Steven Dwayne Burtt (born November 5, 1962) is a retired American professional
basketball
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player. The 6'2"
point guard played in the
National Basketball Association
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(NBA) sporadically from 1984 until 1993. He also had an established playing career overseas. Born in
New York City
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, Burtt played high school basketball for
Charles Evans Hughes
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before enrolling to
Iona to play for the
Gaels
The Gaels ( ; ga, Na Gaeil ; gd, Na Gàidheil ; gv, Ny Gaeil ) are an ethnolinguistic group native to Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man in the British Isles. They are associated with the Gaelic languages: a branch of the Celtic langu ...
. Burtt now teaches at Bronx Collegiate Academy (Bronx, New York)
College career
In his 4 season with
Iona Burtt played in 121 games averaging 20.9
points per game, 3.5 rebounds per game and 1.7 steals per game. He is the all-time leader of Iona in total points scored for the school with 2,534.
He also has several other school records including career field goals made and attempted and season field goals made.
Burtt also held the single-season scoring record with 732, a record broken in 2006 by his son
Steve Burtt Jr. During his college career he was named three times in the
All-MAAC first team (1982–1984) and twice
All-MAAC Player of the Year (1983–1984). 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
Wardell Stephen Curry (born June 25, 1964) is an American former professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1986 until 2002 and retired as the Charlotte Hornets' all-time leader in points (9,839) ...
and
Steph Curry.
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.
He played professionally in
Greece
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in 1992 before being banned for life from its basketball league for drug violations, consisting of
cocaine
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and
hashish found in his luggage returning from a visit to the
US. In Italy Burtt changed teams annually in
Serie A
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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. In 2007, Burtt was named by
Maccabi Rishon LeZion B.C. as the "Best Foreigner Player" of the last 20 years.
Personal
Burtt is the father of former
Iona College
Iona University is a private Roman Catholic university with a main campus in New Rochelle, New York. It was founded in 1940 by the Congregation of Christian Brothers and occupies a campus of in New Rochelle and a campus of in Bronxville, ...
basketball player
Steve Burtt Jr., who shares his name, and played for the senior
Ukrainian national team.
References
External links
College & NBA stats@ basketball-reference.com
@ nytimes.com, published December 1, 1992
@ nytimes.com, published January 1, 1993
Steve Burtt @ Lega Basket Serie A
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1962 births
Living people
African-American basketball players
Albany Patroons players
American expatriate basketball people in Canada
American expatriate basketball people in Greece
American expatriate basketball people in Israel
American expatriate basketball people in Italy
American expatriate basketball people in the Philippines
American men's basketball players
Andrea Costa Imola players
Basketball players from New York City
Dinamo Sassari players
Golden State Warriors draft picks
Golden State Warriors players
Greek Basket League players
Iona Gaels men's basketball players
Iraklis Thessaloniki B.C. players
Lega Basket Serie A players
Los Angeles Clippers players
Maccabi Rishon LeZion basketball players
Pallacanestro Trieste players
Philippine Basketball Association imports
Phoenix Suns players
Point guards
Reyer Venezia players
Savannah Spirits players
Shell Turbo Chargers players
S.S. Felice Scandone players
Washington Bullets players
21st-century African-American people
20th-century African-American sportspeople