Vonnie Gros

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Vonnie Gros
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Bornc. 1935
Camden, NJ

Vonnie Gros (born c. 1935) is an American field hockey player, coach, and one of the charter inductees into the USA Field Hockey Hall of Fame. Gros attended Ursinus College where she captained the college's field hockey team. [1] She later coached the field hockey teams at West Chester and Princeton. She also served as the head coach of the U.S. national team for several years and of the U.S. Olympic team at the 1980 (boycotted) and 1984 Summer Olympics (bronze medal). [2] [3] She was inducted into the USA Field Hockey Hall of Fame in 1988.

References

  1. ↑ "Belles Boast Vets". The Ursinus Weekly. October 1, 1956. p. 3.
  2. ↑ "Vonnie Gros sees better days for America's field hockey teams". The Bangor Daily News. August 24, 1982. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Vonnie Gros Looks to Olympics in New Job". Philadelphia Daily News. September 21, 1977. p. 79 – via Newspapers.com.
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