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Rob McClanahan is a former American ice hockey player, born in St. Paul, Minnesota on January 9 1958. He was a winger for the US Olympic team in the 1980 Winter Olympics which were held in Lake Placid, New York. The team played in what came to be known as the "miracle on ice" game, beating all odds and defeating the undefeated Soviet National team 4-3.

Early in the tournament, during a game against Sweden McClanahan sustained a bruise on the upper thigh which left the U.S team short another player, as fellow team-mate Jack O'Callahan had been injured during the exhibition game vs. the Soviet Union only three days prior to the Olympics.

A famed argument between McClanahan and Team USA's coach Herb Brooks helped motivate McClanahan to play through his injury and inspire his team to a come-from-behind draw against Sweden that was vital to the team's gold medal success later in the tournament.

McClanahan was selected forty ninth overall in the 1978 National Hockey League draft by the Buffalo Sabres, but did not begin playing with the Sabres until 1980, shortly after the 1980 Winter Olympics.

His National Hockey League career was short lived, playing on three separate teams (Buffalo, Hartford and the New York Rangers). He bounced between the National Hockey League and the American Hockey League and played part of the 1983/1984 season in the CHL with the Tulsa Oilers before finishing his National Hockey Leauge career with the New York Rangers in 1984.

McClanahan was played by Nathan West in the 2004 Disney movie "Miracle", which starred actor Kurt Russell as coach Herb Brooks and which told the story of the 1980 US Olympic gold medal win.

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Athletes - Rob McClanahan

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