Robert Forhan
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Representing  Canada
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1960 Squaw Valley | Ice hockey |
Robert Norman "Bob" Forhan (March 27, 1936 – June 3, 2018) was a Canadian ice hockey right winger who competed in the 1960 Winter Olympics and 1964 Winter Olympics.
Born in Newmarket, Ontario, Forhan won a silver medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics in ice hockey. He finished fourth at the 1964 Winter Olympics in ice hockey.
Forhan played for the Guelph Biltmores, Sudbury Wolves, Greensboro Generals, Cleveland Barons.
After his playing career Forhan became a high school teacher and then embarked on a political career from the 1970s to 1996: on Newmarket Town Council (as Town Councillor and then Mayor from 1971 to 1978), Chair of York Region (1978-1984) and Chief Administrative Officer of York Region from 1978 to 1995.
In 2010 he was one of the 7 "inaugural inductees to the Newmarket Sports Hall of Fame."[1] He died on June 3, 2018 at the age of 82.[2]
References
- ^ [1] Meet sports Class of 2010
- ^ http://www.roadhouseandrose.com/book-of-memories/3528725/Forhan-Bobby/obituary.php
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