Quick, name the only hockey player in the Hall of Fame to be born in Kansas? *waits a minute* If you took the time to look at the picture above, then you know the answer. Silas "Si" Griffis was born in 1883 in the town of Onaga, Kansas, which is northwest of the state capital of Topeka. His playing career went from 1901 until 1919, he played for the Kenora Thistles and the Vancouver Millionaires. In the time before the Stanley Cup would become an NHL trophy, Griffis would win the Stanley Cup with Kenora in January 1907 and again in the 1914-15 season as a member of the Millionaires. He scored 84 goals in 154 games and would go on to excel in golf and bowling. He would die in July 1950, the same month he was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame.
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