Old Fogey Fracas! Check Out the Cane-Swinging Brawl Between Two Gray-Haired, Ex-Football Stars
- Posted on November 28, 2011 at 8:31am by
Dave Urbanski
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They may be gray-haired, a bit rickety, and long-since retired, but ex-football stars Joe Kapp, 73, and Angelo Mosca, 74, still have some fight left in ‘em.
Check out the recent onstage meeting between the grumpy old rivals that erupted into a brawl, complete with swinging cane and haymaker to the kisser:
The incident took place during a Canadian Football League alumni luncheon in Vancouver last week, the latest and easily the most public chapter of a feud that’s simmered between the septuagenarians for nearly half a century.
The whole thing started during the 1963 Grey Cup (the Canadian Football League’s version of the Super Bowl) when Mosca—then a Hamilton Tiger-Cats defensive tackle with a rep for nastiness—delivered a controversial out-of-bounds hit to Kapp’s teammate, star running back Willie Fleming. With Fleming done for the day, Hamilton went on the beat Kapp and the B.C. Lions, 21-10.
But this time it was Kapp who delivered the knockout blow.
After Mosca slowly made his way onstage—aided by a cane and a serviceman’s arm—Kapp attempted to give Mosca a flower, presumably as a peace offering. But the gruff Notre Dame alum replied, “Stick it up your a**.” (It was reported that Mosca attempted to shake Kapp’s hand earlier in the banquet, but Kapp refused.)
Amid the roar of laughter from the audience, Kapp—the only player to have quarterbacked the Super Bowl, Rose Bowl, and Grey Cup—pressed the flower upon Mosca’s face. Mosca brushed Kapp’s hand away, Kapp swung the flower at Mosca, and Mosca swung his cane at Kapp.
The crowd’s laughter morphed into hoots of disbelief when Kapp socked Mosca on the chin with a right cross (such as it was), knocking Mosca—who did time as pro wrestler “King Kong” Mosca after his football career ended—to the ground. Things got more bizarre when Kapp yelled to the audience, “Sportsmanship!” after realizing his revenge.
Believe it or not, the onstage ceremony continued once order was restored, with Mosca and Kapp trading verbal jousts. You can check out the full exchange here (beware of some salty language):
Mosca was drafted very late by the Philadelphia Eagles in 1959 but instead headed to the Canadian Football League, where he starred as a bruising pass rusher and tackler for more than a dozen seasons. The CFL Hall of Famer then entered the pro wrestling circuit. He recently released a biography, “Tell Me to My Face.”
Kapp played for the University of California in the 1950s. Drafted by the Washington Redskins, Kapp never got a call from the franchise, and—like fellow American, Mosca—he entered the Canadian Football League, where he starred as a signal caller for eight years. In 1967 Kapp finally entered the NFL, where he was named a pro bowler in 1969 and led the Minnesota Vikings to a berth in Super Bowl IV (they lost to the Kansas City Chiefs.)
Like Mosca, Kapp earned a reputation as a tough player, with one publication calling him “aggressive, mean and nasty.”
Years away from the gridiron apparently haven’t mellowed either of them.
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Comments (86)
Misha
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 10:50amThis totally cracked me up.
Report Post »moomaw10
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 1:13pmNo Fool like an ole fool….. funny
Report Post »mydogtippy
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 2:45pmYou are so right about that
Report Post »corbecket
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 12:30am@Moomaw10
My dad was a doctor, and asked me what I thought of a guy that had been reported as suffering from dementia. I told him the guy certainly seemed like a moron to me. Dad reponded, “Well, I’ve known him for 40 years, and he’s always been a moron”. With some of these guys, age has nothing to do with their mental state.
These two guys sure seem like morons to me.
Report Post »NeoFan
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 10:43amMorons and Pedophiles and no shortage of fans to watch. Your country is burning Sports Fans! Never mind. The game is on.
Report Post »Oraclevoiceofreason
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 10:38amLove this – maybe our political candidates could take a lesson from this old farts. Maybe Obama would be more interesting if he actually would ppunch someone in the face.
Report Post »Tickdog
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 10:37amwow. thats just sad…
Report Post »decendentof56
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 12:15pmTick,er…dog……….
Report Post »It’s a sad commentary on the entire sport of football…..the players, coaches, and fans…and at every level. No wonder most pro football fans get drunk to watch games. Beer; football; drunk fans; showboating; arrests!
I heard on a local Philly station that yesterday some Eagle fans took a beer from a Patriots fan and poured it on him. The Eagles still got their arse’s whipped.
Ishmot2
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 10:18amLooks like he told him to his face, that,s what he wanted wasn’t it? If Mosca would have connected with that cane Kapp would have been on his a$$ Kapp was only defending himself at this point. Great Clip!
Report Post »Ishmot2
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 10:18amLooks like he told him to his face, that,s what he wanted wasn’t it? If Mosca would have connected with that cane Kapp would have been on his a$$ Kapp was only defending himself at this point. Great Clip!
Report Post »GERATMO
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 9:57amI enjoy these clips. If you only want politics and world news then go to a different site. I like that the Blaze mixes it up, thats why I come here.
Report Post »mike_trivisonno
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 9:48amHow much did The Blaze get paid to “report” on the “news story”?
Trying to pass off advertising as news is pretty lame.
Report Post »Joe1123
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 9:45amHa ha that’s my Joe …. still a tough ole SOB. Love ya Joe!!
Report Post »Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 9:41amMartha!! Hand me my teeth!!! Im gonna bite this @#$%^& SOB’s ear off!
Report Post »cyclops
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 9:51amLMAO………apparently being competitive still exist between these two………Hehehehehe…….Way too funny……
Report Post »Ialmostforgot
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 9:40amAll this excitement so he can sell his book!
Report Post »fobama
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 9:36amAnd down goes frazier! what a combo, old men still got it!!
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 9:36amprimadonna’ s
Report Post »Amazingoly
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 9:36amJerk!
Report Post »Unix
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 9:34amNo comments, other than to say, I just saw two older gentlemen who have never grown up.
Report Post »Biff Marupis
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 9:52amYou left out that it was FUNNY!
Report Post »Namvet1970
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 12:45pmI have to agree !!
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 7:28pm@Unix
Report Post »Posted on November 28, 2011 at 9:34am
No comments, other than to say, I just saw two older gentlemen who have never grown up
****
And you have to wonder how many young kids considered them “ROLE MODELS”!!!!
Patriot12
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 9:31amHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
That was a classic!
Report Post »wewantchillywilly
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 9:30amoh joe, how I miss you. come back to the vikings, you’re more physical than most of that team.
Report Post »ireport uderide
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 9:16amPenalties
Encroachment , 5 yards
Facemask violation, 15 yards, first down.
Neutral zone infraction. 5 yards
Illegal use of the hands. Automatic first down.
Unnecessary roughness. 15 yards, first down.
Unsportsmanlike conduct 15 yards, first down.
Taunting. Automatic first down.
Striking opponent with fist. 15 yards, automatic first down.
All the penalties off set.
Report Post »Repeat the down.
demint.disciple
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 9:08am@OPNSRCSURVIVAL.. You didn’t have to click on the story you know, all you have to do is read the headline out in the lobby and pass it by.. I have a feeling you’re one of “ those” who like to complain about everything..If you don’t see anything interesting in the headline go to the next story.. If you want to complain there is a section for that too.. You say it like EVERYONE agrees with YOU like your the only one that matters.. Grow up..
Report Post »AmericanStrega
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 11:01amHere, Here!
Report Post »Riptides
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 9:06amAnd the winner, by TKO………Joe Kapp!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »felix
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 9:03amloved JOE when he led the VIKINGS,still do !!
Report Post »louise
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 8:54amLots of exciting things happening in the sports world over the weekend…..A player mocks a Jets player for getting shot in the leg…….2 old ex-football players fighting……a wild hail mary pass….oh and the creme‘de la creme’ a player crashes into a half dressed cheerleader.
yippie-i-o-ki-a
Report Post »Romanticpoet
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 9:04amYou forgot the peeing/wee weeing Charger kicker Novak.
Report Post »demint.disciple
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 9:04amNice right hook by the old fella..
Report Post »00gabooga
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 9:10amActually by cheerleader standards she was fully dressed.
Report Post »TheVoice1
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 9:17amWildest hail Mary pass… quite a weekend…
Stand Strong America
Report Post »RichNGadsden
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 8:53amSportsmanship! I don’t care what you say, that was funny.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 8:52am.
That was funny……
To the old guy with the cane, don’t talk smack unless you can back it up……..
Report Post »paulusmaximus
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 8:39amCome on Blaze this is the second fluff story! Get some original satire or a political cartoonist to fill these DEAD SPOTS and I do mean DEAD SPOTS!
Report Post »Curtman41
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 9:04am@ PAULUSMAXIMUS I happened to enjoy this article and got a good laugh out of it. You’re obviously an EXPERT on what should and should not fill the “dead spots” so why don’t you start your own news site. Apparently you have more than enough time on your hands or should I say “dead spots.”
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