STATISTICS & HISTORY
Jerry Steiner played basketball for four years at Berne High School in Indiana. He was chosen an All-State performer in his junior year. Steiner was a three-year starter at Butler University. He led the team to three straight Indiana Collegiate Conference championships. He was chosen an All-American in his senior year. He graduated as Butler’s all-time leading scorer. After service in World War II, Steiner played for the 1945-46 season with Indianapolis in the National Basketball League. The following season, Steiner split his time between teaching, coaching and part-time play for the Fort Wayne Pistons. Steiner retired from pro basketball after the season to devote full time to education. Steiner was a teacher and coach at Shortridge High School in Indianapolis for 32 years.
| JERRY STEINER | Height: | 5:07 | Weight: | 155 | College: | Butler’40 | |||||
| Jerome C. Steiner | Born: Jan 17, 1918 | Died: Feb 1, 2012 | Hometown: | Berne, In. | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1937-38 | Butler | College | |||||||||
| 1938-39 | Butler | College | |||||||||
| 1939-40 | Butler | College | |||||||||
| 1940-41 | Crawfordville Merchants | Indep | |||||||||
| 1940-41 | Indinapolis Kauskys | Indep | |||||||||
| 1942-45 | Indianapolis Kautskys | Military | Service | ||||||||
| 1945-46 | Indianapolis | NBL | 30 | 106 | 58 | 94 | .617 | 270 | 9.0 | ||
| 1946-47 | Fort Wayne | NBL | 16 | 12 | 5 | 9 | .556 | 29 | 1.8 | ||
| Major League Totals | 46 | 118 | 63 | 103 | .612 | 299 | 6.5 | ||||
| PLAYOFF RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1946-47 | Fort Wayne | NBL | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 3 | 0.8 | ||
| Major League Totals | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 3 | 0.8 | ||||