Bob Dobek
American ice hockey player
Robert Andrew Dobek (born October 4, 1952, in Detroit, Michigan) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 72 games in the World Hockey Association for the San Diego Mariners between 1976 and 1977 after starring for the US team in the 1976 Winter Olympics as well as the Bowling Green State University men's hockey team in the early 1970s.
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