Frank Shakespeare (rower)
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| Full name | Franklin Bradford Shakespeare | |||||||||||||
| Born | May 31, 1930 (age 91) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | |||||||||||||
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Franklin Bradford "Frank" Shakespeare (born May 31, 1930) 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.[1] In 1982, he was inducted into the Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame. 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.
References[]
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Frank Shakespeare". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved December 10, 2008.
 Olympic champions – Men's eight | |
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See also: 1972 New Zealand eight · 1984 Canadian men's eight |
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