Joe Kapp

*' (Maris 19, 1938 - Mayu 8, 2023) ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ne na Amurka, kocin, kuma mai zartarwa. Ya buga wasan Kwallon ƙafa na kwaleji a matsayin mai tsaron gida na California Golden Bears . Kapp ya taka leda a gasar kwallon kafa ta Kanada (CFL) tare da Calgary Stampeders da BC Lions sannan kuma a gasar kwallon kwando ta kasa (NFL) tare le Minnesota Vikings da Boston Patriots . Kapp ya jagoranci BC Lions zuwa nasarar cin kofin Grey Cup na farko a shekarar 1964. Tare da Vikings, ya jagoranci su zuwa nasara a gasar zakarun NFL ta 1969, gasar zakarar kawai a tarihin tawagar. Kapp ya koma alma mater dinsa a matsayin kocin Golden Bears daga 1982 zuwa 1986. Ya kasance babban manajan kuma shugaban BC Lions a shekarar 1990.

Kapp memba ne na Hall of Fame na Kwallon Kafa na Kanada, BC Sports Hall of Fame, BC Lions Wall of Fame, College Football Hall of Fame. Kapp ta # 22 jersey na ɗaya daga cikin lambobi takwas da Lions suka yi ritaya.[1] A watan Nuwamba na shekara ta 2006, an zabi Kapp a cikin Honour Roll na manyan 'yan wasa 50 na CFL na zamanin zamani ta hanyar cibiyar wasanni ta Kanada TSN . [2] Sports Illustrated sau ɗaya ya kira shi "The Toughest Chicano". [3] Kapp shine kawai dan wasan da ya buga wasan kwata-kwata a Super Bowl, Rose Bowl, da Grey Cup.

== Rayuwa ta farko ==
An haifi Kapp a Santa Fe, New Mexico, ga Florence García, na al'adun Mexican-Amurka, da Robert Kapp, na zuriyar Jamus. Ya girma ne a California, a cikin San Fernando Valley da Salinas,  inda ya taka leda a Makarantar Sakandare ta Hart a Newhall, yanzu wani ɓangare na Santa Clarita. 

Kapp ya buga wasan Kwallon ƙafa na kwaleji a Jami'ar California, Berkeley, inda ya jagoranci California Golden Bears zuwa gasar zakarun Pacific Coast a 1958 da Rose Bowl, inda suka rasa Iowa. Wannan ya kasance bayyanar Rose Bowl ta baya-bayan nan ta California. An kira Kapp All-American, kuma an ba shi lambar yabo ta W. J. Voit Memorial Trophy a 1958 a matsayin fitaccen ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa a Tekun Pacific. Dan wasa ne na wasanni biyu kuma memba ne na ƙungiyar Kappa Alpha Order a kwaleji, ya kuma taka leda a ƙungiyar kwando kuma ya kasance memba na ƙungiyoyin 1956-57 da 1957-58 waɗanda suka lashe gasar zakarun Pacific Coast .  Ya sami digiri na farko a ilimin jiki daga jami'ar a shekarar 1959.  Kapp ya rike rikodin UC Berkeley don mafi yawan yadudduka masu gudu ta hanyar kwata-kwata har sai Chase Garbers ya karya shi a cikin 2021.

== Ayyukan sana'a ==

=== Kungiyar Kwallon Kafa ta Kasa ===
Washington Redskins sun zabi Kapp a zagaye na 18 na shirin NFL na 1959, yana ba su hakkokinsa na buga wasan ƙwallon ƙafa a Amurka. Koyaya, Washington ba ta taɓa tuntuɓar shi ba bayan da aka tsara, don haka zaɓinsa kawai shine ya karɓi tayin daga Jim Finks, babban manajan Calgary Stampeders na Kungiyar Kwallon Kafa ta Kanada (CFL). 

Kapp ya shiga Stampeders don kakar wasa ta farko a shekarar 1959.  A shekara mai zuwa, Kapp ya jagoranci Calgary zuwa bayyanar wasan kwaikwayo na biyu tun farkon zamanin zamani na kwallon kafa na Kanada. Lokacin ya kasance mai wahala saboda raunin gwiwa a kan Toronto Argonauts a farkon kakar, amma bai rasa kowane wasa ba, saboda ya buga wasa sosai.

A shekara ta 1961, BC Lions, sa'an nan sabon ikon mallakar CFL, ya sayar da 'yan wasa hudu na farawa zuwa Calgary Stampeders don Kapp. Wannan matakin ya biya Lions lokacin da Kapp ya jagoranci tawagar zuwa gasar cin kofin Grey a 1963. A kakar wasa mai zuwa, Kapp ya jagoranci Lions zuwa nasarar cin kofin Grey na farko a shekarar 1964. Koyaya, Lions sun tabbatar da cewa ba za su iya kare gasar ba a shekarar 1965.

A wannan lokacin, Kapp ya tabbatar da cewa shi dan wasan kwata-kwata ne, kuma ya ci gaba da zama mai suna a matsayin dan wasa mai karfi da kuma babban jagora. Duk da yake mafi yawan quarterbacks, a lokacin kamar yadda yake yanzu, ba sa son a buga su, Kapp ya kasance akasin haka. Yana son bugawa kuma lokacin da ya tashi a kan gudu zai yi ƙoƙari ya gudu a kan masu karewa.

Kafin kakar AFL ta 1967, Kapp ya yanke shawarar komawa Amurka don buga wasan ƙwallon ƙafa. Oakland Raiders na AFL, San Diego Chargers, da Houston Oilers sun bi shi sosai.

Kapp ya ƙare ya sanya hannu tare da Minnesota Vikings na NFL a cikin "ciniki" mai yawa tsakanin kungiyoyin CFL da NFL, ɗaya daga cikin ƙananan ma'amaloli da suka taɓa faruwa tsakanin wasannin biyu.

Minnesota Vikings a shekarar 1965 sun tsara Jim Young daga Jami'ar Sarauniya a Kingston, Ontario. Ya shafe shekarun 1965 da 1966 tare da Vikings, amma yana so ya koma Kanada. BC Lions suna da sha'awar samun Young, amma Toronto Argonauts suna da haƙƙin CFL.

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 Toronto for the CFL rights to future Canadian Football Hall of Fame wide receiver Jim Young. They then managed to get Kapp waived out of the CFL. The Vikings managed to waive Jim Young out of the NFL, which allowed the BC Lions to sign him. The expanding New Orleans Saints wanted Young and it took some work from Finks to keep them from claiming Young. Kapp, now waived from the CFL, was free to sign with the Vikings, who had previously claimed his NFL playing rights from Washington.

=== Kungiyar Kwallon Kafa ta Kanada ===
A shekara ta 1967, kakar wasa ta farko ta Kapp a NFL, ya fara wasanni 11 na 14 ga Vikings, ya tara rikodin da ba a saba gani ba na nasara 3, asarar 5 da kuma 3 tie. Kapp ya kammala kashi 47 cikin 100 na yunkurin wucewa tare da 8 touchdowns da 17 interceptions. Kapp ya kuma zira kwallaye biyu. Lura, tawagar ba ta da nasara ba tare da Kapp ya fara a quarterback ba. Green Bay Packers sun lashe gasar (da Super Bowl). 

A shekara ta 1968, Kapp ya jagoranci Minnesota zuwa wasan kwaikwayo na farko, inda ya sha kashi a hannun Baltimore Colts, 24-14. Colts sun yi fushi bayan 'yan makonni daga New York Jets a Super Bowl III.

A farkon kakar 1969, Kapp ya daura rikodin lokaci-lokaci lokacin da ya jefa kwallaye bakwai a kan mai kare NFL Colts a ranar 28 ga Satumba.  Yana da alaƙa da wasu 'yan wasa bakwai (Sid Luckman, Adrian Burk, George Blanda, Y. A. Tittle, Nick Foles, Peyton Manning, da Drew Brees).  Kapp ya jagoranci Vikings zuwa rikodin 12-2, da kuma matsayi a [[Super Bowl IV|Super Bowl]] IV">Super Bowl IV bayan ya doke Los Angeles Rams 23-20 a Wasan zakarun Yammacin Kungiyar, da Cleveland Browns 27-7 a wasan karshe na gasar zakarun NFL. Koyaya, bai iya jagorantar tawagar zuwa nasara a Super Bowl ba, yayin da Vikings suka rasa 23-7 ga Kansas City Chiefs. A ranar 20 ga Yuli, 1970, Sports Illustrated ya kira Kapp "The Toughest Chicano" a kan murfin mujallar mako-mako. Ya karbi MVP na tawagar, amma ya ki lambar yabo ta MVP, yana cewa, "Babu wani Viking mafi mahimmanci. Akwai Vikings 40 mafi mahimmanci. "

=== Rayuwa ta mutum ===
Kapp ya zauna a Los Gatos, California, kuma ya ba da kansa a matsayin mai magana da baki. Yana da matarsa, 'ya'ya huɗu, da jikoki takwas. Ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin masu mallakar Kapp's Pizza Bar & Grill a Mountain View, California, wanda ya ƙunshi abubuwan tunawa daga aikinsa kuma ya rufe a cikin 2015. Ɗansa, Will, ya bi sawunsa a matsayin fullback a UC Berkeley .  A shekara ta 2015, jikan Frank Kapp ya ci gaba da al'adar kwallon kafa ta Cal a matsayin sabon dan wasa tare da Golden Bears . 

Kapp da ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na Kanada Angelo Mosca sun zo da rikici a cikin abincin rana na 2011 Canadian Football League Alumni . Tushen mummunan jini tsakanin Kapp da Mosca shine abin da Mosca ya buga a kan abokin wasan Kapp Willie Fleming a wasan cin kofin Grey na 1963. Bugawa, wanda Kapp da wasu da yawa suka yi la'akari da datti, ya tilasta Fleming daga wasan. Mosca's Tiger-Cats sun doke Kapp's Lions 21-10 a gasar zakarun 1963.

==== Lafiya da mutuwa ====
A watan Fabrairun 2016, *San Jose Mercury News'' ta ruwaito cewa Kapp yana fama da Cutar Alzheimer. Ya mutu daga matsalolin cutar a wani wurin kulawa a San Jose, California, a ranar 8 ga Mayu, 2023, yana da shekaru 85.

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