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SPORTS : Joe Kapp, Out Jogging, Hit by Taxi

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Associated Press

Joe Kapp, a Super Bowl quarterback and former University of California, Berkeley football coach, was recuperating in a hospital today with a broken collarbone after being struck by a taxi while jogging with his dog.

Kapp, 50, was crossing a street in nearby Los Gatos Thursday when a station wagon driven by Festus Banjo, 46, turned a corner and hit Kapp with its right front bumper, police said. The dog was unhurt.

Kapp was knocked unconscious and was rushed to Valley Medical Center in San Jose. Los Gatos police said Banjo would be cited for violating a pedestrian’s right-of-way.

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Kapp led the Minnesota Vikings to the Super Bowl in 1970, where they lost to the Kansas City Chiefs. He compiled a 20-34-1 record in coaching the Golden Bears from 1981 to 1985 and was fired at the end of the 1985 season.

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