Irving Ungerman
{{Short description|Canadian businessman (1923–2015)}}
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Irving Ungerman (February 1, 1923 – October 27, 2015) was a Canadian businessman, sports promoter and a prominent member of the Toronto Jewish community.
Early life
Sports promoter
Ungerman made his name as boxing promoter and manager, becoming in 1973 the first person elected to the Canadian Boxing Hall of Fame.{{citation needed|date=February 2013}} Ungerman instituted boxing on Canadian closed-circuit television in the early 1960s and was responsible for establishing Canada’s Friday Night at the Fights on commercial TV. In addition to the world of boxing, Ungerman served on the 1972 organizing committee that developed the inaugural hockey series between Team Canada and the Soviet National Team. And he was a key figure on the organizing committee responsible for bringing Major League Baseball to Toronto.
He was one of Canada's most ardent supporters of amateur and professional sport. He was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. He managed and represented Canadian boxing champions George Chuvalo and Clyde Gray.
Ungerman has been a long-time supporter of numerous organizations throughout Ontario including the Salvation Army, Variety Village, the Reena Foundation, the Hospital for Sick Children and Mount Sinai Hospital as well as an active fundraiser and patron of the arts. He was also the director of the Santa Claus Parade.{{citation needed|date=February 2013}}
Ungerman was awarded the Order of Ontario in 2000, which recognizes the highest level of individual excellence and achievement in any field.
Legacy
In June 2015, Irving Ungerman's memoirs were published under the name "Think and Respect" - his personal motto.{{Cite book|url=https://books.apple.com/ca/book/think-and-respect/id1051577716?ls=1|title=Think and Respect|date=28 October 2015|archive-date=6 March 2016|access-date=28 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306105115/https://itunes.apple.com/ca/book/think-and-respect/id1051577716?ls=1&mt=11|url-status=live}} Ungerman died at the age of 92 in Toronto, Ontario on October 27, 2015 after suffering a stroke.{{cite web|title=Legendary boxing promoter Irv Ungerman dies at 92; was generous Gravenhurst Donor|url=http://www.muskokatodaily.com/?p=22099|publisher=Muskoka To-Daily|accessdate=28 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307211056/http://www.muskokatodaily.com/?p=22099|archive-date=7 March 2016|url-status=dead}}
References
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|title=Profile: Irving Ungerman
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|url=http://www.jewishsports.net/PillarAchievementBios/IrvingUngerman.htm
|title=Irving Ungerman
|publisher=International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
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|url=http://www.citizenship.gov.on.ca/english/citizenship/honours/orderofontario_appointees.shtml
|title=Order of Ontario Appointees
|publisher=Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration
|accessdate=22 February 2013
|archive-date=28 November 2018
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Category:Businesspeople from Toronto
Category:Canadian philanthropists