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): Airto Moreira • Antonio Cesti • Bob McCarthy • Deodoro da Fonseca • Frank Stranahan • Harry Trott • John Jarratt • Joseph Justus Scaliger • Loni Anderson • Luiz Gushiken • Motoi Sakuraba • Olle Kullinger • Richie Ginther • Takakeishō Takanobu • Tom Hafey • Valdis Dombrovskis • Wayne Bridge
Born in the same month (August 1937): Bobby Parker (guitarist) • Brian G. Marsden • Don Wilson (cricketer) • Ian Deans • Sheila Varian • Walter Dean Myers • William Motzing • Zoltán Berczik