Donald Cocoazza was a four-year starter and signal caller as
middle linebacker on the football team. Team Co-Captain in
1969, he was a member of the 1969 Lambert Bowl team that was the
number one ranked defensive team in the country by the NCAA.
The squad went 7-2 and surrendered only 9.8 points per game.
Highly respected by his peers, Cocozza was personally selected as
“All Opponent Deensive Linebacker” by Norwich
University’s coaching staff. Selected to the weekly
ECAC All-East Team four times, he also served double duties as the
Mariners’ place kicker all four years.
Upon graduation Cocozza held several academy records: Most PATs
(Career): 38, Most Field Goals Kicked (Career): 13, Longest Field
Goal: 39, Most Field Goals (Game): 3, and Most PATs (Game): 5.
