Trivia

Quarterbacked the 1969 Minnesota Vikings into Super Bowl IV with a 12-2 record.

As of Dec. 2005 is the only quarterback to play in the Rose Bowl, Canada's Grey Cup, and the Super Bowl.

Kapp was elected to the Canadian Football League hall of fame in 1984.

Head coach of the California Golden Bears for "The Play," in which Cal defeated Stanford in the Big Game at California Memorial Stadium on November 20, 1982 on the final play of the game by completing five laterals.

Played in the Canadian Football League.

Played for Calgary (1959-1961) and British Columbia (1961-1966) during his stay in the CFL.

His son Will played fullback at UC Berkeley. And his grandson Frank Kapp is a tight end on the California Golden Bears.

Graduated from the University of California at Berkeley, in 1959.

Quarterbacked California in the 1959 Rose Bowl.

Owned Kapp's Pizza Bar & Grill in Mountain View California until 2015.

Led the Golden Bears football team in passing and total offense for three straight years (1956-1958), and was named Most Valuable Player for California in 1958.

Head football coach for the University of California-Berkeley, from 1982-1986.

Joe is married and has four children. He has two grandchildren.

Played in the Grey Cup (the Canadian Football League championship game) in 1963 and 1964, winning it in 1964 as a member of the British Columbia Lions.

Was named first team All-American at quarterback by Football News and Time Magazine.

To supplement his B.C. Lions CFL Football salary, Joe Kapp worked in Sales at Glulam Products in New Westminster, a Vancouver suburb, during the off seasons. Glulam manufactured laminated wood beams, a type of structured timber used in buildings.