Career
He played club football for System Technologies Ukraina Lviv, Phönix Karlsruhe, Charleroi, Nice, Valenciennes, Lyon, Toronto Ukrainians, and Rochester Ukrainians. In 1957 he was the Canadian Challenger"s Cup holder playing for Montreal Ukrainians. He played a single game for Canada in Saint Louis against the United States of America along with two other Ukrainian Canadians: Mike Bereza and Walt Zakaluznyj.
After retiring Steckiw coached the Toronto"s Inter-Roma.
He created a soccer museum in Toronto. In 1946 in city of Ulm, West Germany Steckiw created a football team "Ukraina".
Later he also was awarded the Universal Postal Union Golden Cross.