Steven Dwayne Burtt (born November 5, 1962) is an American former professional

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player. The 6'2"

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played in the

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(NBA) sporadically from 1984 until 1993. He also had an established playing career overseas. Born in

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, Burtt played high school basketball for

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before enrolling at

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to play for the

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. Burtt now teaches at Bronx Collegiate Academy (

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, New York).

College career

In his 4 seasons with

, Burtt played in 121 games, averaging 20.9

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, 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, field goals 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 a three time All-MAAC first team (1982–1984) member 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

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and

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Professional career

Burtt was selected 30th overall in the 1984 NBA draft by the

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. In his rookie season injuries shortened his playing to 47 games, averaging 4.2

on .383 shooting. He played professionally in

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in 1992 before being banned for life from its basketball league for drug violations, consisting of

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and

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found in his luggage returning from a visit to the US. In Italy Burtt changed teams annually in

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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 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.

References

External links

College & NBA stats
@ basketball-reference.com

@ nytimes.com, published December 1, 1992

@ nytimes.com, published January 1, 1993
Steve Burtt
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