Bob Perani (August 7, 1942 – April 15, 2012) was a professional ice hockey goaltender for the Flint Generals in the International Hockey League. He was also the founder of Perani's Hockey World sports retail chain in 1976, and owned the naming rights for the Perani Arena and Event Center. Perani died on April 15, 2012 while traveling on an international flight from Detroit to Tokyo. Perani retired to Thailand and died on a flight from Detroit to Tokyo en route to Thailand.
Attributes | Values |
---|
rdf:type
| |
rdfs:label
| |
rdfs:comment
| - Bob Perani (August 7, 1942 – April 15, 2012) was a professional ice hockey goaltender for the Flint Generals in the International Hockey League. He was also the founder of Perani's Hockey World sports retail chain in 1976, and owned the naming rights for the Perani Arena and Event Center. Perani died on April 15, 2012 while traveling on an international flight from Detroit to Tokyo. Perani retired to Thailand and died on a flight from Detroit to Tokyo en route to Thailand.
|
sameAs
| |
dcterms:subject
| |
dbkwik:icehockey/p...iPageUsesTemplate
| |
Birth Date
| |
Team
| |
League
| |
death place
| - in flight/en route from Detroit to Tokyo
|
Name
| - Perani, Bob
- Robert Perani
|
Height in
| |
Date of Death
| |
Birth Place
| |
catches
| |
Title
| |
career start
| |
career end
| |
death date
| |
weight lb
| |
Place of Birth
| |
Place of death
| - in flight/en route from Detroit to Tokyo
|
Before
| |
Years
| |
After
| |
Relations
| - Lahna Ward
- Robert Perani Jr.
|
Height ft
| |
Position
| |
Date of Birth
| |
Short Description
| - American ice hockey player
|
abstract
| - Bob Perani (August 7, 1942 – April 15, 2012) was a professional ice hockey goaltender for the Flint Generals in the International Hockey League. He was also the founder of Perani's Hockey World sports retail chain in 1976, and owned the naming rights for the Perani Arena and Event Center. Perani died on April 15, 2012 while traveling on an international flight from Detroit to Tokyo. Perani was born in Italy in 1942 and moved to Canada with his family in 1953, settling near Toronto. He attended St. Lawrence University and played a number of leagues in Michigan and Ontario. He and his wife Kris moved to Flint in the late 1960s and never left. Kris died from cancer in 2006.The following year, as part of the 'Perani Group', he bought the Flint Generals. He retired as a player after the 1974 season and went into the pizza business and in 1976 started "Bob Perani's Sports Shop". Perani retired to Thailand and died on a flight from Detroit to Tokyo en route to Thailand.
|
is MVP
of | |