Kapp on Sports Illustrated Cover

Joseph Robert Kapp was an American football quarterback. Kapp played College football for the Cal-Berkeley, where, in 1958, he led the team to a Pacific Coast Championship and its last appearance in the 1959 Rose Bowl. He was named an All American that year. He also played basketball for Cal and was on the 1956-1957 and 1957-1958 teams that won the Pacific Coast Championship and went to the 1958 NCAA tournament. He earned a B.A. degree in Physical Education from UC Berkeley in 1960. Image File history File links Kapp_SI.JPG‎ Summary Sports Illustrated Cover Licensing This image is of a magazine cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the magazine or the individual contributors who worked on the cover depicted. ... Image File history File links Kapp_SI.JPG‎ Summary Sports Illustrated Cover Licensing This image is of a magazine cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the magazine or the individual contributors who worked on the cover depicted. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... Joe Montana, an American quaterback. ... The University of California, Berkeley (also known as UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, and by other names, see below) is the oldest and flagship campus of the ten-campus University of California system. ... The Rose Bowl can refer to: The Rose Bowl stadium in Pasadena, California. ... The term All-American has two uses: It can be used as a reference to an athlete selected as a member of an All_America team, as in Eddie George was named an All-American football player by both wire services in 1995. ... The 1958 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament involved 24 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of mens NCAA Division I college basketball. ... A Bachelor of Arts (B.A. or A.B.) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or program in the arts and/or sciences. ... The University of California, Berkeley (also known as Cal, UC Berkeley, UCB, or simply Berkeley) is a prestigious, public, coeducational university situated in the foothills of Berkeley, California to the east of San Francisco Bay, overlooking the Golden Gate and its bridge. ...

In 1959 Kapp joined the Calgary Stampeders of the CFL. In 1961 the British Columbia Lions, the CFL's newest franchise, traded 5 players for Kapp. The move quickly paid off for the Lions when Kapp led the team to a Grey Cup appearance in 1963 before leading the Lions to their first Grey Cup victory in 1964. However, the Lions proved unable to defend their championship and, before the 1967 season, the team traded Kapp to the Minnesota Vikings of the NFL for Jim Young. This article is for the CFL football team. ... The Canadian Football League (CFL), also known by its French name, Ligue canadienne de football (LCF), is a professional league located entirely in Canada that plays Canadian football. ... The British Columbia Lions are a Canadian Football League team based in Vancouver, British Columbia. ... Then Prime Minister Joe Clark presents the 1979 Grey Cup to victorious Edmonton Eskimos Danny Kepley and Tom Wilkinson. ... City Minneapolis, Minnesota Other nicknames The Vikes, The Purple People Eaters Team colors Purple, Gold, and White Head Coach Brad Childress Owner Zygi Wilf General manager Rob Brzezinski Fight song Skol, Vikings Mascot Ragnar and Vikadontis Rex Local radio Flagship stations: KFAN (1130 AM) Announcers: Paul Allen, Greg Coleman, and... Jim Young (born June 6, 1943) is a former professional American football and Canadian football player. ...

In 1968, Kapp led the Minnesota Vikings to their first ever playoff game as a team against the Baltimore Colts. On September 28, 1969 in a game against the Baltimore Colts he threw for 7 touchdown passes which still stands as the all-time record today with 3 other players. That same year he led the Vikings to a 12-2 record and a berth in Super Bowl IV after defeating the Cleveland Browns 27-7 in the last NFL Championship game ever played. That year Joe coined the phrase "40 for 60" meaning 40 players going all out for 60 minutes. However, he was unable to lead the team to victory in the Super Bowl, as the Vikings lost 23-7 to the Kansas City Chiefs. The following year the NFL and AFL merged and the NFL Championship game was no more after 50 years of NFL competition. September 28 is the 271st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (272nd in leap years). ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... There have been two unrelated American football teams called the Baltimore Colts based in Baltimore, Maryland. ... Date January 11, 1970 Stadium Tulane Stadium City New Orleans, Louisiana MVP Len Dawson, Quarterback Favorite Vikings by 12 1/2 National anthem Al Hirt Coin toss Game referee Referee John McDonough Halftime show Mardi Gras with Carol Channing Attendance 80,562 TV in the United States Network CBS Announcers... City Cleveland, Ohio Team colors Seal Brown, Orange, and White Head Coach Romeo Crennel Owner Randy Lerner General manager Phil Savage Mascot CB, Chomps, TD, and Trapper Local radio Flagship stations: WMMS (100. ... The National Football League (NFL) is the largest professional American football league, consisting of thirty-two teams from American cities and regions. ... City Kansas City, Missouri Team colors Red, Yellow, and White Head Coach Herman Edwards Owner Lamar Hunt General manager Carl Peterson Mascot K.C. Wolf Local radio Flagship stations: 101. ...

A contract dispute forced Kapp to be traded to the Boston Patriots in 1970 where he was the highest paid player in the league. Unfortunately, he played very poorly that season, leading the Patriots to the league's worst record, and one year later he retired from pro football. The New England Patriots are a National Football League team based in Foxboro, Massachusetts Founded: 1960, as a charter American Football League member. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ...

On July 20, 1970, Sports Illustrated dubbed Joe Kapp "The Toughest Chicano" on the cover of its weekly magazine. In 1982 after a short acting career in such movies as the Longest Yard, Two Minute Warning and Semi Tough, Joe was hired as the head football coach at his alma mater, The University of California, Berkeley. In his first year as head coach, he was voted the Pac 10 Coach of the year.

Kapp was the coach who called the Play, which is one of the most famous moments in the history of U.S. college football. Down by one point and about to receive a kickoff with four seconds remaining in the Big Game between Cal and its arch rival Stanford, Joe told his players to keep the ball in play by lateraling it Rugby-style while running towards the goalline. Cal made five laterals. In the meantime, Stanford players and the Stanford Band thinking that they had won the game ran on to the field in celebration. When Kevin Moen, the last Cal player to receive the ball evaded Stanford players and band members and made it into the endzone, he jumped up to celebrate and landed on a Stanford trombone player. One of college footballs most enduring (and controversial) moments came during the final seconds of the 85th meeting of the Stanford Cardinal against the California Golden Bears. ... The Big Game is the annual football game between Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley (known simply as California or Cal), held in November. ... Stanford may refer: Stanford University Places: Stanford, Kentucky Stanford, California, home of Stanford University Stanford Shopping Center Stanford, New York, town in Dutchess County. ... A Rugby player Rugby football refers to sports descended from a common form of football developed at Rugby School. ...

In an effort to recapture their past glory the British Columbia Lions hired Kapp as the team's new general-manager in 1990. Kapp's tenure was marked by his tendency to recruit ex-NFL players such as Mark Gastineau whose best before date had already expired. Kapp was fired 11 games into the Lions schedule, his most valuable legacy the signing of quarterback Doug Flutie who would star in the CFL over the next decade. Marcus Dell Gastineau (born November 20, 1956) is a former American football player for the New York Jets who played ten seasons from 1979 to 1988 in the National Football League. ... 1984: BCs Sensational Doug Flutie Stuns Miami Douglas Richard Flutie (born on October 23, 1962) is a former professional gridiron football player in the National Football League (American football) and Canadian Football League (Canadian football). ...

Today, Kapp lives in California and makes himself available as a guest speaker. He owns Kapp's Pizza Bar & Grill in Mountain View, California.

Kapp is a member of the University of California Athletic Hall of Fame and the Canadian Football League Hall of Fame.