Look up cup in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

A cup is any of a variety of drinkware used to consume food or beverage. Cup or cups may also refer to:

In archaeology

• For Cup and ring marks, the cup refers to a type of carved hole in petroglyphs

In cooking:

• Measuring cup, a measuring instrument for liquids and powders, used primarily in cooking
• Cup (unit), a customary unit of volume and measure.
• A type of traditional English punch

In clothing

• The cup of a brassiere, the part that covers the breasts
• A protective cup in a jockstrap designed to protect the male genitalia

In mathematics, science and technology:

• Silphium perfoliatum or "Cup-plant", a member of the sunflower family, native to North America
• The cup product in algebraic topology, denoted by the operator Failed to parse (Missing texvc executable; please see math/README to configure.): \smile

• Common Unix Printing System, commonly known as CUPS, a Unix print server
• Cup (volume), a customary unit of volume

In music:

• "Cups", a song by Underworld

In other contexts:

• Fuddling cup, a three dimensional puzzle
• A cup-shaped trophy or sports winning prize, e.g. World Cup, Davis Cup or League Cup
  • Cup, a nickname for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
• The Suit of Cups, one of the four traditional suits of the Italian suited Tarot deck or of Latin suited playing cards
• A object the general shape of a drinking cup and capable of holding fluid, whether it holds a cup (measure) or not.

See also[link]

• Stemware
• The Cup (disambiguation)
• CUP (disambiguation)

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Mountain Top
—  Census-designated place  —
Mountain Top Location within the state of Pennsylvania
Coordinates: 41°8′7″N 75°54′16″W / 41.13528°N 75.90444°W / 41.13528; -75.90444Coordinates: 41°8′7″N 75°54′16″W / 41.13528°N 75.90444°W / 41.13528; -75.90444
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Luzerne
Area
• Total	15.1 sq mi (39.0 km2)
• Land	15.1 sq mi (39.0 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)
Population (2010)
• Total	10,982
• Density	730/sq mi (280/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP codes	18707
Area code(s)	570
FIPS code
GNIS feature ID

Mountain Top is a census-designated place (CDP) in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the CDP population was 10,982.^[1]

Mountain Top is located along Pennsylvania Route 309 south of Wilkes-Barre in Fairview Township, Wright Township and a small part of Rice Township.

Name[link]

Though it is generally accepted that the area's proper name is "Mountain Top", there has been some debate about whether it should actually be "Mountaintop". The local historical society uses the spelling "Mountain Top".^[2] The United States Postal Service uses the spelling "Mountain Top" for ZIP Code 18707, and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation spells it Mountain Top on a Pennsylvania driver's license. The local newspaper, however, the Mountaintop Eagle,^[3] uses the Mountaintop spelling in both its title as well as any reference to its location

Geography[link]

Mountain Top is located at 41°8′7″N 75°54′16″W / 41.13528°N 75.90444°W / 41.13528; -75.90444 (41.1353022, -75.9044749). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 15.1 square miles (39.0 km²), all of it land.^[4]

Mountain Top is located 8 miles (13 km) northwest of White Haven and 10 miles (16 km) south of Wilkes-Barre on Pennsylvania Route 309.

Mountain Top is elevated at 1,558 feet (475 m) above sea level.

Demographics[link]

As of the census^[5] of 2000, there were 15,269 people, 5,556 households, and 4,394 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 224.0 people per square mile (86.5/km²). There were 5,774 housing units at an average density of 84.7/sq mi (32.7/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 97.02% White, 0.54% African American, 0.03% Native American, 1.62% Asian, 0.24% from other races, and 0.56% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.08% of the population.

There were 5,556 households out of which 36.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.2% were married couples living together, 8.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.9% were non-families. 18.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.72 and the average family size was 3.10.

In the CDP the population was spread out with 26.0% under the age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 28.7% from 25 to 44, 25.7% from 45 to 64, and 13.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 95.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.9 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $51,655, and the median income for a family was $58,588. Males had a median income of $41,271 versus $26,346 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $22,480. About 2.9% of families and 3.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.7% of those under age 18 and 5.4% of those age 65 or over.

Education[link]

Mountain Top is located in the Crestwood Area School District which covers over 110 square miles (280 km²). In this area is included Dennison Township, Dorrance Township, Fairview Township, Nuangola Borough, Rice Township, Slocum Township, White Haven Borough, Wright Township, and Penn Lake Borough.

The Crestwood School District consists of five schools:

• Rice Elementary School - Rice Township (Grades K-6). The principal is Kevin Seyer.
• Fairview Elementary School - Fairview Township (Grades K-6)
• Crestwood Middle School - Mountain Top (Grades 7 and 8) The teaching teams are Wildcats, Thunderbees, Red team, and White team. The Principal, as of 2007, is Mr. Brian Baddick.
• Crestwood High School - Mountain Top (Grades 9-12).

St. Jude's Catholic School in Wright Township serves grades K-8, after which students can continue Catholic education by attending Holy Redeemer High School in Wilkes-Barre, or can enter Crestwood High School.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Mountain Top Historical Society
• Mountaintop On The Move, volunteer community organization
• NEPA309.Com, live-motion camera view of Route 309 in Mountain Top
• Crestwood School District
• Crestwood High School

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Matt Dunigan (born December 6, 1960 in Lakewood, Ohio) is a former quarterback, coach, and executive in the Canadian Football League who is currently a CFL sportscaster for Canadian sports television channel TSN. In 2006, Dunigan joined the Canadian Football Hall of Fame, and was voted one of the CFL's Top 50 players (#39) of the league's modern era by Canadian sports network TSN.^[1]

In 2008, he was named the host of Road Grill, a Canadian barbecue cooking series on Food Network Canada.

Early life & college football career[link]

Although born in Ohio, Dunigan was raised in Dallas, Texas, attended Lake Highlands High School (Class of 1979), and grew up admiring Dallas Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach. A member of an athletically-inclined family, he attended Louisiana Tech, a school that served as the launching pad for Terry Bradshaw and other future professional quarterbacks such as Luke McCown, and Tim Rattay.

Professional football career[link]

Dunigan broke into the CFL in 1983 with the Edmonton Eskimos. His rookie season, he backed up Warren Moon. Prior to the 1984 CFL Season, Moon left for the NFL’s Houston Oilers and the Eskimos became Dunigan’s team. He led the Eskimos to back-to-back Grey Cups in 1986 and 87. His backup during this time was another CFL legend in the making, Damon Allen.

After the 75th Grey Cup victory, Dunigan tried pursuing a Major League Baseball career. He worked with a scout from the California Angels, then showed up in Florida during spring training. He was hoping to catch on with the Montreal Expos. He was signed to a Class A contract, but then released on the last day. While Edmonton held on to his rights, they traded him to the British Columbia Lions in a remarkable seven for one trade. He led the Lions to victory in their last eight games, and to the Grey Cup. They lost to Winnipeg 22-21. His second year in Vancouver produced his first losing season, as the team fell to 7-11. He did throw for a career high 27 touchdowns. But new management came in, and Matt was the first one to go in another seven for one trade.

When he arrived in Toronto, they made the playoffs in 1990, but lost in the Division Final. But 1991 proved to be a memorable year for the CFL and Argonauts. Canadian actor/comedian John Candy, along with hockey great Wayne Gretzky, and Los Angeles Kings owner Bruce McNall purchased the Argos. Toronto then made noise by signing Notre Dame receiver Raghib “Rocket” Ismail. The Rocket, along with Dunigan and running back Michael 'Pinball' Clemons led Toronto to 13-5 record. After a first round bye, the Argos finished Winnipeg in front of a packed out Skydome, and advanced to the Grey Cup. But in that playoff game, Dunigan broke his collarbone. He was able to throw the length of a hotel ballroom after doctors deadened his shoulder. In minus 19 degree weather, he threw two touchdowns and won his second Grey Cup.

He left for Winnipeg the following season, where he spent the next three years. The Bombers went to the Grey Cup in 1992, only to lose to the Calgary Stampeders. They returned to the Grey Cup in 1993, and lost to the Edmonton Eskimos. Dunigan watched the 1993 Grey Cup on crutches, after tearing his Achilles tendon. But the season saw him break a club record throwing for 36 touchdowns. On July 13, 1994 he made pro football history when he passed for 713 yards in a 50-35 victory over his former team, the Eskimos.

In 1995, the CFL made an attempt to further expand into the United States. The Memphis Mad Dogs tried pursuing Dunigan, but eventually landed Damon Allen. Matt landed in Birmingham to play for the Barracudas. This led to his best season statistically, as he passed for 4,911 yards and 34 touchdowns. In the home finale, he broke his throwing hand and watched the rest of the season from the sidelines. The Barracudas would lose in the playoffs to the San Antonio Texans. The American experiment failed, and all the U.S. based teams folded. The lone exception was the Baltimore Stallions which relocated to Montreal.

1996 proved to be Dunigan’s last year in the CFL, this time with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. The TiCats finished third in their division, and lost in the first round of the playoffs. After the season, he retired due to chronic head injuries.

Dunigan finished his career with 43,857 passing yards and 306 passing touchdowns. In 2006, Dunigan was voted one of the CFL's Top 50 players (#39) of the league's modern era by Canadian sports network TSN.^[1] Dunigan was also elected into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 2006.

Post-football career[link]

After his retirement, Dunigan spent some time at Valdosta State University as their football team's offensive coordinator.

In 1999, Dunigan took a job as a studio analyst with Canadian sports television channel TSN.

In 2004, the Calgary Stampeders lured Dunigan away from TSN and hired him to be their general manager and head coach. After a disappointing 2004 campaign for Calgary, however, Dunigan was fired, and he returned to his job as a television analyst with TSN.

In 2006, on a dare from his family, Dunigan auditioned for the position as host of a barbecue TV series Road Grill, which premiered in 2008 with him as host. He has also become a cookbook author, using recipes based on the show.^[2][3]

CFL coaching record[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• The CFL in America: History
• Stick To The Basics
• Matt Dunigan Collectibles
• CFL Legends – Matt Dunigan
• Argos Heroes – Matt Dunigan
• Canadian Football Hall of Fame – Matt Dunigan
• Matt Dunigan at Food Network Canada
• TSN profile

Angelo Mosca (born February 13, 1938) is a former Canadian Football League player and professional wrestler. He is also known by the wrestling nicknames King Kong Mosca and The Mighty Hercules. Mosca has a son, Angelo Jr., who also wrestled.

CFL career[link]

Mosca attended the University of Notre Dame and was drafted by the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles in 1959 in the 30th round (350th overall.) He had already decided to play in the CFL, in 1958 for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He was traded to the Ottawa Rough Riders for Hardiman Cureton on August 15, 1960, and played for the Rough Riders in 1960 and 1961 before joining the Montreal Alouettes in 1962. He played his remaining years, 1963 to 1972 in Hamilton. He was a 5-time all star.

Angelo played in 9 Grey Cup games, more than any other player in CFL history, tied with his teammate John Barrow. Mosca's teams won 5 Grey Cup games, one with the Ottawa Rough Riders and four with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He is infamous for the 51st Grey Cup game out-of-bounds and late hit on B.C. Lions star running back Willie Fleming. With Fleming out of the game, the Tiger-Cats went on to win the Grey Cup and Mosca's reputation as being the meanest CFL player grew. It was a reputation he later promoted as the notorious professional wrestler "King Kong" Mosca.^[1]

Wrestling career[link]

Mosca was brought into wrestling by Montreal promoter Eddie Quinn. He began wrestling in the off-season, and became a full-time wrestler after his retirement from football. He wrestled all across North America, always at or near the top of the card, and almost always as a heel, even in Toronto until the late 1970s, then he became a face, and in the early 1980s, the lead face. He often used a sleeper as his finisher in later years.

Mosca retired from wrestling in the mid-1980s and was the colour commentator for the WWF TV tapings in Ontario from August 1984 until January 1985. After being fired by the WWF, Mosca promoted the NWA in Ontario in 1985-87. He and Milt Avruskin hosted a TV show featuring compilations of NWA matches. Mosca organized an NWA card in Hamilton in February 1986 called "Moscamania" that drew an excellent house of 12,000 but the follow-up a year later drew only 3,200.

Mosca's son, Angelo Mosca Jr., had a brief but successful wrestling career, and he left the broadcast booth to manage his son's career.

Personal life[link]

Mosca has lived in and around Hamilton for many years, and currently lives in St. Catharines, Ontario with his wife, Helen, a real estate agent. He authored a book with Steve Milton called Tell Me To My Face, published by Lulu Canada Inc. The book was released in September 2011.

Mosca appeared on several Canadian TV commercials in the 1970s and 1980s. Mosca still makes PR appearances for the league and the Ticats and for other businesses. He was elected to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1987.

Championships and accomplishments[link]

Professional Football

• Canadian Football League

• Canadian Football Hall of Fame (Class of 1987)
• The CFW ranked him # 37 of the Top 50 players of the league's modern era by Canadian sports network TSN.

Professional Wrestling

• American Wrestling Association

• AWA British Empire Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• Cauliflower Alley Club

• Other honoree (1996)

• Championship Wrestling from Florida

• NWA Florida Bahamian Championship (1 time)
• NWA Florida Global Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Bobby Duncum
• NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Florida version) (1 time)

• Georgia Championship Wrestling

• NWA Columbus Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• NWA Georgia Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• NWA Macon Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• Maple Leaf Wrestling

• NWA Canadian Heavyweight Champion (Toronto version) (5 times)

• Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling

• NWA Mid-Atlantic Television Championship (2 times)

• NWA San Francisco

• NWA United States Heavyweight Champion (San Francisco version) (1 time)

• NWA Tri-State

• NWA Tri-State Brass Knuckles Championship (1 time)

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated

• PWI ranked him # 305 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003.

• Stampede Wrestling

• Stampede North American Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• Stampede Wrestling Hall of Fame ^[2]

• World Wrestling Council

• WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards

• Worst Television Announcer award in 1984

References[link]

External links[link]

• Angelo Mosca
• Other Superstars - Angelo Mosca
• Historica History by the Minute profile

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.^[1] 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.^[2] Sports Illustrated once called him "The Toughest Chicano."^[3] Kapp is the only player to quarterback in the Super Bowl, Rose Bowl, and the Grey Cup. Prior to the 2011 Grey Cup in Vancouver, Kapp and Angelo Mosca, a member of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats when Kapp was with the Lions, got into a fight at the CFL Awards luncheon that made it onto YouTube. The pair remain at odds over a hit Mosca delivered to Kapp's teammate Willie Fleming in the 1963 Grey Cup.

High school career[link]

Kapp played quarterback for William S. Hart High School, located in Newhall, California.

College career[link]

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 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[link]

Canadian Football League[link]

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. While 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 CFL Hall of Fame running back Bill Symons to the Toronto Argonauts for the CFL rights to future CFL 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[link]

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." ^[4]

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[link]

Acting career[link]

In the 1970s and early 1980s, Kapp appeared in several television programs as well as theatrical film titles. In most cases, the character roles were minor. Programs included Adam-12, Emergency!, Police Woman and Medical Center. Movies included Two-Minute Warning, Breakheart Pass, The Frisco Kid, Mackenna's Gold, The Longest Yard, and Semi-Tough. Joe Kapp also appeared in Festival Express (1970 concert) during the Grateful Dead's performance of "New Speedway Boogie". Kapp can be seen in football pads watching the show during a crowd shot.^{[citation needed]}

California head coach[link]

In 1982, Kapp was hired as the head football coach at his alma mater, the University of California, Berkeley. He had never coached before.^[5] 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.^[6]

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.^[5]

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.^[7] 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[link]

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[link]

Kapp lives in Los Gatos, California, and makes himself available as a guest speaker. He has a wife and four 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 has followed in his footsteps as a fullback at Cal.^[8]

References[link]

Bibliography[link]

Video clips[link]

Canadian Football Hall of Fame member

External links[link]

• Official website
• Joe Kapp at the Internet Movie Database
• Interview With Coach Joe Kapp, May 3, 1994. Accessed October 15, 2007.