Don Cherry Net Worth

Don Cherry is a well known commentator of ice hockey and also a former hockey player. He is mostly known as one of the hosts of the show called Coach’s Corner, and also as the commentator on Sportsnet Radio Network. In addition to this, Don has also had a movie created about him, called ‘Keep Your Head Up, Kid: The Don Cherry Story’ and its sequel ‘The Wrath of Grapes: The Don Cherry Story II’. So how rich is Don Cherry? It has been estimated that Don’s net worth is 12 million dollars. This sum of money has mainly come from his career as a hockey player as well as a commentator. There is also a chance that Don Cherry’s net worth will become higher in the future as he continues working as a commentator of ice hockey.

Don Cherry Net Worth $12 Million

Donald Stewart Cherry, better known to the world as Don Cherry, was born in 1934, in Ontario. Don’s father and brother were involved in sports so Cherry was familiar with that from a very young age. At the beginning of his career as a hockey player Don was a part of the team called the Windsor Spitfires. Later, in 1954 Don started to play in another team, the Hershey Bears. From that time Don Cherry’s net worth started to grow. Don was quite successful at playing hockey and this made him more popular and noticeable. He had also played in such teams as th Rochester Americans, Vancouver Canucks and Springfield Indians. With the Springfield Indians Don even won the Calder Cup championship several times. This also added to Cherry’s net worth.

When Don’s career as a hockey player was over he decided to try the career of a coach. At first he was the couch for the Rochester Americans. Later he became a coach of another team, the Boston Bruins. As Cherry had played hockey for many years he was also successful in the position of the coach and it had a huge impact on the growth of Don Cherry’s net worth.

As mentioned before, Don is not only known as a hockey player and coach but also as a commentator. In 1981 CBC hired him and this is when his career as a commentator of ice hockey began. Later Don also became one of the hosts of Coach’s Corner, where he worked together with Dave Hodge. Don even had his own show, entitled ‘Don Cherry’s Grapevine’. This of course added a lot to Don’s net worth. Don also had another show, called ‘Don Cherry’s This Week in Hockey’. What is more, Don has also appeared on different shows as an actor. Some of them include ‘Holmes on Homes’, ‘Goosebumps’, ‘Power Play’ and others. This also made his net worth grow.

All in all, it could be said that Don Cherry is a popular former ice hockey player and also a successful commentator. Many activities allowed him to become well known and acclaimed. As mentioned before, there is a chance that Don’s net worth will grow in the future as he continues his career as a commentator.