Frank Shakespeare (rower)

Franklin Bradford Shakespeare is an American former competition rower, Olympic champion and naval officer.

Biography

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on May 31, 1930, Shakespeare won a gold medal in coxed eights at the 1952 Summer Olympics with the American team.
In 1982, he was inducted into the Delaware Sports 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.