Bobby Kromm, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian ice hockey coach
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Place of Birth: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
About Bobby Kromm
- Robert Kromm (June 8, 1928 – June 9, 2010) was a National Hockey League (NHL) head coach who in 1978 became the first coach of the Detroit Red Wings to win the Jack Adams Award as NHL Coach of the Year.
- He led the 1977–78 Red Wings to a 37-point improvement on their 16 win season the year previous, and a second-place finish in the Norris Division.
- The Red Wings made the playoffs for the first time in eight years. Prior to coaching the Wings, Kromm had been a successful coach in the World Hockey Association, where he had guided the high-flying Winnipeg Jets to the 1976 Avco Cup championship.
- That fall, he was as an assistant coach for Canada at the inaugural Canada Cup. In 1961 Kromm took an underdog team from Trail, British Columbia to a World Championship win over the Russians.
- The Trail Smoke Eaters represented Canada that year. Kromm's son, Richard, played ten years in the NHL for the Calgary Flames and New York Islanders.Born in Calgary, Alberta.
- Kromm died from complications of colorectal cancer one day after his 82nd birthday.
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