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| Born: | June 4, 1880 New York City, United States |
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| Died: | February 1964 |
| Career information | |
| Position(s) | Fullback, Tailback |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) |
| Weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
| College | Navy, Colgate |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 1900–1901 | Syracuse Athletic Association |
| 1902 | Philadelphia Athletics |
| 1902 | Syracuse Athletic Club |
| 1903 | Franklin Athletic Club |
| 1905 | Canton Athletic Club |
| 1906 | Canton Bulldogs |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Jacob Paul "Twister" Steinberg (June 4, 1880 – February 1964) was a professional football player in the early 1900s. As a member of the first National Football League, he played with the Philadelphia Athletics in the first professional night game in history. He also won the first, and only, two series of the first World Series of Football with the Syracuse Athletic Club and the Franklin Athletic Club. Steinberg was also the first Jewish professional basketball player. Harry March, dubbed the "Father of Pro Football", referred to Steinberg as, "one of the most elusive, fastest, slickest, shrewdest, and clean backs of the century."