Joe Kapp and Angelo Mosco duke it out at CFL awards banquet

[Randle Pat McMurphy]

Best fight I have ever seen between 2 former Canadien athletes


Old Fogey Fracas! Check Out the Cane-Swinging Brawl Between Two Gray-Haired, Ex-Football Stars

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:

Joe Kapp - Angelo Mosca fight - YouTube


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):


Angelo Mosca and Joe Kapp Fist Fight - Complete Video - Unedited - YouTube


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.


Sorry for the error, should be Mosca and not Mosco.

[Randle Pat McMurphy]

Kapp's closing comments funny as well--Fleming says he "Named his dog Angelo and he kicks the sh*t out that dog everyday."

[HAMILROCK]

He got labeled!!!

[Cash Calloway]

Mosca has been a bit of a prick over the years regarding the late Fleming hit in the Grey Cup saying on record that Fleming should be happen I nailed him because he got more media attention from that hit after his career was over than he ever did from his playing career. Kapp seems to be the prick here though if he refused to shake Mosca's hand earlier that day.

[jonny delta]

that was a pretty decent lick he put on ol' boy

[Randle Pat McMurphy]

Watched again and with the volume alittle higher and noticed the cane swing knocked the glasses off of Kapp's head. Just missed whacking him across the temple with the cane. Mosca needed his jaw rearranged after that attempt.

[jonny delta]

Originally Posted by Randle Pat McMurphy

Watched again and with the volume alittle higher and noticed the cane swing knocked the glasses off of Kapp's head. Just missed whacking him across the temple with the cane. Mosca needed his jaw rearranged after that attempt.

agree


Big Daddy Cane my ass

[WildKat]

When I saw the fight on TV, I thought that it might be Western Playboy and ******.

[revnecro1273]

Originally Posted by WildKat

When I saw the fight on TV, I thought that it might be Western Playboy and ******.

naw...those tools would have hit themselves...not each other

[Ron Mexico]

Sad this is was the best part of the game. Have not even seen a score. Don't care to... just sayin.

[revnecro1273]

Originally Posted by Ron Mexico

Sad this is was the best part of the game. Have not even seen a score. Don't care to... just sayin.

2nd half was solid...first half not so much though

[vividjohn45]

the drink of the day for the ceremony was sugarcane punch.