Paul Rochester
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| Position | Defensive tackle | ||||||||
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| Born | July 15, 1938 Lansing, Michigan, U.S. | ||||||||
| Died | June 7, 2020 (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) was an American professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the American Football League (AFL). He played for the Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs (1960–1963) and the New York Jets (1964–1969). He played college football at Michigan State University.
He was an AFL All-Star in 1961, and he earned an AFL Championship ring with the New York Jets in 1968 and had the only sack of the game; as well as a World Championship with the Jets after the 1968 season, when he was team co-captain in the Jets' upset of the heavily favored NFL Champion Baltimore Colts. Rochester is one of only twenty players who played the entire ten years of the AFL's existence.