Who is the Stanley Cup in the NHL named for?

Question

The Stanley Cup is the reward for the champion in the National Hockey League at the end of the season.

Answer 1

Stanley that black dude in accounting from 'the office'

Answer 2

Lord Frederick Stanley...didnt play in the nhl.

Answer 3

Some guy named Lord Stanley from the 1800s

Answer 4

Lord Stanley

Answer 5

Frederick Stanley.. more commonly referred to as Lord Stanley

..and he was never in the NHL

Answer 6

The Stanley Cup is named after Frederick Stanley, Gov. General of Canada. His sons played hockey and thought an award should be given to the winning team.  Fred (because he and I are ...like that lol) came up with a cup (actually I'm not sure it started off as a cup) to reward the winning team, and the rest is history

Answer 7

Why, Lord Frederick Stanley, ofcourse! xD

Answer 8

Since I'm too late to get the points for right answer I'll try this one.

The Stanley cup is a misspelled version of the Stan Lee Cup. It was named after the creator of Spider Man.

Answer 9

these fellas are absolutelt correct.

Answer 10

Everyone mentioned the right answer , so I'll give the wrong answer.

It is named after this STAN:

http://z.about.com/d/animatedtv/1/0/i/T/...

Answer 11

Lord Frederick Stanley