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Joe Kapp, my childhood hero, is the reason I have this Sports Illustrated collection today. I first bought an issue of Sports Illustrated with Joe on the cover from Al Ross “Big Al, The Collectors Pal” of San Mateo, CA in 1995. Then in 2002, Joe Kapp’s Mother, Florence Kapp, gave me a huge box of collectibles from her basement in San Jose, Ca and it contained about 40 issues of SI that had Joe’s mailing label on them from 1955 when he was playing at the University of California. That was when I decided I would look for a complete run of the magazine.
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Joe Kapp’s personal Sports Illustrated subscription was being delivered to him at the University of California as early as 1955, possible even 1954. At some point the mailing label was changed to Joe’s home address in Stockton, CA. The next mailing label change was when Joe moved to Minneapolis while playing for the Minnesota Vikings.
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