STEVE GILDEA

Athlete, North Penn High School, 1982

Football, Basketball, Track & Field

7 Varsity Letters: 3 Football, 3 Spring Track, 1 Winter Track
1981 Athlonʼs Football Eastern Elite Eleven, Defensive Tackle
1981 U.P.I. All Pennsylvania Football 1st Team Defensive Tackle
1981 Associated Press All State 2nd Team Offensive Tackle
1981 Montgomery County All Star Game Offensive & Defensive Line
Philadelphia Inquirer Athlete of the Week October 1, 1981
1981 Philadelphia Inquirer All-Area Football 1st Team Defensive Tackle
1981 Bulletin All-Suburban 1st Team Defensive Tackle
1981 District I All Star Football 1st Team Defensive Tackle
1981 All Bux-Mont 1st Team Defensive and Offensive Tackle
1981 Bulletin All-Scholastic Football 2nd Team Defensive Tackle
1981 Reporter Bux-Mont Football 1st Team Defensive and Offensive Tackle
1981 PIAA District I Shot Put Champion
1982 Bux-Mont League Shot Put Champion
Attended University of Delaware 1982-1986
Graduated Caldwell College, B. S. Business Administration, 2002
Inducted 2012

While attending North Penn High School, Steve participated in Football, Basketball, and Track and Field. In both of his sophomore and junior years Steve earned the NPHS Athletic Department Award for Outstanding Male Athlete and voted by his peers as the Most Athletic his senior year. Steve broke into the starting lineup on the football team as a sophomore playing defensive tackle and had the pleasure of scoring his first touchdown. As a junior Steve started both ways on the football team and was forced to play multiple offensive line positions when others were hurt. He was named Honorable Mention All Bux-Mont at the end of his junior campaign. As one of the captains, Steve’s senior year was very memorable. He, and more importantly, the team enjoyed great success. The most memorable moment of Steve’s football career was going over to War Memorial field in 1981 as a senior and totally shutting down Central Bucks West while holding them to negative yards rushing. This defensive performance remains a record which still stands as an all-time record second only to another opponent dominated by this same defense of 1981.

In each of Steve’s 3 years he led his class in points for the track and field team while participating in the shot put, discus and javelin events. During Steve’s junior year he was district champion in the shot put on the 1981 State Champion Boys Track Team.

After graduating North Penn High School, Steve went onto the University of Delaware on an academic and athletic scholarship where he continued to play football as a defensive tackle and winter track where he threw the 35 pound weight. Steve continued his academic pursuits at Caldwell College where he graduated with a B.S. in Business Administration in 2002.

Steve now lives in Winter Springs Florida with his wife Karen and 10 year old son Patrick. He is a Production Lead at Digital Risk in Maitland Florida, a forensic underwriting and due diligence firm. Steve loves most anything that involves family and friends and enjoying life. In his spare time he loves to golf; however, he enjoys most of his free time coaching Patrick’s baseball team.