Ernie Steele
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Steele on a 1948 Bowman football card
Personal information
Born:(1917-11-02)November 2, 1917
Bothell, Washington, U.S.
Died:October 16, 2006(2006-10-16) (aged 88)
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:187 lb (85 kg)
Career information
High school:Burien (WA) Highline
College:Washington
Position:Running back
NFL Draft:1942 / Round: 10 / Pick: 81
(by the Pittsburgh Steelers)[1]
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

Ernest Raymond Steele (November 2, 1917 – October 16, 2006) was an American football running back in the National Football League (NFL) for the Philadelphia Eagles, and the "Steagles", a team that resulted in the temporary merger of the Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers in 1943. A graduate of Highline High School in Burien, Washington[2] (which made him a charter member of its Athletic Hall of Fame in 1999),[3] he played college football at the University of Washington and was drafted in the tenth round of the 1942 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers.[1]

He played in two NFL championship games for the Philadelphia Eagles.

After ending his football career, Steele opened a diner and sports bar in Seattle, named "Ernie Steele's." It became a landmark and operated under that name until he sold it in 1993.[4] After the sale it was known for eight years as Ileen's Sports Bar, but the back was called "The Ernie Room."[5] Since 2001, it has been a drag bar called Julia's.[6]

Steele died in Seattle, Washington, on October 16, 2006.

References

  1. 1 2 "1942 Pittsburgh Steelers". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on April 8, 2007. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
  2. ↑ Raley, Dan (September 28, 2004). "Where Are They Now: Ernie Steele". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved May 22, 2019. Steele's fleet feet took him from Highline High School, where he was a highly decorated athlete in football, basketball and track, ...
  3. ↑ "1999 Athletic Hall of Fame". Highline High School. Retrieved 2016-12-18.
  4. ↑ "The Seattle Times: Steve Kelley: Ernie had city's first, and finest, sports joint". Archived from the original on 2016-10-11. Retrieved 2015-10-01.
  5. ↑ "No Ferns in Sight as Ernie Steele's Becomes Ileen's | the Seattle Times".
  6. ↑ Robert Ketcherside (2016-12-18). "CHS Re:Take | The Julia's building, past to present". Capitol Hill Seattle Blog. Retrieved 2016-12-18.


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