Hall of Fame
Steve Steele attended O’Gorman High School where he played three years for the O’Gorman Knights football and basketball teams. In 1964 and 1965, he was chosen as a defensive player for the Class AA All-State team. Steve was inducted into the O’Gorman Hall of Fame in September 2014.
After graduating from O’Gorman, Steve attended SD Mines where he received an athletic scholarship to play football for the Hardrockers under Darold “Dud” King. He graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1970.
While at SD Mines, he was voted to the SDIC District 12 All-Conference team in 1967 and 1968, and in his junior year, he was the only player in the SDIC to be awarded Little All-American Team Honorable Mention. He is listed in the 1969 edition of Outstanding College Athletes of America.
As a freshman, he also played on the Hardrockers varsity basketball team, but a commitment to his studies limited his athletic activities to football and intramural basketball during his last three years.
Steve retired in 2004 after 35 years with the Shell Oil & Shell Chemical Companies, but he remains active in sports. During his working career, he played in many city basketball leagues and golf tournaments. He is an active member of the National Association of Left Handed Golfers (NALG) and World Association of Left Handed Golfers (WALG) and has won four National Open Division Tournaments and two World Senior Division Tournaments in 24 attempts since 1992.
