Daniel Smith "Silent Danny" Cox - Born October 12, 1903 in Little Current, Ontario – Died August 8, 1982 was a Canadian ice Hockey left winger, coach, general manager and referee.

- Allan Cup Champion 1925, 1926 with Port Arthur Bearcats
Allan Cup finalist 1921

- Henri Fontaine Trophy Champion 1936 with Philadelphia Ramblers.

Calder Cup finalist 1937 with Philadelphia Ramblers.

Cox Played his junior Hockey with Port Arthur North End in the Thunder Bay Junior Hockey League. He was called up to the senior Bearcats for 4 games in the 1921 Allan Cup playoffs.

Cox then played for the Port Arthur Bearcats / Seniors / Ports) from 1922 to 1926, helping the team win back to back Allan Cup championships in 1925 and 1926, along with the Pattinson Trophy (1925) Scotland Woolen Mills Trophy (1925&26), and the S.P.A. Trophy (1926).

Cox then turned pro for the 1926-27 season, and played for the Canadian-American Hockey League / Can-Am Hamilton Tigers and the NHL Toronto St. Patricks making his NHL debut on November 20, 1926 vs New York Rangers at Maple Leaf Gardens in a 5-1 Rangers win. He played 14 NHL games that season, picking up 1 assist.

In 1927-28, Cox played in 43 games with the now Toronto Maple Leafs, scoring his 1st NHL goal vs Charlie Gardiner of the Chicago Black Hawks at 13:50 of the 3rd period on November19, 1927 at Maple Leafs Gardens in a 4-2 Toronto win. He scored 9 goals and 14 points during the season.

Cox played another full season in Toronto scoring 12 goals and helped the Maple Leafs reach the 1929 NHL semifinals. He was traded with cash for Frank Nighbor to the Ottawa Senators on January 31, 1930. During the following season in Ottawa, Cox scored 9 goals and 21 points while playing in 44 games.

Cox played 1 year in Detroit, as he was claimed by the Falcons from Ottawa for the 1931-32 season in the Dispersal Draft, September 26, 1931, but was back in Ottawa the following season, and played with the Senators until January, 1934, when he signed with the New York Rangers, scoring 5 goals in 13 games to finish his NHL career.

Cox played six more years of pro Hockey, and became the player-coach of the CHL Minneapolis Millers in 1934-35. He then played for the Can-Am / IAHL Philadelphia Ramblers for two seasons, helping them win the Fontaine Trophy in 1936.

Cox returned to player-coach, this time for the PCHL Seattle Sea Hawks in 1937-38, 1938–39, and 1940–41, and the AHA Wichita Skyhawks in 1939-40. He retired as a player in 1941 and was the coach of the Philadelphia Rockets in 1941-42.

Danny Cox played in 319 regular season NHL games, scoring 48 goals (7 GWG), 50 assists with 110 penalty minutes and 10 NHL playoff games, scoring 1 assist with 6 penalty minutes.

NOTE
Cox played in the 1st Calder Cup playoffs held in 1937, reaching the finals, but losing to Syracuse Stars.