Donald Stewart Cherry is a Canadian ice hockey commentator and sports journalist. He was a professional hockey player and head coach in the National Hockey League (NHL). Cherry played one game for the Boston Bruins before coaching the team for five seasons after an outstanding playing career in the American Hockey League that included four division titles and two Stanley Cups Final appearances. He is most famous for his work on Coach's Corner.
Donald "Don" Stewart Cherry was born on February 5, 1934, in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. His parents are Delmar and Maude Cherry. Cherry's father was an amateur athlete and worked as an electrician with the Canadian Steamship Lines. On his father's side, his grandfather was named John T. Cherry and was an original member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and a Great Lakes ship captain.
On his mother's side, Cherry's grandfather was named Richard Palamountain, a British orphan of Cornish parentage who immigrated to Canada. Richard Palamountain went on to become a veteran of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. Cherry also had a younger brother named Dick Cherry, who played hockey in the National Hockey League with the Philadelphia Flyers.
During his first year with the AHL Hershey Bears, Don met his future wife, Rose. She played an exciting and supportive part in Cherry's life. As a result of Cherry's small-time hockey lifestyle, they had to move frequently. Cherry was often away playing while significant family events, like the birth of their little girl and first child Cindy, occurred in his absence.
Six years after Cindy's birth, the couple had a son, Timothy. When Tim was 13, he had massive kidney damage and needed a transplant; his sister Cindy became his donor.
When his wife Rose died of liver disease in June 1997, Cherry started the Ontario-based Rose Cherry's Home for Kids, now called The Darling Home for Kids, to commemorate her tireless support. In her honor, Cherry also puts a rose on his collar. In 1999, Cherry married his second wife, Luba.
Don Cherry played junior-level hockey with the Barrie Flyers and the Windsor Spitfires in the Ontario Hockey Association. In 1953, when he was a defenseman with the Barrie Flyers, his team won the Memorial Cup. In 1954, Cherry dropped out of secondary school and played with the American Hockey League's (AHL) Hershey Bears. He had a long career playing minor hockey and played in the NHL with the Boston Bruins in the 1955 playoffs.
| Birth Date: | 5 Feb, 1934 |
| Age: | 86 yrs |
| Citizenship: | Canada |
| Birth Place: | Kingston |
| Gender: | Male |
| Description: | Ice hockey coach, television commentator |
| Twitter Id: | CoachsCornerDC |
| Net Worth 2020: | 14 million |
| Net Worth 2021: | 14 million |
