Joe Kapp 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 . High school career . Kapp played quarterback for William S . Hart High School , located in Newhall , California . College career . Kapp played college football for the University of California , where he led the team to a Pacific Coast Championship in 1958 and the January 1 , 1959 Rose Bowl , losing to Iowa . This was the University of California , Berkeley ' s most recent Rose Bowl appearance . Kapp was named an All - American in that same year . He was also awarded the 1958 W . J . Voit Memorial Trophy as the outstanding football player on the Pacific Coast . A two - sport athlete and fraternity member of Kappa Alpha Order in college , he also played varsity basketball for the Golden Bears , and was on the 1956 - 57 and 1957 - 58 teams that won the Pacific Coast Championship . He earned a bachelor ' s degree in physical education from California in 1959 . Professional career . Canadian Football League . Kapp was drafted in the 18th round of the 1959 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins , who owned his rights to play professional football in the United States . After the draft , Washington did not contact him , so his only choice was to accept the offer from Jim Finks , the general manager of the CFL ' s Calgary Stampeders . Kapp joined the Calgary Stampeders of the CFL for his rookie season in 1959 . The following year , Kapp led Calgary to their first playoff appearance in years . The season was a difficult one , because he injured his knee against the Toronto Argonauts early in the season , but did not miss any games , because he played heavily taped . In 1961 , the BC Lions , then the CFL ' s newest franchise , traded four starting players to the Calgary Stampeders for Joe Kapp . The move paid off for the Lions when Kapp led the team to a Grey Cup appearance in 1963 . The following season , Kapp led the Lions to their first Grey Cup victory in 1964 . However , the Lions proved unable to defend their championship in 1965 . By that time , Joe Kapp had proven he was an elite quarterback , and also developed the reputation of being a tough player and a great leader . While most quarterbacks dislike being hit , Kapp was the opposite . He loved to hit and when he took off on a run he ’ d try to run over defenders . Before the 1967 season , Joe Kapp made the decision to return to the U . S . to play pro football . The AFL ' s Oakland Raiders , San Diego Chargers , and Houston Oilers were heavily pursuing him . Kapp ended up signing with the NFL ' s Minnesota Vikings in a multi - player " trade " between the CFL and NFL teams , one of the very few transactions to ever occur between the two leagues . The Minnesota Vikings in 1965 had drafted running back Jim Young out of Queens University in Kingston , Ontario . He had spent the 1965 and 1966 seasons with the Vikings , but wanted to return to Canada . The BC Lions were very interested in acquiring Young , but the Toronto Argonauts had his CFL rights . The Minnesota Vikings general manager was Jim Finks , who had brought Kapp to Canada in 1959 , and their head coach was Bud Grant who had faced Kapp while coaching the Winnipeg Blue Bombers . Both Finks and Grant thought Joe Kapp would be the best replacement for Fran Tarkenton who had been traded to the New York Giants . To make this transaction possible , the BC Lions traded all - star defensive lineman Dick Fouts , and future Canadian Football Hall of Fame running back Bill Symons to the Toronto Argonauts for the CFL rights to future Canadian Football Hall of Fame wide receiver Jim Young . They then managed getting Kapp waived out of the CFL . The Minnesota Vikings managed getting Jim Young waived out of the NFL , which allowed the BC Lions to sign him . The expansion New Orleans Saints wanted Young and it took some work from Finks to keep them from claiming Young . Kapp , waived from the CFL , was free to sign with the Minnesota , who had previously claimed his NFL playing rights from Washington . National Football League . 1967 was Kapp ' s first season in the NFL , and he started 11 of 14 games for the Minnesota Vikings , compiling an unusual record of 3 wins , 5 losses and 3 ties . Kapp completed only 47 percent of his pass attempts with 8 touchdown s and 17 interception s . Joe also scored 2 rushing touchdowns . Of note , the team was winless without Kapp starting at quarterback . In 1968 , Kapp led the Minnesota Vikings to their first ever playoff appearance , losing to the Baltimore Colts , 24 - 14 . The Colts were upset a few weeks later by the New York Jets in Super Bowl III . In a September 1969 game against the Colts , Kapp threw for 7 touchdown passes , which still stands as the all - time record with 4 other players ( Sid Luckman , Adrian Burk , George Blanda and Y . A . Tittle ) . Burk was one of the officials that worked the Kapp 7 touchdown game . Kapp 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 . 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 . In 1970 , the NFL and AFL consummated a merger that had been agreed to in 1966 , and the NFL Championship game was no more after 50 years of NFL competition . On July 20 , 1970 , " Sports Illustrated " dubbed Kapp " The Toughest Chicano " on the cover of its weekly magazine . He received the team MVP , but refused the team MVP award , saying , " There ' s no one most valuable Viking . " Prior to the 1969 season , the Minnesota Vikings had exercised the option clause of his contract , so Kapp had played the entire season without a new contract . It was unusual and unprecedented for teams to use the team ’ s option and not to offer a new contract prior to a season . This dispute made him a free agent for the 1970 season , by the NFL ' s own rules . Despite being a Super Bowl quarterback , no teams in the NFL made contact with Kapp until September of the 1970 season , when the Boston Patriots signed him to a four - year contract , making him the highest paid player in the league . Pete Rozelle stepped in and forced the Boston Patriots to give up two number one draft picks as compensation to the Minnesota Vikings . The Boston Patriots of 1970 were a poor - performing team and the late - arriving Kapp played poorly himself that season , leading the team to the league ' s worst record at 2 - 12 . When the year ended Pete Rozelle demanded that Kapp sign a Standard Player Contract . After conferring with his lawyer and the NFL Players Association , Kapp refused to sign a new contract . With the top pick in the 1971 NFL Draft , the Patriots selected a quarterback , Jim Plunkett of Stanford . Kapp reported to the newly - renamed New England Patriots ' training camp in 1971 and was turned away . The headlines in the Boston papers read “ KAPP QUITS ! ” . After this incident Kapp never played again , his 12 year career as a professional football player was over . Kapp started an anti - trust lawsuit vs . the NFL claiming the standard NFL contract was unconstitutional and a restraint of trade . He won the Summary Judgment after four years . The court had ruled that Joe Kapp ’ s trade was indeed restrained . It was two years later ( April 1 , 1976 ) in the trial for damages , that the jury decided that Kapp was not damaged . Although Kapp was not awarded any damages , in 1977 the rules at issue in the Kapp case were later revised , a new system was instituted , and a multi - million dollar settlement was made between the NFL and the NFL Players Association . Post - football playing career . California head coach . In 1982 , Kapp was hired as the head football coach at his alma mater , the University of California , Berkeley . He had never coached before . In his first year as head coach , he was voted the Pac - 10 Coach of the Year . In December 1981 , Kapp made a promise to the football team that he would not consume any of his favorite alcoholic beverage , tequila , until the Golden Bears reached the Rose Bowl . As of March 2011 , the Golden Bears have yet to return to the Rose Bowl and Kapp has resorted to drinking rum instead . Kapp had several philosophies while coaching at Cal . He called his special teams the " special forces . " He told his players to play " One hundred percent for 60 minutes . " He also wanted the players to have fun . On Sundays , he would have his players play a game of " garbazz , " described as a mix of basketball and football where the only objective is to pass the ball downfield . There are no football rules such as offsides or forward passes . Kapp was the coach during The Play , the famous five - lateral kickoff return by the Cal team to score the winning touchdown on the final play of the 1982 Big Game against arch rival Stanford . During the 1986 college football season , the Bears lost to Boston College , defeated Washington State , then lost to San Jose State . Following an embarrassing 50 - 18 loss at Washington on October 4 , Kapp expressed frustration unzipping his pants in front of the Seattle media . He was notified that he would be released after the 1986 Big Game , played in Berkeley . The Bears responded to the student section ' s pre - game chants of " Win one for the zipper " by beating the # 16 ranked and Gator Bowl - bound Cardinal 17 - 11 . This gave Kapp a 3 - 2 record in the Big Game . He was carried out of the stadium amid chanting from the student section , " We Want Kapp ! " , echoing a cheer from his playing days with the Boston Patriots . General manager of the BC Lions . In an effort to recapture their past glory , the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League ( CFL ) 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 football days had already expired . Kapp was fired 11 games into the Lions ' schedule , his most valuable legacy was the signing of quarterback Doug Flutie , who would star in the CFL over the next decade . Personal life . Kapp lives in Los Gatos , California , and makes himself available as a guest speaker . He has a wife and three children . He was one of the owners of Kapp ' s Pizza Bar & Grill in Mountain View , California , which contained memorabilia from his career . His son , Will , followed in his footsteps as a fullback at Cal . Video clips . Canadian Football Hall of Fame member