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Classic Sports Card of The Day

07 Dec

We’re featuring 2 old Topps football cards today, for a reason. On the left is a 1970 Topps card of former Minnesota Viking quarterback Joe Kapp, who played 8 years in the Canadian Football League before joining the NFL Vikings, and leading them to Super Bowl IV, where they were upset by the Kansas City Chiefs. On the right is a 1959 Topps CFL football card of former Hamilton Tiger Cats defensive lineman Angelo Mosca, who was a legendary CFL player who played in 9 Grey Cup championship games, more than any other player in league history. Mosca was also a professional wrestler, fighting under the nicknames King Kong Mosca and The Mighty Hercules. Kapp and Mosca were involved in a confrontation in the 1963 Grey Cup game when Kapp took exception to a late hit by Mosca on his running back. The reason we featured their cards together was because recently, at a CFL reunion luncheon, the pair, now both in their 70s, renewed the nearly 50 year old feud when they exchanged blows on stage, which was caught on video and became an internet sensation.

 

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