Herb Brooks
Ice hockey coach
1937 – 2003
Who was Herb Brooks?
Herbert Paul Brooks, Jr. was an American ice hockey player and coach. His most notable achievement came in 1980 as head coach of the gold medal-winning U.S.Olympic hockey team at Lake Placid. At the games, Brooks' US team upset the heavily favored Soviet team in a match that came to be known as the 'Miracle on Ice'. Brooks would go on to coach multiple NHL teams, as well as the French hockey team at the 1998 Winter Olympics, and ultimately returned to coach the US men's team to a silver medal at the 2002 games in Salt Lake City. Brooks was killed in a 2003 car accident. At the time of his death, Brooks was the Pittsburgh Penguins' director of player personnel.
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- Born
- Aug 5, 1937
Saint Paul - Also known as
- Herbert Paul Brooks, Jr.
- Herbert Paul Brooks
- Herbie
- Parents
- Spouses
- Patti Brooks
(1965 - 2003/08/11)
- Patti Brooks
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Johnson Senior High School
- University of Minnesota
- Lived in
- Saint Paul
- Died
- Aug 11, 2003
Forest Lake
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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