# Miracle On Ice Olympic Hockey Coach Herb Brooks dies

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**Created:** [August 12, 2003, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miracle-on-ice-olympic-hockey-coach-herb-brooks-dies/194637 "2003-08-12T14:20:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miracle-on-ice-olympic-hockey-coach-herb-brooks-dies/194637/1 "2003-08-12T14:20:05Z")

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[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/news/2003/08/11/brooks\_obit\_ap/?cnn=yes](http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/news/2003/08/11/brooks_obit_ap/?cnn=yes)

This is the coach that led the 1980 US Olympic Hockey team to a Gold Medal. Another loss.

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**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miracle-on-ice-olympic-hockey-coach-herb-brooks-dies/194637/2 "2003-08-13T00:02:12Z")

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i couldn’t believe my ears this morning.

truely his memory will be eternal.

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**Author:** ![Thunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a8b319/32.png) [@Thunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thunder)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miracle-on-ice-olympic-hockey-coach-herb-brooks-dies/194637/3 "2003-08-13T04:35:24Z")

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He was a class act.

He went off the ice during the victory celebration because he thought it was his team’s moment to celebrate, and the coach should look on from afar.

May he rest in peace.