Joe Kapp American football player

Joseph Robert Kapp (born March 19, 1938) is a former professional American and Canadian football quarterback. He is also a former college football head coach of the University of California, and a former general manager of the CFL's BC Lions. Kapp played primarily with the NFL's Minnesota Vikings and the CFL's BC Lions during the 1960-70s. He is a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame, the B.C. 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. 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. Sports Illustrated once called him "The Toughest Chicano." Kapp is the only player to quarterback in the Super Bowl, Rose Bowl, and the Grey Cup.

Personal facts

Birth dateMarch 19, 1938
Birth place
Santa Fe New Mexico

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American football player

Career start1959
Career end1970
college
University of California Berkeley
position
Quarterback
statusRetired

Joe Kapp on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20130915191825/http:/www.joekapp.com