Joe Kapp
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Quarterback, California, 1956–⁠58

Joe Kapp

Born
Mar 19, 1938, in Santa Fe, New Mexico
Died
May 8, 2023, in San Jose, California

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Joe Kapp played quarterback at California (1956–⁠58). He finished fifth in the 1958 Heisman vote. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1972.

At a glance

Best season
1958
First-team All-Pacific Coast
Heisman vote
5th
In the 1958 vote

Honors

Team titles: Pacific Coast champions, 1958

All-America: FWAA 1958; NEA second team 1958; UPI second team 1958; AP third team 1958; Time 1958

Regional honors: Pop Warner Trophy 1958; W. J. Voit Memorial Trophy 1958

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

The teams in those years

Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.

In the NFL

Pro Bowl: 1969

Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
1959–⁠60CFLCalgary Stampeders
1961–⁠66CFLBC Lions

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.

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