Joe Kapp
American gridiron football player, coach, and executive (1938–2023) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Joseph Robert Garcia Kapp (March 19, 1938 – May 8, 2023) was an American football player, coach, and executive. He played college football as a quarterback for the California Golden Bears. Kapp played professionally in the Canadian Football League (CFL) with the Calgary Stampeders and the BC Lions and then in the National Football League (NFL) with the Minnesota Vikings and the Boston Patriots. Kapp led the BC Lions to their first Grey Cup Championship victory in 1964. With the Vikings, he led them to victory in the 1969 NFL Championship Game, the only league championship in team history. Kapp returned to his alma mater as head coach of the Golden Bears from 1982 to 1986. He was the general manager and president of the BC Lions in 1990.
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Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||||||
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Born: | (1938-03-19)March 19, 1938 Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S. | ||||||||||||
Died: | May 8, 2023(2023-05-08) (aged 85) San Jose, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 215 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||||||
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High school: | Hart (Santa Clarita, California) | ||||||||||||
College: | California (1956–1958) | ||||||||||||
NFL draft: | 1959 / Round: 18 / Pick: 209 | ||||||||||||
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Kapp is a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame, the BC Sports Hall of Fame, the BC Lions Wall of Fame, the College Football Hall of Fame, and the University of California Athletic Hall of Fame. Kapp's #22 jersey is one of eight numbers retired by the Lions.[1] In November 2006, Kapp was voted to the Honour Roll of the CFL's top 50 players of the league's modern era by Canadian sports network TSN.[2] Sports Illustrated once called him "The Toughest Chicano".[3] Kapp is the only player to play quarterback in the Super Bowl, Rose Bowl, and the Grey Cup.