Donald Stewart Cherry
This article is incomplete. Please help to improve the section, or discuss the issue on the talk page. (February 2014) Don Cherry Don Cherry pictured at the CBC Winter Launch in 2010 Born (1934-02-05) February 5, 1934 (age 81) Kingston, ON, CAN Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) Weight 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb) Position Defence Shot Left Played for Hershey Bears Boston Bruins Springfield Indians Trois-Rivières Lions Kitchener-Waterloo Beavers Sudbury Wolves Spokane Comets Rochester Americans Tulsa Oilers Vancouver Canucks Playing career 1954–1972 Donald Stewart "Don" Cherry (born February 5, 1934) is a Canadian ice hockey commentator for CBC Television and a retired professional hockey player and NHL coach. Cherry co-hosts the "Coach's Corner" intermission segment (with Ron MacLean) on the long-running Canadian sports program Hockey Night in Canada, and has also worked for ESPN in the United States as a commentator during the latter stages of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Nicknamed Grapes, he is known for his outspoken manner, flamboyant dress, and staunch Canadian nationalism. Cherry played one game with the Boston Bruins, and later coached the team for five seasons after concluding a successful playing career in the American Hockey League. He is also well known as an author, syndicated radio commentator for the Sportsnet Radio Network, creator of the Rock'em Sock'em Hockey video series, and celebrity endorser. Cherry was voted the seventh greatest Canadian on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's television special, The Greatest Canadian. In March 2010, his life was dramatized in a two-part Canadian Broadcasting Corporation made-for-television movie, Keep Your Head Up, Kid: The Don Cherry Story, based on a script written by his son, Timothy Cherry. In March 2012 CBC aired a sequel, The Wrath of Grapes: The Don Cherry Story II.