Background
He was born in Kelowna in 1925, the son of Pasquale "Cap" Capozzi, an Italian immigrant.
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Herb Capozzi
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University of British Columbia.
Career
He represented Vancouver Centre in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1966 to 1972 as a Social Cr member. In 1952, he moved to Calgary, where he worked for Shell Oil. Capozzi played with the Calgary Stampeders and Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League.
Capozzi was general manager for the British Columbia Lions from 1957 to 1966 when he was elected to the provincial assembly.
He purchased the Vancouver Canucks hockey team in 1971, helping to keep the team in Canada. Capozzi established the Vancouver Whitecaps soccer team in 1974.
He served as owner, president, and board chairman for the team Capozzi was a director responsible for food, entertainment and housing for Expo 86.
He was an owner of Calona Wines and the Capri Hotel (now the Coast Capri Hotel) and Capri Centre Mall.
Capozzi was also president of Pasadena Investments, a development company based in Kelowna. He died at home in Vancouver at the age of 86 from tongue cancer.
Achievements
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Capozzi won a sports scholarship to the University of British Columbia, where he received Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Commerce degrees. As a racketball player, he won the Canadian Masters championship in 1974 and the Canadian Golden Masters championship in 1981. The Lions won the Grey Cup in 1964. Under his ownership, the team won the North American Soccer League (NASL) Soccer Bowl title in 1979. He was a founder of The Keg restaurant chain and was instrumental in bringing McDonald"s restaurants to Canada.
Membership
At university, Herb was a member of the British Columbia Alpha Chapter of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. He was a member of the British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame and the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame and had received the Order of British Columbia in 2008.
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Nationality
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Political Party
British Columbia Social Credit Party