Apps played in the inaugural 1960 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Scarboro Lions.
His daughter, Gillian Apps, graduated from Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, and majored in psychology.
She played for the Dartmouth Big Green women's ice hockey program and was a top 10 finalist for the 2007 Patty Kazmaier Award.
His oldest daughter, Amy Apps, was a member of the Canadian national women’s soccer team[3] and an OUA All Star in 1998 and 1999.
[4] His nephew, Darren Barber, won a gold medal in the men's eight at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, as a member of the Canadian rowing team.