Sav Rocca, born Saverio Giovanni Rocca on 20 November 1973 in Melbourne to Italian parents, is an Australian former sportsman who played both Australian rules football and American football. As a full forward and centre half-forward he played 257 AFL games between 1992 and 2006 for Collingwood and the Kangaroos, kicking 748 goals and leading his team goalkicking ten times. He won the Copeland Trophy as Collingwood best and fairest in 1995 and was known for kicks that travelled more than 60 metres. In 2007 he signed with the Philadelphia Eagles as a punter, becoming the oldest rookie in NFL history, and later played for the Washington Redskins until 2014, before coaching kicking at Carlton from 2015 to 2020.
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