Steve Stenstrom - Former NFL QB on his football journey, playing for Bill Walsh and living "The 330 Life"
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 5 January 2024
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Steve Stenstrom is a former NFL quarterback who played six seasons with the Chicago Bears, San Francisco 49ers, Detroit Lions and Denver Broncos. In college, Stenstrom was a standout quarterback for Stanford under coaches Denny Green and Bill Walsh. He still holds numerous Stanford passing records, including career passing yards (10,911) and career completions (866).
After his playing career ended in 2001, Stenstrom went into sports ministry at Stanford, and is currently the president of Pro Athletes Outreach and Sports Spectrum. In November 2023, Stenstrom released his first book, "The 330 Life: Living by design not by default."
Today on the podcast, we talk to Steve Stenstrom on living "the 330 Life," playing for legendary coach Bill Walsh, saying yes to God, purposeful living and becoming a grandfather.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, coming up today on Sports Spectrum. |
| 0:02.0 | I get to talk to my boss on the podcast. |
| 0:04.6 | How about that? |
| 0:05.7 | He is Steve Stenstrom. |
| 0:06.9 | He's been my boss for the entire time I've been here at Sports Spectrum. |
| 0:10.2 | He is the president of Sports Spectrum and of the ministry pro athletes outreach. |
| 0:15.5 | He's also the author of a brand new book that everyone needs to go get a copy of. |
| 0:20.3 | It's called The 330 Life, Living by Design, Not By Default. |
| 0:25.4 | Steve played in the NFL for many seasons with the Chicago Bears with the San Francisco |
| 0:30.3 | 49ers. |
| 0:31.9 | He also had, as I like to say, a cup of coffee with the Detroit Lions and the Denver Broncos. |
| 0:37.6 | Steve is in sports ministry serving, as I said, pro athletes with pro athletes outreach. |
| 0:42.9 | When he played, he played with guys like John Lynch. |
| 0:45.6 | He played with guys like Jerry Rice. |
| 0:47.6 | Imagine throwing passes to Jerry Rice and Terrell Owens. |
| 0:50.5 | Well, Steve Stenstrom got to do that, and he got to learn from guys like Steve Young. |
| 0:55.3 | So he's been through a lot. His coaches, Bill Walsh, Denny Green, some legends in the coaching |
| 1:00.9 | world. Steve played his football at Stanford where he holds a ton of records still to this |
| 1:06.4 | day passing records with the Stanford Cardinal. This is Steve Stenstrom. He's my boss. |
| 1:11.4 | I got to talk to him. This is cool. You're going to like this conversation here on sports spectrum. First, I want to tell you about our friends at Athletes in Action. They've been a great partner with us here at Sports Spectrum. I love what they get to do. It's just like what we get to do, sports ministry, and they, athletes in action, |
| 1:28.4 | have sports missionaries on college campuses and pro locker rooms and countries all across |
| 1:33.4 | the globe. They are seeing these athletes come to know Jesus as Lord. How great is that. And of course, |
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