Former NFL and Cal quarterback Joe Kapp dies at 85.
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Joe Kapp, the former quarterback who led the Minnesota Vikings to Super Bowl IV in 1970, has died at the age of 85. Kapp played eight seasons in the Canadian Football League before joining the NFL in 1967. He gained a reputation for resilience in the face of injury and was labeled "the toughest Chicano" by Sports Illustrated. Kapp threw seven touchdown passes in a single game against the Baltimore Colts in September 1969, tying a single-game NFL record. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1984 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 2004.
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