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Jan 30, 1956 Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada 68 years old
Canadian football player
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About Rocky Dipietro
- Rocky DiPietro (born January 30, 1956) is a former Canadian Football League receiver for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
- During his 14-year career as a slotback and wide receiver, DiPietro became the CFL's all-time pass reception leader in 1989 and had a career total of 706 receptions for 9,762 yards and 45 touchdowns.
- Rocky retired in 1991 after starring in four Grey Cup games, winning it in 1986.
- He was named to the Tiger-Cats Wall of Honour in 1994, and inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1997.
- His cousin Paul DiPietro was a member of the 1993 Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup championship team and is now an established star in Switzerland. After a junior and senior football career in Sault Ste.
- Marie, Rocky DiPietro went on to a brilliant all-star CFL career.
- He was inducted into Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1997 after playing for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
- He retired after the 1991 season with numerous awards and honours, which include: All-Eastern All-Star, All-Canadian All-Star, Most Outstanding Canadian Player Award, Lew Hayman Trophy — Most Outstanding Canadian Player Eastern Division, Grey Cup Participation, Grey Cup Championship Team and the Tiger-cats Walk of Fame. He is now a high school Learning Strategies/Special Education teacher and coach of the multiple championship winning football team at Lakeshore Catholic High School in Port Colborne, Ontario.
