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.
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."
Steinberg played halfback for the Athletics, which won the Philadelphia city title, before losing the league championship to the Pittsburgh Stars.
The team was backed by the head of the Carnegie Steel Company was so good that they had difficulty finding opponents.