Syl Apps
Hockey Fortune:
$5,406
Description
Syl Apps’s net worth / earnings / salary history: Earned US $5,406 (US $100,870 in today's dollars), ranking #6201 in NHL / hockey career earnings.
Birthdate: January 18, 1915Country of birth: Canada
Position: C
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| Salary History - Syl Apps All amounts in US$ unless otherwise noted. |
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| Season | Earnings (US$) |
In today's US$ |
Rank |
| 1942-43 | $5,406 | $100,870 | |
| Amount in Canadian currency: $6,000. | |||
| After 29 games, he broke his leg and missed the rest of the season. With a $6,000 salary for the year, he wrote a $1,000 check to the Maple Leafs because he felt he was earning more than he deserved. The team did not cash the check. (He earned $8,000 according to the Society for International Hockey Research newsletter.) | |||
| Source(s): The Sporting News | |||
| 1947-48 | $0 | $0 | |
| Amount in Canadian currency: $0. | |||
| During his last season in the NHL, was appointed as Ontario Commissioner of athletics for a yearly salary of C $5,000. He reportedly turned down an offer to come back with the Maple Leafs, in 1948-49, for a salary of C $20,000. | |||
| Source(s): The Hockey News | |||
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Career Total: US $5,406 (In today's dollars: US $100,870) NHL Rank: 6201 (In today's dollars: 6058) |
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| His son Syl Junior also played in the NHL. |