29 Facts About Leigh Steinberg

Leigh William Steinberg was born on March 27,1949 and is an American sports agent, philanthropist, and author.

Leigh Steinberg has represented the No 1 overall pick in the NFL draft a record eight times.

Leigh Steinberg is often credited as the real-life inspiration for the sports agent in Cameron Crowe's film Jerry Maguire in 1996.

Leigh Steinberg was born and raised in Los Angeles by his parents, a teacher and a librarian, who pushed public service along with ambition.

Leigh Steinberg attended the University of California Los Angeles, for one year before transferring to the University of California, Berkeley.

Leigh Steinberg was a resident assistant at the UC Berkeley dorms and had Steve Bartkowski and Steve Wozniak on his floor.

Leigh Steinberg eventually formed his own student government political party, called Unity.

Leigh Steinberg subsequently resigned from his post as a result of a cheating scandal.

Leigh Steinberg has successfully negotiated over $3 billion in contracts for players including Troy Aikman, Steve Young, and Patrick Mahomes.

Leigh Steinberg has represented the No 1 pick overall in the NFL draft a record eight times, in addition to representing over 60 other first round draft picks in the NFL.

Leigh Steinberg has actively been involved with the Human Relations Commission, Children Now, Children's Miracle Network, Coro Fellows Program, and the Starlight Foundation.

Leigh Steinberg founded and underwrites the Steinberg Leadership Institute, a nationwide program run by the Anti-Defamation League preparing students to fight racism and inequality throughout the world which has since become the Glass Leadership Institute.

Leigh Steinberg has endowed scholarships at his high school, donated time and resources to organizations such as Special Olympics, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, and Junior Achievement.

Leigh Steinberg has endowed a classroom at Boalt Hall at the University of California at Berkeley.

Leigh Steinberg has received screen credit as a technical consultant on several films, including Jerry Maguire, Any Given Sunday, and For the Love of the Game.

Leigh Steinberg made an appearance in the film Jerry Maguire, and is credited as the real life inspiration of the sports agents from that film.

Leigh Steinberg has developed original television and film content for Fox Television, Warner Brothers Studios, ABC Entertainment, and HBO.

Leigh Steinberg has been at the forefront of the Internet revolution, creating and building sports websites, strategically aligning his firm with ESPN's Sportzone.

Leigh Steinberg has lent his marketing expertise to the video game software business and served as a member of the Board of Directors for two software manufacturers.

Leigh Steinberg wrote a best-selling book with Michael D'Orso, Winning with Integrity: Getting What You Want Without Selling Your Soul, published by Three Rivers Press in October 1999.

Leigh Steinberg was a speaker at the independently organized TED Talk hosted by Chapman University.

Leigh Steinberg spoke about "Making an impact in the world through sports".

Leigh Steinberg gave key insights into the changes he's brought to the world through sports; one of his strategies was to encourage his clients to give back to the high school community that helped shape them.

Leigh Steinberg made it a practice not to take any clients who weren't interested in contributing.

In 1992, Leigh Steinberg helped lead a successful campaign to prevent the San Francisco Giants baseball club from relocating to Florida.

Leigh Steinberg served as co-chairperson of the "Save the Rams" committee in its unsuccessful 1990s attempt to keep the franchise from leaving Southern California and was active in pursuits to attract a new football franchise to locate in Los Angeles.

Leigh Steinberg describes his financial problems as having mounted since 2003, when he became involved with extensive litigation with Dunn and Assante, escalating with his 2008 divorce settlement, and exacerbated by problems with alcoholism.

Leigh Steinberg was arrested for DUI in 1997 and again in 2007, and for public intoxication in 2008, all in Newport Beach, California.

On January 11,2012 Leigh Steinberg filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection.