Steve Malovic

Steve Malovic

Personal information
Born	(1956-07-21)July 21, 1956 Cleveland, Ohio
Died
Nationality	American / Israeli
Listed height	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight	230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High school	Alhambra (Phoenix, Arizona)
College	USC (1974–1976) San Diego State (1977–1979)
NBA draft	1978 / Round: 7 / Pick: 149th overall
Selected by the Phoenix Suns
Playing career	1979–1996
Position	Power forward
Number	4, 44
Career history
1979	Washington Bullets
1979–1980	San Diego Clippers
1980	Detroit Pistons
1980–1981	Stella Azzurra Roma
1981	Real Madrid
1981–1985	Hapoel Ramat Gan
1985–1986	Viola Reggio Calabria
1986–1988	Elitzur Maccabi Netanya
1988–1991	Hapoel Galil Elyon
1991–1992	Beitar Tel Aviv
1992–1995	Hapoel Galil Elyon
1995–1996	Bnei Herzliya
Career highlights and awards
Israeli League champion (1993) First-team All-PCAA (1978) First-team All-WAC (1979)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Stephen Lawrence "Steve" Malovic (July 21, 1956 – April 13, 2007) was an American-Israeli basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for one season and enjoyed a long career in Israel, where he ultimately obtained Israeli citizenship.

Malovic played college basketball at the University of Southern California and San Diego State University. He played 39 games in the 1979–80 NBA season for the Washington Bullets, San Diego Clippers and Detroit Pistons. Following that season, Malovic played in Italy and Spain, finally settling into the Israeli top league. He played until 1996 for several teams and was a part of an Israeli League championship with Hapoel Galil Elyon in 1993.

Malovic died on April 13, 2007 of a heart attack.