Steve_Little_(American_football)
Steve Little (American football)
American football player (1956–1999)
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.[2][3] He is the third-highest drafted kicker in NFL history, behind Charlie Gogolak (6th, 1966) of Princeton and Russell Erxleben (11th, 1979) of Texas.[4] 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.[5][6][7] That record has yet to be broken; it was set by Erxleben two weeks earlier on October 1, 1977,[8] and is shared with Joe Williams of Wichita State (October 21, 1978).[9]