Birth Date: | 23 January 1963 |
Birth Place: | Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
Number: | 59 |
Status: | Retired |
Import: | no |
Position1: | Guard |
Position2: | Offensive tackle |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 4 |
Weight Lb: | 265 |
Cis: | Concordia |
High School: | Cathedral |
Cfldraftedyear: | 1987 |
Cfldraftedround: | 1 |
Cfldraftedpick: | 5 |
Cfldraftedteam: | Calgary Stampeders |
Playing Team1: | Calgary Stampeders |
Playing Team2: | Toronto Argonauts |
Playing Team3: | Ottawa Rough Riders |
Playing Years4: | – |
Playing Team4: | BC Lions |
Playing Years5: | – |
Playing Team5: | Calgary Stampeders |
Career Highlights: | |
Cflallstar: | ,,, |
Cflwestallstar: | ,,,, |
Cfhof: | rocco-romano |
Cfhofyear: | 2007 |
Rocco Romano (born January 23, 1963[1]) is a former Canadian football player. He played 14 seasons in the Canadian Football League (CFL), ten of those with the Calgary Stampeders, and was a five-time All-Star as an offensive lineman. While in Calgary, he won two Grey Cups, in 1992 and 1998.
Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Romano was the winner of the CFL's DeMarco-Becket Memorial Trophy in 1994 and 1996 for the Stampeders, which is awarded to the player selected as the outstanding lineman in the West Division. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 2007.
He is an alumnus of St. Ann's Catholic elementary, Cathedral High School and Concordia University in Montreal. He married Shauna Sky and they raised two children together before getting divorced.