Robert Forhan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian ice hockey player
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Place of Birth: Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
About Robert Forhan
- 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." He died on June 3, 2018 at the age of 82.
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