Robert Rompre
Robert Edward "Bob" Rompre (born April 11, 1929 in International Falls , Minnesota , † September 13, 2010 in Sun Prairie , Dane County , Wisconsin ) was an American ice hockey player who at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo with the national ice hockey team won a silver medal and set an Olympic record with four goals in one game.
biography
Although he received an athletic scholarship from Colorado College after high school , he entered the US Marine Corps . Because of his participation as a player of the national team in the ice hockey competitions of the 1952 Winter Olympics , he was released from use in the Korean War .
In a game against Finland on February 18, 1952 in the open air and in heavy snowfall, he scored four goals in the 8-2 victory of his team. He scored three goals in the second and another in the third period, with two of the goals in the second period falling within a period of just 10 seconds. As a result, he set a new Olympic record.
After completing his military service, he received an offer as a player with the New York Rangers , but turned down this opportunity to play in the National Hockey League to finish his college degree. Instead, he played in the 1952/53 season with the Oakland Knaves and the Los Angeles Cardinals in the Pacific Coast Hockey League . He then resumed his studies at Colorado College and graduated in 1956.
He then settled in Waupun , where he played for the Fond du Lac Bears ice hockey team. He led the team as team captain to two state championships in Wisconsin . After he ended his playing career he remained coach of the Fond du Lac Bears until 1975 . After finishing this activity, his shirt number 8 was not reassigned.
He then became a scout for the US national ice hockey team and played a major role in founding the Hockey Halls of Fame in Minnesota and Wisconsin, which he was later accepted into. For his sporting achievements, he was also awarded the William Thayer Tutt Prize of the US Hockey Association and was inducted into the US Hockey Hall of Fame in 1992.
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| SURNAME | Rompre, Robert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rompre, Bob; Rompre, Robert Edward (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American ice hockey player and coach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 11, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | International Falls , Minnesota |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 13, 2010 |
| Place of death | Sun Prairie , Dane County , Wisconsin |