height_ft played_for halloffame death_date weight_lb shoots birth_place death_place career_start career_end image_size position league height_in birth_date image article_title death_cause
6 toronto maple leafs 1961 24 december 1998 185 left paris , on , can kingston , on , can 1936 1948 230px centre nhl 0 18 january 1915 syl apps.jpg syl apps
 heart attack
syl apps

charles joseph sylvanus apps , -lrb- january 18 , 1915 -- december 24 , 1998 -rrb- of paris , ontario , was a canadian pole vaulter and professional hockey player for the toronto maple leafs from 1936 to 1948 and a conservative member of provincial parliament in ontario .
apps died of a heart attack on christmas eve of 1998 .
