Bobby Kromm
 Bobby Kromm 
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| Date of birth | June 8, 1928 |
| place of birth | Calgary , Alberta , Canada |
| date of death | June 9, 2010 |
| Place of death | Livonia , Michigan , USA |
| position | center |
| Shot hand | Left |
| Career stations | |
| 1949-1950 | Northside Victoria |
| 1950-1961 | Trail Smoke Eaters |
Robert David "Bobby" Kromm (born June 8, 1928 in Calgary , Alberta , † June 9, 2010 in Livonia , Michigan ) was a Canadian ice hockey player (defender) and coach , from 1975 to 1980 the Winnipeg Jets in World Hockey Association and the Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League .
Career
Kromm couldn't look back on a great career as an active player. He played with the Trail Smoke Eaters in the Western International Hockey League. The club team represented Canada at the 1961 Ice Hockey World Championship . Kromm was in his last season as a player and took over the team at this tournament as a coach. Surprisingly, the team was able to win the gold medal.
He stayed in Trail for some time before joining the Seattle Totems in the Western Hockey League . The Dallas Black Hawks in the Central Hockey League were then a long-term stop in his career. In eight years he led the team five times in the finals of the Allan Cup, which the team won twice. For the 1975/76 season he also followed the call of the World Hockey Association and took over the coaching post with the Winnipeg Jets . Also at the Canada Cup 1976 he was on the coaching staff of the Canadian team.
For the 1977/78 season , the Detroit Red Wings had signed him . Under him, the Red Wings got 37 points more than last year and he was honored with the Jack Adams Award as best coach of the year . In the next two seasons he missed the playoffs with Detroit. He was replaced by Marcel Pronovost .
His son Richard Kromm also had a respectable NHL career with almost 400 games for the Calgary Flames and New York Islanders .
Sporting successes
- World Champion: 1961 (as player-coach)
- Adams Cup: 1969 and 1974 (as coach)
- Avco World Trophy : 1976 (as trainer)
Personal awards
- Jake Milford Trophy : 1972
- Robert Schmertz Memorial Trophy : 1976
- Jack Adams Award : 1978
Web links
- Bobby Kromm at hockeydb.com (English)
- Bobby Kromm at legendsofhockey.net
1974 Shero | 1975 Pulford | 1976 Cherry | 1977 Bowman | 1978 Kromm | 1979 Arbor | 1980 Quinn | 1981 Berenson | 1982 watt | 1983 Tessier | 1984 Murray | 1985 Keenan | 1986 Sather | 1987 Demers | 1988 Demers | 1989 Burns | 1990 Murdoch | 1991 Sutter | 1992 Quinn | 1993 Burns | 1994 Lemaire | 1995 Crawford | 1996 Bowman | 1997 Nolan | 1998 Burns | 1999 Martin | 2000 Quenneville | 2001 Barber | 2002 Francis | 2003 Lemaire | 2004 Tortorella | 2005 - | 2006 Ruff | 2007 Vigneault | 2008 Boudreau | 2009 Julien | 2010 Tippett | 2011 Bylsma | 2012 Hitchcock | 2013 MacLean | 2014 Roy | 2015 Hartley | 2016 Despite | 2017 Tortorella | 2018 Gallant | 2019 despite
Head Coach:
Detroit Cougars & Detroit Falcons:
Art Duncan (1926–1927) |
Duke Keats (1927) |
Jack Adams (1927–…)
Detroit Red Wings: Jack Adams (… –1947) | Tommy Ivan (1947-1954) | Jimmy Skinner (1954-1958) | Sid Abel (1958–1968) | Bill Gadsby (1968–1969) | Sid Abel (1969-1970) | Ned Harkness (1970-1971) | Doug Barkley (1971) | Johnny Wilson (1971-1973) | Ted Garvin (1973) | Alex Delvecchio (1973–1975) | Doug Barkley (1975) | Alex Delvecchio (1975–1977) | Larry Wilson (1977) | Bobby Kromm (1977–1980) | Ted Lindsay (1980) | Wayne Maxner (1980-1982) | Billy Dea (1982) | Nick Polano (1982-1985) | Harry Neale (1985) | Brad Park (1985-1986) | Jacques Demers (1986–1990) | Bryan Murray (1990-1993) | Scotty Bowman (1993-2002) | Dave Lewis (2002-2005) | Mike Babcock (2005-2015) | Jeff Blashill (since 2015)
General Manager: Art Duncan (1926–1927) | Jack Adams (1927–1962) | Sid Abel (1962–1971) | Ned Harkness (1971-1974) | Alex Delvecchio (1974–1977) | Ted Lindsay (1977–1980) | Jimmy Skinner (1980-1982) | Jim Devellano (1982-1990) | Bryan Murray (1990-1994) | Jim Devellano & Scotty Bowman (1994-1997) | Ken Holland (1997-2019) | Steve Yzerman (since 2019)
Head coach: Bobby Hull (1972–1974) | Rudy Pilous (1974-1975) | Bobby Hull (1975) | Rudy Pilous (1975) | Bobby Kromm (1975–1977) | Larry Hillman (1977-1979) | Tom McVie (1979-1980) | Bill Sutherland (1980) | Tom McVie (1980) | Bill Sutherland (1980–1981) | Mike Smith (1981) | Tom Watt (1981-1983) | Barry Long (1983-1986) | John Ferguson (1986) | Dan Maloney (1986-1989) | Rick Bowness (1989) | Bob Murdoch (1989-1991) | John Paddock (1991-1995) | Terry Simpson (1995-1996)
General Manager: Annis Stukus (1972–1974) | Rudy Pilous (1974–1978) | John Ferguson (1978–1988) | Mike Smith (1988-1994) | John Paddock (1994-1996)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Kromm, Bobby |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kromm, Robert David |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian ice hockey coach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 8, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Calgary , Alberta |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 9, 2010 |
| Place of death | Livonia , Michigan |