Joe Kapp

PLAYING CAREER

CALGARY STAMPEDERS 1959 - 1961
BC LIONS 1961 - 1966

AWARDS AND HONOURS

ALL-WESTERN QUARTERBACK 1963, 1964
ALL-CANADIAN QUARTERBACK 1963, 1964
BOB BOURNE MEMORIAL TROPHY (MOST POPULAR BC LION) 1963
JEFF NICKLIN MEMORIAL TROPHY 1963
GREY CUP PARTICIPATION 1963, 1964
GREY CUP WINNING TEAM 1964

Robert Joseph (Joe) Kapp came to Canada after playing for the University of California. Kapp spent one and a half seasons with the Calgary Stampeders, then was dealt to the BC Lions following his knee surgery.

Joe Kapp completed 1,476 passes for 22,925 yards and 136 touchdowns. On September 29, 1962, Kapp threw six touchdown passes during one game against the Edmonton Eskimos. 

Kapp led the league in passing yards four years in a row from 1962 until 1965, and was the West leader in passing yardage in 1959 and 1960.

INDUCTED 1984 - PLAYER

 

Class of 1984 Tom Brown, Terry Evanshen, J.G. (Jake) Gaudaur, Seymour Wilson