[1] Steadman was a student at Blessed Sacrament School on Old York Road and East 41st Street.
Following his graduation after the eighth grade, he attended Baltimore City College high school where he played catcher on the varsity team.
[1] He was originally hired by the Baltimore News-Post in 1945 as a sports reporter, earning 14 dollars a week.
In 1959, he wrote the book "The Greatest Football Game Ever Played: When the Baltimore Colts and New York Giants Faced Sudden Death".
[3] Steadman died in hospice care in Baltimore on New Year's Day 2001, six weeks before his 74th birthday.