Rocky Freitas

Rockne Crowningburg "Rocky" Freitas (born September 7, 1945) is a former American football offensive tackle who played for the Detroit Lions and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in an eleven-year career that lasted from 1968 to 1978 in the National Football League.

Rocky Freitas
Position:Tackle
Personal information
Born: (1945-09-07) September 7, 1945
Kailua, Honolulu County, Hawaii
Height:6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Weight:270 lb (122 kg)
Career information
College:Oregon State
NFL Draft:1967 / Round: 3 / Pick: 73
Career history
As player:
As administrator:
  • Hawaii (2012) (interim athletic director)
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com

Freitas played college football at Oregon State University and was drafted in the third round of the 1967 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers. He was selected to the Pro Bowl after the 1972 season. His son Makoa was selected in the 2003 NFL Draft by the Indianapolis Colts.

Following his NFL career, Freitas served in various leadership roles in education, including at Ke Aliʻi Pauahi Foundation, Kamehameha Schools, and GRG Enterprises.[1] He also served as the chancellor of Hawaiʻi Community College for six years, as vice president for university relations for the University of Hawaiʻi System, and as associate athletic director for the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.[1] As a vice president of the University of Hawaii System, Freitas was instrumental in negotiating a move of the UH football team from the Western Athletic Conference to the Mountain West Conference in 2010 during the 2010–2014 NCAA conference realignment.[2][3] Freitas served as the chancellor for the University of Hawaii at West Oahu from 2013 until his retirement in 2015.[1]

References
  1. "UH West Oʻahu Chancellor Rockne Freitas announces retirement". University of Hawaiʻi News. August 18, 2005.
  2. Lewis, Ferd (20 November 2010). "The man behind the plan". Honolulu Star Advertiser. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
  3. Lewis, Ferd (December 27, 2010). "Freitas greased skids for UH sports to switch conferences". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved 3 September 2020.


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