19 Facts About Dean Steinkuhler
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Dean Steinkuhler was selected in the first round of the 1984 NFL draft, and played professionally for the Houston Oilers of the NFL.
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Dean Steinkuhler attended the University of Nebraska, where he won the Outland Trophy, given to the nation's top offensive lineman, in 1983.
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Dean Steinkuhler won the Lombardi Award in 1983, marking the second consecutive year a Nebraska player had won that award as Rimington had won the Lombardi in 1982.
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Dean Steinkuhler is one of eight Nebraska winners of the Outland Trophy and one of five Nebraska winners of the Lombardi Award.
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Dean Steinkuhler is, along with fellow Nebraska Cornhuskers Rich Glover, Dave Rimington and Ndamukong Suh, one of only thirteen players to have won both the Outland Trophy and the Lombardi Award.
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In 1999 Dean Steinkuhler was selected to the Nebraska All-Century Football Team via fan poll and was named to the All-Century Nebraska football team by Gannett News Service.
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Dean Steinkuhler is one of only sixteen Cornhuskers to have his jersey retired by the team.
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Dean Steinkuhler is remembered for being the player who picked up quarterback Turner Gill's intentional fumble in the 1984 Orange Bowl and ran it 19 yards for a touchdown in a play dubbed the "Fumblerooski".
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In 1999 Dean Steinkuhler was selected as a third-team offensive guard by Sports Illustrated in their "NCAA Football All-Century Team".
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Dean Steinkuhler was one of six Nebraska Cornhuskers on this All-Century Team 85 man roster; the others being Glover, Johnny Rodgers, Rimington, Tommie Frazier and Taylor.
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In 1999 Dean Steinkuhler was selected as an offensive guard to the Walter Camp Football Foundation College Football All Century Team.
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Dean Steinkuhler was one of six Nebraska Cornhuskers selected to this team; the others being Rodgers, Rimington, Shields, Frazier and Taylor.
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Dean Steinkuhler is one of 54 players and one of five Cornhuskers named to both the Sports Illustrated and Walter Camp All-Century teams.
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Dean Steinkuhler was the second overall pick in the first round of the 1984 NFL draft, taken by the Houston Oilers.
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Dean Steinkuhler played both offensive guard and offensive tackle with the Oilers after playing solely offensive guard in college.
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Dean Steinkuhler played eight seasons with the Oilers before retiring in 1991.
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Dean Steinkuhler hailed from Burr, Nebraska, which, according to the 2000 census, has a population of just 66 people.
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Dean Steinkuhler played both eight-man and eleven-man football at nearby Sterling High School.