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John Duncan Brophy (January 20, 1933 – May 23, 2016) was a Canadian ice hockey coach and hockey player who spent most of his career in minor professional leagues, including 18 years as a player in the Eastern Hockey League and 13 seasons as a coach in the East Coast Hockey League.
May 23, 2016 · TORONTO (AP) — John Brophy, who coached the Toronto Maple Leafs for 2½ seasons before coaching in the ECHL for 13 seasons, has died. He was 83. The ECHL says Brophy, who was from Nova Scotia, died Monday morning after a lengthy illness.
May 24, 2016 · John Brophy, the second-winningest coach in professional hockey history, passed away Monday at 83. Brophy won 1,027 games and spent the majority of his coaching career in the ECHL,...
May 24, 2016 · Brophy died Monday at 83 in Nova Scotia, Canada, where he began playing hockey at the age of 6 and where he spent his final years in a retirement home.
May 23, 2016 · TORONTO — John Brophy, a hard-nosed hockey man whose colourful coaching career included a stint at the helm of the Toronto Maple Leafs, has died. He was 83. The ECHL, where Brophy coached for...
May 25, 2016 · John Brophy lived a full life and packed everything he could into each day of his 83 years. His career as a coach for the Toronto Maple Leafs was really a mere blip (two and a half years from...
May 23, 2016 · Former Maple Leafs coach John Brophy dies at 83. The native of Antigonish, N.S., died after a lengthy illness, the ECHL said Monday. May 23, 2016. 2 min read. By Brendan Kennedy Sports reporter.
