Paul Rochester
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Paul Rochester (born 1938) attended Michigan State University. He played defensive tackle in the American Football League for the Dallas Texans, Kansas City Chiefs, and the New York Jets.
He was an American Football League All-Star in 1961, and he earned two AFL Championship rings: one with the Dallas Texans in 1962 and one with the New York Jets in 1968; as well as a World Championship with the Jets after the 1968 season, when he was team co-captain in the Jets' destruction of the NFL Champion Colts. After his playing years, he fell to alcoholism, but underwent therapy, and has been sober for 33 years, offering help and hope to others with the problem. Rochester is one of only twenty players who played the entire ten years of the AFL's existence. Rochester is a member of the American Football League Hall of Fame
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External links
- American Football League Website (http://www.conigliofamily.com/AFLdotcom.htm) (Fan created site).
- The AFL Hall of Fame (http://www.conigliofamily.com/AFLHallofFame.htm)
- Rochester's citation in the AFL Hall of Fame (http://www.conigliofamily.com/TitansJets.htm#PAULROCHESTER) (Fan created site).