Frank Shakespeare
Olympic athlete
1930 –
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Who is Frank Shakespeare?
Franklin Bradford Shakespeare is an American competition rower and Olympic champion, and later naval officer. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Shakespeare won a gold medal in coxed eights at the 1952 Summer Olympics with the American team.
In 1982, the Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame inducted Frank Shakespeare.
In 1996, Shakespeare ran the Olympic Torch in the relay for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia as the only Delawarean Olympic medal winner at the time.
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- Born
- May 31, 1930
Pennsylvania - Also known as
- Franklin Bradford Shakespeare
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on July 23, 2013
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