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 Kestoras Ministry, and in September 2008 he took up the post of Ambassador of Cyprus to Russia. Kestoras speaks English, Greek, Italian and French. Petros Kestoras Petros Kestoras () (born 21 October 1957 in Kato Zodhia) is a Cypriot diplomat and former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Cyprus to the Russian Federation. Educated at the University of Padua with a Degree in Political Sciences (International Politics), Kestoras worked in various positions of the Cyprus Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Cyprus and abroad until his first ambassadorial appointment in 2002 as the Ambassador of Cyprus to the People's Republic