Birth-Herb Brooks was born and raised into the lifestyle of playing the sport of hockey. Growing up, he played hockey in high school, college at the U of M, and he was cut from the 1960 olympic team just before the games started. He lived, breathed, ate, and slept hockey... his whole life was hockey, ever since he was born.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Brooks
Call to Adventure-In 1983, Michigan's coach had passed away and Michigan were in need for a new replacement coach. Following up with the death of Michigan's coach, John Maclnnes, Brooks was offered a spot there to be a replacement coach for the Michigan hockey team.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Brooks#Later_career
Refusal of the Call-Rather than coaching Michigan, Brooks turned down the offer to go off and coach the St.Cloud State University's hockey team. He led the team to become a division 1 hockey school. Herb finished his his collegiate coaching with an incredible record of 175-101-20. He then became the very first coach of the US to claim victory over the USSR in 20 years, along with his carefully selected hockey team.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Brooks#Later_career
Belly of the whale-Herb Brooks went on in his career coaching many other hockey teams. He got involved so much in coaching, that he eventually coached the New York Rangers, Minnesota North Stars, New Jersey Devils, and the Pittsburgh Penguins.
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/biography-of-herb-brooks.html
Sacrifice/Betrayal-Herb Brooks and his US team mainly consisted of players from the U of M and players of their rivals- Boston University. Herb had to teach each and every individual player how to cooperate together and play as a team. He would not allow any hatred between his players, just because they are from Minnesota, or because they are from Boston.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Brooks#Early_life
Final Battle-Herb Brooks and his US team claimed victory at the Olympic games in 1980. The US beat the USSR to win the gold metal in the last final minutes of the Olympic event for Hockey. "Miracle On Ice" it was called, and later came up as a movie title in the theaters. This event was so special, that it was claimed as the "single most indelible moment in all of U.S. sports history".
http://proicehockey.about.com/cs/history/a/miracle_on_ice.htm
Death of the Hero-On August 11th 2003, Herb Brooks was killed in a car accident north of the Twin Cities near Interstate 35. At only 66 years of age, Brooks died at a young age. It was a very violent way to die, and to be as big as a hero as Herb Brooks, this was a very tragic time for family and friends of Herb Brooks.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/news/2003/08/11/brooks_obit_ap/
Freedom to Live-Herb Brooks lived a good life as a Hockey legend. Brooks was one of the best hockey coaches of all time, and led many teams of his that he coached to victory. He was "a true American hero", and he will never be forgotten.
http://www.herbbrooksfoundation.com/history.html
Mr.Cheng I tried to include 10 characteristics of a hero, but I only came up with 8 and I could not come up with 2 more without being repetitive, or they just would not make sense.
Fair enough. I'll count it as 9/10, which gives you 90%. Good job, otherwise.
ReplyDelete