Elderly Football Rivals Face Off in Fist Fight
Posted: November 29th, 2011, 4:02 pm
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Bad blood between two elderly Canadian Football League legends dating back almost 50 years spilled out onto the stage at an awards luncheon in Vancouver when Joe Kapp, 73, and Angelo Mosca, 74, engaged in an extraordinary fight involving an olive branch and a walking stick.
A video of the incident, which happened Friday, shows former British Columbia Lions quarterback Kapp attempt to give Mosca, a former Hamilton Tiger-Cats defensive lineman, an olive branch as a peace offering, although it is not clear whether he was being sincere.
Mosca responded by telling Kapp through the microphone: "Stick it up your jerk."
Kapp, who also played for the Minnesota Vikings, then poked Mosca - a longtime professional wrestler - in the face with the branch, prompting Mosca to swing his cane, striking Kapp in the head.
As the stunned crowd looked on, Kapp landed a right fist on Mosca's jaw and followed it with a left, flooring his old rival.
"Sportsmanship!" Kapp yelled to the audience. "That's what it's all about, folks, sportsmanship!"
The bad blood stems from a 1963 Grey Cup game in which Mosca controversially hit Lions running back Willie Fleming, forcing Fleming from the game, The Canadian Press reported.
According to comedian Ron James, who hosted the CFL alumni luncheon, Mosca had earlier extended his hand to Kapp while they were seated at a table, but Kapp did not accept.
"It was the most bizarre thing that's happened to me in 31 years in the game," said James, who had prompted Kapp to extend the olive branch to Mosca.
"These guys, despite their age, what is bred in their bones is a warrior's streak."
Bad blood between two elderly Canadian Football League legends dating back almost 50 years spilled out onto the stage at an awards luncheon in Vancouver when Joe Kapp, 73, and Angelo Mosca, 74, engaged in an extraordinary fight involving an olive branch and a walking stick.
A video of the incident, which happened Friday, shows former British Columbia Lions quarterback Kapp attempt to give Mosca, a former Hamilton Tiger-Cats defensive lineman, an olive branch as a peace offering, although it is not clear whether he was being sincere.
Mosca responded by telling Kapp through the microphone: "Stick it up your jerk."
Kapp, who also played for the Minnesota Vikings, then poked Mosca - a longtime professional wrestler - in the face with the branch, prompting Mosca to swing his cane, striking Kapp in the head.
As the stunned crowd looked on, Kapp landed a right fist on Mosca's jaw and followed it with a left, flooring his old rival.
"Sportsmanship!" Kapp yelled to the audience. "That's what it's all about, folks, sportsmanship!"
The bad blood stems from a 1963 Grey Cup game in which Mosca controversially hit Lions running back Willie Fleming, forcing Fleming from the game, The Canadian Press reported.
According to comedian Ron James, who hosted the CFL alumni luncheon, Mosca had earlier extended his hand to Kapp while they were seated at a table, but Kapp did not accept.
"It was the most bizarre thing that's happened to me in 31 years in the game," said James, who had prompted Kapp to extend the olive branch to Mosca.
"These guys, despite their age, what is bred in their bones is a warrior's streak."
