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sports1 year ago

"Former Michigan Football Star Craig Roh Dies at 33 from Rare Disease"

Former Michigan Wolverines defensive star Craig Roh has passed away at 33 after battling stage 4 colon cancer, a disease that is increasingly affecting younger Americans. Roh, who set a Wolverine record for consecutive starts, went undrafted in the NFL but played in the Canadian Football League. Colorectal cancer, once rare in younger age groups, is now the first leading cause of cancer death in men and the second in women under 50, with the rise being unexplained.

via HuffPost|
#canadian-football-league#colon-cancer#craig-roh
sports2 years ago

Legendary Latino QB Joe Kapp passes away at 85.

Joe Kapp, the first Latino football player to take a team to the Super Bowl, died at the age of 85. Kapp was a trailblazer as one of the first Mexican American stars in pro football. He also still holds a share of the NFL single-game record with seven touchdown passes. Kapp played in the Canadian Football League, leading the British Columbia Lions to their first Grey Cup title in 1964. He was also a head coach at the University of California, Berkeley, where his team pulled off "The Play" in 1982.

via NBC News|
#canadian-football-league#joe-kapp#latino-football-player
sports2 years ago

Former NFL and Cal quarterback Joe Kapp dies at 85.

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.

via The New York Times|
#canadian-football-league#joe-kapp#minnesota-vikings