Joe Kapp

Joseph Robert Garcia Kapp (March 19, 1938 – May 8, 2023) was an American football player, coach, and executive who played quarterback. He played college football for the California Golden Bears, then turned professional in the Canadian Football League with the Calgary Stampeders and the BC Lions before moving to the National Football League with the Minnesota Vikings and the Boston Patriots. With the BC Lions, Kapp led the club to its first Grey Cup championship in 1964. With the Vikings, he led the team to victory in the 1969 NFL Championship Game, the only league championship in franchise history. Kapp later returned to his alma mater as head coach of the Golden Bears from 1982 to 1986, and served as general manager and president of the BC Lions in 1990.

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. His #22 jersey is one of eight numbers retired by the Lions. In November 2006, he was voted to the Honour Roll of the CFL's top 50 players of the league's modern era by the Canadian sports network TSN. Sports Illustrated once called him "The Toughest."