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): August 5 • August 5 • Bobby Braddock • Claude Autant-Lara • Cosmin Bărcăuan • David Baldacci • David Clarke (ice hockey) • Gay Byrne • George Tooker • Harry Trott • James Anderson (lawyer) • Joseph Justus Scaliger • Mathieu Manset • Naum Gabo • Otis Thorpe • Parley Baer • Pierre-Emile Højbjerg • Rachel's Challenge • Ruth Sawyer • Thomas Lynch Jr.
Born in the same month (August 1937): Al D'Amato • Baden Powell (guitarist) • Barbara Windsor • Bobby Parker (guitarist) • Boris Rõtov • Bruce McLaren • Cornelis Vreeswijk • David Anderson (British Columbia politician) • David Behrman • Don Bowman (singer) • María Duval • Moshood Abiola • Stelvio Cipriani • Steven Berkoff • Warren Berlinger