Rock Perdoni

Renso Guido "Rock" Perdoni (December 10, 1947 – June 15, 2026) was an Italian-American gridiron football player who was a consensus All-American tackle for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets team. Afterward, Perdoni played professionally for three seasons in the Canadian Football League (CFL).

Early life Perdoni was born in Italy, near Milan. Perdoni moved to the United States with his family when he was six years old. He grew up in Wellesley, Massachusetts, where he attended Wellesley High School and played for the Wellesley Raiders high school football team.

Georgia Tech After completing his sophomore year at Ferrum, Perdoni transferred to Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia. Memorably, in 1969, he had ten-tackle performance in which his pass rush contributed to four interceptions in the Yellow Jackets' 6–0 upset of the Georgia Bulldogs.

As a senior team captain in 1970, he was a key member of the Yellow Jackets team that compiled a 9–3 record, and had 13 tackles in the Jackets' 17–9 victory over the Texas Tech Red Raiders in the December 1970 Sun Bowl. Following his senior season, he was a finalist for the first annual Lombardi Award, honoring the best college lineman of the year,

Perdoni was inducted into the Georgia Tech Sports Hall of Fame in 1979. He also played for the Edmonton Eskimos in , and the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 1972 and .

Death Perdoni died on June 15, 2026, at the age of 78.