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| Position | Defensive tackle | ||||||||
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| Born | (1938-07-15)July 15, 1938 Lansing, Michigan, U.S. | ||||||||
| Died | June 7, 2020(2020-06-07) (aged 81) Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 255 lb (116 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Sewanhaka (NY) | ||||||||
| College | Michigan State | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1960: undrafted | ||||||||
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Paul "Rocky"Rochester (July 15, 1938 – June 7, 2020)[1] was an American professionalfootball player who was adefensive tackle in theAmerican Football League (AFL). He played for theDallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs (1960–1963) and theNew York Jets (1964–1969). He playedcollege football atMichigan State University.[2]
He was anAFL All-Star in 1961, and he earned an AFL Championship ring with the New York Jets in 1968 and had the onlysack of the game; as well as aWorld Championship with the Jets after the 1968 season, when he was team co-captain in the Jets' upset of the heavily favored NFL ChampionBaltimore Colts. Rochester is one of only twenty players who played the entire ten years of the AFL's existence.
