Bernie Brophy
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Collingwood, Ontario, Canada
| Bernie Brophy | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
August 9, 1903 Collingwood, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Died | July 19, 1982 (aged 78) | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | ||
| Weight | 165 lb (75 kg; 11 st 11 lb) | ||
| Position | Left wing | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
Detroit Cougars Montreal Maroons | ||
| Playing career | 1925–1936 | ||
Bernard Leo Brophy (August 9, 1903 – July 19, 1982) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 62 games in the National Hockey League between 1925 and 1929. He was born in Collingwood, Ontario. He played with the Montreal Maroons and Detroit Cougars. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1925 to 1936, was spent in various minor leagues. He won a Stanley Cup with the Maroons in 1926.
Brophy's daughter Carol Brophy-Collins was a skating instructor to NHL teams and players like Dave Andreychuk and Nick Kypreos. She was the guest coach at the National Hockey League's officials' training camp in Toronto, and coached players from the Buffalo Sabres, Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League and the Oshawa Generals of the OHA.[1]
