Steve Petro from 1973 to 1984. Steve's Pitt nickname was "The Rock," based on Petro, a derivation of the Greek word petros, which means rock. The Pitt Panther mascot's nickname is ROC, in Steve's honor. Steve Petro Stephen Lawrence Petro (October 21, 1914 – August 15, 1994) was an American football guard who played two seasons with the Brooklyn Dodgers of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the ninth round of the 1939 NFL Draft. He played college football at the University of Pittsburgh and attended Greater Johnstown High School in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Steve played
Petros Orologas Petros Orologas Petros Orologas (, 1892–1958) was a Greek journalist and newspaper publisher. He was one of the most important personalities of the press in Thessaloniki during the period 1912-2012. Orologas was born in Korçë, in the Manastir Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire (present-day southern Albania) (Northern Epirus). In 1920s he is found in Thessaloniki, Greece, where he became active as a journalist in the local press. From 1921 he was director of the newspaper "Tαχυδρόμος Bορείου Eλλάδος" (Messenger of Northern Greece), a post he retained together with his brother, Alexandros Orologas, until 1927. The specific newspaper was politically oriented