Sav Rocca

Sav Rocca

Rocca as an assistant coach for Carlton in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Saverio Giovanni Rocca
Born	(1973-11-20) 20 November 1973 (age 50) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Height	6 ft 5 in (196 cm)
Weight	263 lb (119 kg; 18 st 11 lb)
Australian rules footballer Australian rules football career Personal information Original team(s) Reservoir Lakeside Debut Round 14, 21 June 1992, Collingwood vs. Footscray, at the MCG Position(s) Full forward / centre half-forward Playing career Years Club Games (Goals) 1992–2000 Collingwood 156 (514) 2001–2007 Kangaroos 101 (234) Total 257 (748) Career highlights Copeland Trophy: 1995 7x Collingwood leading goalkicker: 1993–1999 3x Kangaroos leading goalkicker: 2001–2002, 2004 2x Anzac Day Medal: 1995, 1998 AFL Rising Star nominee: 1993 Collingwood Hall of Fame: Inducted 2017 Collingwood Life Member: 2017 VFL/AFL Italian Team of the Century Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com
American football player American football career
No. 6
Position:	Punter
Career history
Philadelphia Eagles (2007–2010) Washington Redskins (2011–2013)
Career highlights and awards
NFL record of oldest rookie (2007)
Career NFL statistics
Punts: 517 Punt yards: 22,169 Punting yard average: 42.9 Stats at Pro Football Reference

Saverio Giovanni Rocca (born 20 November 1973) is an Australian former professional sportsman. He played Australian rules football for Collingwood and the Kangaroos in the Australian Football League (AFL), and then switched to playing American football as a punter for the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Redskins in the National Football League (NFL).

Rocca was born in Melbourne. From 1992 to 2006, he played 257 AFL games as a full forward or centre half-forward, kicking 748 goals. He ranks fourteenth on the all-time goalscoring list. Rocca was his team's leading goalkicker on ten occasions (seven for Collingwood and three for the Kangaroos), and in 1995 won the Copeland Trophy as Collingwood's best and fairest player. Only two players (Matthew Richardson and Kevin Bartlett) have scored more goals in their career without winning a Coleman Medal (i.e., scoring the most goals in a particular season).

Known for his ability to kick long distances, Rocca retired from Australian football at the age of 32 to pursue a career in the NFL. When he signed with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2007, he became the oldest rookie in the history of the NFL (breaking the record set by another Australian, Ben Graham).^[1] After four seasons with the Eagles, Rocca joined the Washington Redskins in 2011, where he played three seasons through 2014. He then returned to Australia after the end of his NFL career, and worked as a kicking and ruck coach for the Carlton Football Club from 2015 to 2020.^[2]