Steve Juday

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'''Steve Juday''' (born c. 1945) is a former [[American football]] quarterback who played at [[Michigan State University]] from 1963 to 1965.

A native of [[Northville, Michigan]], he attended Northville High School where he was rated as the best quarterback in the state.<ref>{{cite news|title=QB Juday Suits Northville to a 'T'|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|author=Jack Saylor|date=October 13, 1961|page=47|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press-juday/196355706/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

Juday enrolled at Michigan State in 1962. He played quarterback for the Spartans from 1963 to 1965.<ref name=hof/> He led the [[1965 Michigan State Spartans football team]] to a national championship. During the 1965 season, he completed 89 of 168 passes for 1,173 passing yards, seven touchdowns, seven interceptions, and a 117.0 quarterback rating. He also rushed for 170 yards for a team-high 1,343 yards of [[total offense]].<ref>{{cite web|title=1965 Michigan State Spartans Stats|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|accessdate=April 21, 2026|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/michigan-state/1965.html}}</ref> He was the first Michigan State quarterback to pass for 1,000 yards in a season.<ref name=hof/>

Juday was a team co-captain in 1965 (sharing the honor with Don Japinga) and received the Governor of Michigan Award as the most valuable player on the 1965 team.<ref>{{cite news|title=Juday Voted Most Valuable|newspaper=The Lansing State Journal|author=Bog Hoerner|date=November 23, 1965|page=C2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lansing-state-journal-juday-mvp/196192872/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> He also finished sixth in the 1965 voting for the [[Heisman Trophy]].<ref>{{cite web|title=1965 Heisman Trophy Voting|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|accessdate=April 23, 2026|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/awards/heisman-1965.html}}</ref> He was also selected by the [[Associated Press]] as the first-team quarterback on its [[1965 All-America football team]], though he lost the equivalent [[United Press International]] selection to Purdue's [[Bob Griese]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Spartan Trio Nabs More All-American Honors|newspaper=The Lansing State Journal|date=December 2, 1965|page=1G|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lansing-state-journal-spartan-trio-nabs/196207831/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> Juday was also named as a winner of the 1965 Scholar-Athlete Award by the [[National Football Foundation]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Juday Receives Scholar-Athlete Award Fellowship|newspaper=The Niles Daily Star|date=November 24, 1965|page=14|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-niles-daily-star-juday-receives-scho/196309684/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> and won the Big Ten Medal of Honor as the Michigan State male athlete with the most outstanding athletic and academic achievement.<ref>{{cite web|title=2025 Michigan State Football Media Guide|publisher=Michigan State University|page=299|access-date=April 23, 2025|url=https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/sidearm.nextgen.sites/msuspartans.com/documents/2025/8/29/2025_Michigan_State_Football_Media_Guide.pdf?timestamp=20250829045740}}</ref> He closed his collegiate career as Michigan State's all-time leader in passing yardage and touchdown passes, and was inducted into the Michigan State Athletic Hall of Fame in 2016.<ref name=hof>{{cite web|title=Steve Juday|website=MSUSpartans.com|accessdate=April 26, 2026|url=https://msuspartans.com/honors/hall-of-fame/steve-juday/140}}</ref>

In later years, Juday lived in [[Midland, Michigan]], joining Dow Chemical Co. in 1967 and serving as the company's director of human resources starting in 1987.<ref>{{cite web|title=Steve Juday|publisher=National Football Foundation|accessdate=April 26, 2026|url=https://footballfoundation.org/hof_scholars.aspx?hof=693}}</ref> In 1990, he received the NCAA 1990 Silver Anniversary Award presented to former student athletes who went on to distinguished careers.<ref>{{cite news|title=Athletics, business success bring NCAA honor to Juday: Ex-MSU star receives Silver Anniversary Award|newspaper=Midland Daily News|date=December 17, 1990|page=C1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/midland-daily-news-juday/196354470/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

His sons Rich and Bob Juday played baseball for Michigan State.<ref>{{cite news|title=Keeping with tradition: Juday brothers can relate to their Spartan success|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|author=Doug Church|date=May 8, 1991|page=5D|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press-juday/196353741/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

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