Editing Rockdale, Texas (section)

==Notable people==
* [[Stan Blinka]], a former NFL linebacker for the [[New York Jets]], played for Rockdale High School.<ref name=TDT>{{cite news |first=Tim |last=Waits |url=https://www.tdtnews.com/archive/article_2af20018-75fc-57e0-bfa6-feb5f4fbe40d.html |title=From humble roots to the NFL  |newspaper=Temple Daily Telegram |date=May 3, 2009 |access-date=December 29, 2021 }}</ref>
* [[Lee Roy Caffey]], an NFL linebacker, was born in Rockdale and retired there.
* [[Le'Raven Clark]], an NFL player with the [[Philadelphia Eagles]], is from Rockdale
* [[Kenneth Cockrell]], a NASA astronaut, graduated from Rockdale High School in 1968.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/cockrell_kenneth.pdf |title=Biographical Data: Kenneth D. Cockrell  |publisher=NASA |date=January 2018 |access-date=December 29, 2021 }}</ref>
* [[Pee Wee Crayton]], blues guitarist, was born in Rockdale.
* [[Mary Sue Hubbard|Mary Sue Whipp Hubbard]], the third wife of [[L. Ron Hubbard]], was a Rockdale native.
* [[Dan Kubiak]] served several terms in the [[Texas House of Representatives]] while living in Rockdale.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://lrl.texas.gov/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=301 |title=Dan Kubiak |website=Legislative Reference Library of Texas |access-date=December 29, 2021 }}</ref> His younger brother, L. B. Kubiak, also a Rockdale resident, held the same House seat from 1983 to 1991.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://lrl.texas.gov/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=358 |title=L.B. Kubiak |website=Legislative Reference Library of Texas |access-date=December 29, 2021 }}</ref>
* [[Billy Ray Locklin]], a former AFL and Canadian Football League defensive back, played for Aycock High School in Rockdale.<ref name=TDT/><ref name=ROCKDALE/>
* [[Gordon McKee (athlete)|Gordon McKee]], a former track-and-field athlete, competed for Rockdale High School.
* [[Liz Galloway McQuitter]], born in Rockdale, played professional basketball in the [[Women's Professional Basketball League]], coached women's college basketball, and retired as head coach of the Rockdale High School Lady Tigers.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.rockdalereporter.com/news/2015-04-09/Sports/McQuitter_calls_it_quits.html |title=McQuitter calls it quits \date=April 9, 2015 |newspaper=Rockdale Reporter |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315142233/https://www.rockdalereporter.com/news/2015-04-09/Sports/McQuitter_calls_it_quits.html |archive-date=March 15, 2016 }}</ref>
* [[George Sessions Perry]], an author, was born in Rockdale, lived much of his life there and set some of his books either in Rockdale or in fictional towns based on Rockdale. He wrote an article about Alcoa coming to Rockdale in the ''[[The Saturday Evening Post|Saturday Evening Post]]'' titled "The Town Where It Rains Money".
* [[Sam Williams (defensive back)|Sam Williams]], a former NFL defensive back, played for Rockdale High School.<ref name=TDT/>
* [[Leroy Wright]], a former [[American Basketball Association]] player and coach, played basketball and football at Aycock High School in Rockdale.<ref name=ROCKDALE>{{Cite web |title = Rockdale TX Sports Hall of Honor |year=2007 | url = http://www.rhsclassof1965.com/rockdale_sports_hall_of_honor.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303171720/http://www.rhsclassof1965.com/rockdale_sports_hall_of_honor.html |archive-date=March 3, 2016 }}</ref>
* Joseph S. Stiborik was the radar operator on the ''[[Enola Gay]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joseph S. Stiborik |url=https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/profile/joseph-s-stiborik/ |website=Atomic Heritage Foundation}}</ref>