Robert Forhan
| Robert Forhan | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
March 27, 1936 Newmarket, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Died |
June 3, 2018 (aged 82) Newmarket, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||
| Weight | 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb) | ||
| Position | Right Wing | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for |
Greensboro Generals Cleveland Barons | ||
| Playing career | 1955–1969 | ||
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Medal record | |||
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Robert Norman "Bob" Forhan (March 27, 1936 – June 3, 2018) was a Canadian ice hockey right winger and politician who competed in the 1960 and 1964 Winter Olympics.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Born in Newmarket, Ontario, Forhan played for the Guelph Biltmores, Sudbury Wolves, Greensboro Generals, and Cleveland Barons.
Career
[edit | edit source]Forhan won a silver medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics in ice hockey. He finished fourth at the 1964 Winter Olympics in ice hockey.
After his playing career, Forhan became a high school teacher and then embarked on a political career from 1970s to 1996. He served on the Newmarket Town Council, mayor of Newmarket, chair of the Regional Municipality of York (1978 to 1984), and chief administrative officer of the Regional Municipality of York from 1978 to 1995.
In 2010 he was one of the seven "inaugural inductees to the Newmarket Sports Hall of Fame."[1]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Forhan died on June 3, 2018, at the age of 82.[2]
References
[edit | edit source]External links
[edit | edit source]- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or ESPN.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database, or ThePWHL.com
- sports-reference
- 1936 births
- 2018 deaths
- 20th-century Canadian sportsmen
- 20th-century mayors of places in Ontario
- Canadian ice hockey right wingers
- Ice hockey people from Newmarket, Ontario
- Ice hockey players at the 1960 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 1964 Winter Olympics
- Mayors of Newmarket, Ontario
- Medalists at the 1960 Winter Olympics
- Olympic ice hockey players for Canada
- Olympic medalists in ice hockey
- Olympic silver medalists for Canada
- Canadian ice hockey winger, 1930s birth stubs
- Canadian Olympic medalist stubs
- Ontario mayor stubs