Herb Brooks

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. At the Games, Brooks' American team upset the heavily favored Soviet team in a match that came to be known as the "Miracle on Ice."

5 August 1937

Born on the same birth date (5 August 1937): Brian G. Marsden

Born on the same birth day (5 August): Angry Anderson • Anne Acheson • Anthony Edwards (basketball) • Antoine Sibierski • Darren Shahlavi • Gay Byrne • Joan Hickson • Loni Anderson • Mimi Keene • Richard Ottley • Roy Benavidez • Ryan Bertrand • Tera de Marez Oyens

Born in the same month (August 1937): Alice Coltrane • Baden Powell (guitarist) • Barbara Windsor • Brian G. Marsden • David Anderson (British Columbia politician) • David Bedford • Don Bowman (singer) • Donald Dewar • Dustin Hoffman • James Florio • Moshood Abiola • Robert Stone (novelist) • Sky Saxon • Steven Berkoff • Warren Berlinger