Who are the only 2 players to have ever had their names on the Stanley Cup and the GREY Cup?

The Stanley Cup and Grey Cup are two of Canada’s most iconic sports trophies, and only two athletes in history have had their names engraved on both. Gerry James and Lionel Conacher each achieved this rare feat in both professional hockey and Canadian football.

Gerry James played for the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, appearing in a Stanley Cup Final and Grey Cup game in the same season in 1959. Lionel Conacher was named Canada’s greatest male athlete of the half-century in 1950. He won a Grey Cup with the Toronto Argonauts in 1921 and later captured two Stanley Cups in 1934 and 1935 with Chicago and Montreal.

Who are the only 2 players to have ever had their names on the Stanley Cup and the GREY Cup

The only 2 players to have their names on both the Stanley Cup and the Grey Cup are Gerry James and Lionel Conacher, as per the Hockey News.

James played both professional hockey and football at the same time. He played 149 NHL games for the Toronto Maple Leafs and scored 40 points. He also played for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and won the Grey Cup four times (1958, 1959, 1961, 1962). In the 1959 season, he played in both the Grey Cup final and the Stanley Cup playoffs in the same year. No other athlete has done that.

Conacher was a multi-sport athlete. He won the Grey Cup in 1921 with the Toronto Argonauts, rushing for 221 yards in the final. He later played 12 NHL seasons and 498 games. He won the Stanley Cup in 1934 with the Chicago Blackhawks and in 1935 with the Montreal Maroons. He is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame and the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.