ON THE SIDELINES : Ex-Viking Kapp Buys B.C. Lions
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Former Minnesota Vikings quarterback and University of California Coach Joe Kapp is returning to the scene of his greatest success to become president and part-owner of the British Columbia Lions.
Stock market entrepreneur Murray Pezim, a major player in the Vancouver Stock Exchange who bought the Canadian Football League club from a failing community ownership in September, did not say what percentage of the team Kapp would own.
Kapp led the Lions into the CFL championship game, the Grey Cup, in 1964.
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