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manager and politician. As president and general manager of the

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, Silverman and coach

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led the team to victory in the

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, the 1935 Richardson Cup and the

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.Lives Lived: Sports & Recreation
. ''South Side Story'', January 2005. The team also competed in the

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, but lost to the Czechoslovakian team. Silverman sold the team for $17,500 in 1956, and pursued a new career in municipal politics in

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. . He served as the city's deputy mayor from 1962 to 1964, and defeated

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for the mayoralty in the municipal election of December 1965. While serving as mayor, he sat on a committee of mayors appointed to study the feasibility of

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separating from Ontario to form a new province, alongside G. W. Maybury of

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, Ernest Reid of Fort William, Leo Del Villano of

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of North Bay and Leo Foucault of Espanola."Split Ontario: 11th province studied". ''

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'', August 22, 1966. He died on October 5, 1966, after less than a year in office.

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