| Paul Rochester | |
| Number: | 72, 73 |
| Position: | Defensive tackle |
| Birth Date: | July 15, 1938 |
| Birth Place: | Lansing, Michigan, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 2 |
| Weight Lbs: | 255 |
| High School: | Sewanhaka (NY) |
| College: | Michigan State |
| Undraftedyear: | 1960 |
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| 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)[1] 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.[2]
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.