Paul Rochester

{{Short description|American football player (1938–2020)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Paul Rochester

| image =

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| number = 72, 73

| position = Defensive tackle

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1938|7|15|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Lansing, Michigan, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|6|7|1938|7|15|mf=y}}

| death_place = Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lbs = 255

| high_school = Sewanhaka (NY)

| college = Michigan State

| undraftedyear = 1960

| pastteams =

• Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs (1960–1963)
• New York Jets (1964–1969)

| highlights =

• AFL All-Star (1961)
• 2× AFL champion (1962, 1968)
• Super Bowl champion (III)

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 132

| statlabel2 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue2 = 2

| statlabel4 = Sacks

| statvalue4 = 1

| pfr = R/RochPa00

}}

Paul "Rocky" Rochester (July 15, 1938 – June 7, 2020){{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2020/06/09/paul-rochester-member-of-jets-super-bowl-team-dies-at-81/111939530/|title=Paul Rochester, member of Jets' Super Bowl team, dies at 81|website=USA Today |access-date=June 9, 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.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110515030419/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=ROCHEPAU01 Paul Rochester]}}. databasefootball.com

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.