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Herb Brooks
1937 – August 11, 2003
American ice hockey player and coach (1937–2003)
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Herbert Paul Brooks 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 team at Lake Placid. Brooks' team upset the heavily favored Soviet team in a match that came to be known as the "Miracle on Ice".
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- Anniversary · August 11
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