Joe Kapp, a fiery hard-nosed NFL and CFL quarterback and later college football coach, has died at the age of 85, Steve Gardner of USA Today reports

Kapp died Monday "after a 15-year battle with dementia," his son J.J. Kapp told the San Francisco Chronicle.

Kapp holds the distinction of being the only quarterback to ever lead his team to the Rose Bowl, Super Bowl and Grey Cup.

An All-American at Cal, Kapp began his professional football career in Canada, playing eight seasons in the CFL with Calgary and British Columbia. He took the B.C. Lions to a pair of Grey Cup games before joining the Minnesota Vikings in 1967 and reaching the Super Bowl two years later. However, the Vikings lost to the Kansas City Chiefs 23-7 in Super Bowl 4.

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