Title:
A life of leadership : Joe Kapp "the toughest Chicano" / by Joe Kapp, with J. J. Kapp, Robert G. Phelps, and Ned Averbuck.
ISBN:
9781634892896
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Publication Information:
Minneapolis, MN : Wise Ink, [2020]
©2020
Physical Description:
283 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
General Note:
"50th Anniversary of the 1969 NFL champions"--Cover.
Contents:
Prologue -- Foreword: an interview with Alan Page -- The punch -- Our hardscrabble home life -- My new home in Newhall -- The center of the universe -- The NFL's cold shoulder and Canada's warm welcome -- The Viking passage -- Forty for sixty -- Forty players -- The defensive unit -- The offense -- The special teams -- Training camp -- Coaching -- Preseason games -- The 1969 regular season -- The playoffs -- The Boston massacre -- Trading shoulder pads for legal pads -- Touchdown in Tinseltown -- The call of the ball - -The play -- New fields of endeavor -- Wisdome from the trenches -- Epilogue: delusions of dementia -- Goodbye, coach -- Acknowledgments -- About the coauthors -- References.
Summary:
"In 1969, the Minnesota Vikings were having a moment. On and off the turf of the old Metropolitan Stadium, the Purple People Eaters reigned supreme. At the center of it all was unconventional quarterback Joe Kapp. Kapp joined the Vikings with the tenacity to succeed. With the motto ''40 for 60,'' he inspired the team's forty players to give it their all every minute, every hour, every game. Kapp helped mold the Vikings into a winning team, scoring the 1969 NFL Champions title and blazing their way to their first Super Bowl appearance. Later that year, Sports Illustrated featured Kapp on its cover, dubbing him the ''Toughest Chicano'' for his Hispanic pride and ferocious style of play. Joe Kapp, ''The Toughest Chicano'' honors the life, leadership, and legacy of one of history's toughest football players. Inside, you'll find a behind-the-scenes look at pivotal moments in football history, Kapp's own game-by-game analysis of the 1969 season, memoirs about his early life and successful coaching career, and memories on the set of iconic sports films like The Longest Yard. As a player, coach, and father, Joe Kapp's legacy shows that every player counts if they give their all, every minute, every game."--Page 4 of cover.
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OCLC Number:
on1128421199
Availability:
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