Famous People with Name Rocca

Francesco Rocca            Origin/Culture/Country: Italian

Francesco Rocca: an Italian former football player.He played 163 games (141 in Serie A and 22 in the Italian cup), exclusively with AS Roma, from 1972 to 1981, without scoring a goal. With the Italian football national team he played 18 times scoring a goal for Italy against U.S.A.

Richard Mason Rocca            Origin/Culture/Country: Italian

Richard Mason Rocca: is an Italian-American professional basketball player. His father is of Italian descent. Mason currently plays basketball for the Italian Euroleague club Olimpia Milano. He stands 204 cm tall (but actually it's proved he's around 6.5 1/2 (197 cm)), weighs

Antonino Rocca            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Antonino Rocca: was an Italian-born Argentine professional wrestler. Rocca was a popular "good guy" with both Italian-American and Hispanic audiences.He had a love for opera and was described as having an excellent - if untrained - singing voice. Maestro Arturo Toscanini, a rabid wrestling fan, was good friends with Rocca.[citation needed]As a former national champ rugby and overall tremendous athlete, Rocca was known for his unique wrestling style wowing audiences with his dazzling aerial maneuvers. He was responsible for the revival of the New York territory in the late 1940s, which would eventually become the modern day World Wrestling Entertainment. Rocca became one of the most well-known wrestlers during the golden age of television. He also had a successful tag team career, forming a popular tandem with Miguel Pérez. The two would draw large crowds to Madison Square Garden on a regular basis.

Peter Rocca            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Peter Rocca: is a former international backstroke swimmer from the United States. Peter broke onto the international swimming scene winning two gold medals in the Men's Backstroke events (100m and 4 x 100m Medley Relay) at the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico City, M

Giorgio Rocca            Origin/Culture/Country: Italian

Giorgio Rocca: is an Italian Alpine skier, a specialist in Slalom skiing. Together with Marc Girardelli and Ingemar Stenmark, he is one of three skiers to have won 5 Alpine Skiing World Cup slaloms in a row, which he achieved in the 2005/2006 season: only Alberto Tomba