Steve Strinko
| Date of birth | October 5, 1952 |
|---|---|
| Place of birth | Middletown, Ohio |
| Career information | |
| Position(s) | Linebacker |
| College | Michigan |
| NFL draft |
1975 / Round: 9 / Pick: 219 (By the Detroit Lions) |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 1972–1974 | Michigan |
Steven Douglas Strinko (born October 5, 1952) is a former American football player. He played as a linebacker for Coach Bo Schembechler at the University of Michigan and was selected as the Most Valuable Player on the 1974 Michigan Wolverines football team. He subsequently founded FAN, Inc., a non-profit organization established to identify and provide medical assistance to former NCAA athletes experiencing hardships as a result of injuries incurred during sanctioned NCAA activities.
Strinko was born in Middletown, Ohio, the son of Thomas and Earlene Strinko. He attended Monroe High School in Monroe, Ohio, and earned three letters each in track and football and one in basketball. He was a linebacker and offensive tackle on the Monroe Hornets football team from 1968 to 1970. In Strinko's three seasons of varsity football at Monroe, the team lost only one football game. Strinko was selected for the All Mid Miami Conference three times, All Southwestern Ohio two times, All-Ohio two times, and was selected as a first-team Scholastic Coach Magazine High School All-American. In May 1971, he also received the Banquet of Champions award as the outstanding male high school athlete in the Greater Cincinnati area. In January 2010, Strinko was named as an honorable mention selection on the All-Time All-Ohio High School Football Team.
Strinko also maintained a 4.0 grade point average as a high school student, and was the sports editor on the school paper and a member of the student council and National Honor Society.
As one of Ohio's top football recruits in the Class of 1971, Strinko was recruited by Alabama, Ohio State, Notre Dame, Stanford, Michigan and other universities. In January 1971, Strinko and his parents watched Super Bowl V with Ohio State Coach Woody Hayes at his house. The Strinkos were the only family invited and enjoyed a home-cooked meal prepared by Hayes' wife Anne. In March 1971, Strinko announced that he had accepted a scholarship to attend the University of Michigan. At the time of his commitment to Michigan, one Ohio newspaper reported:
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