Former NFL QB Steve Stenstrom on sports ministry, life in the NFL and reflections at 50

Sports Spectrum Podcast

Sports Spectrum

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5 • 661 Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Steve Stenstrom is a former NFL quarterback who played six seasons with the Bears, 49ers, Lions and Broncos. In college, Steve was a standout quarterback for Stanford under coaches Denny Green and Bill Walsh. He holds numerous passing records including total passing yards and completions.

After his playing career ended in 2001, Steve went into sports ministry and is currently the President of Pro Athletes Outreach and Sports Spectrum.

Today on the podcast, we talk to Steve about his journey to Jesus, his NFL Draft experience, grieving the loss of his brother, turning 50 years old, leading a pro athlete ministry and what it was like to play with Jerry Rice and Terrell Owens.

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0:00.0	This episode of Sports Spectrums podcast is presented by American Underdog.
0:05.3	It's the new Kurt Warner movie that's coming out Christmas Day.
0:09.3	Have you seen the trailer for it yet?
0:10.9	It's phenomenal.
0:12.4	Zachary Levi is playing Kurt Warner.
0:15.6	You remember him from Shazam?
0:17.0	He's playing Kurt Warner.
0:18.4	And I got to see a preview of this movie.
0:20.3	It is fantastic. And it's more of a romantic movie, family type movie than it is a football movie,
0:28.8	although there's a lot of football in there.
0:30.4	And it really depicts Kurt Warner's relationship and sort of growth in this unreal journey to the NFL along with the relationship that he made
0:40.1	with his wife, Brenda, and built with her. And I love the movie. Again, it releases Christmas Day by
0:46.8	Lionsgate. It is phenomenal. It's directed by the Irwin brothers, Andy and John Irwin. You talk about faith.
0:54.6	You talk about football.
0:55.6	You talk about family.
0:57.1	This is the movie to go see Christmas Day and the Christmas week that everybody's off after for the most part.
1:04.1	American Underdog, the Kurt Warner film.
1:06.9	Go see it.
1:16.0	Music Go see it. This is Sports Spectrum, the intersection of sports and faith, where we bring Jesus back into the conversation.
1:22.8	Here's your host, Jason Romano.
1:25.5	Welcome, everyone, to Sports Spectrum.
1:29.9	I am Jason Romano. So glad that you're tuning into the show today. Make sure you check out our website, sportspectrum.com. So much content
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