Franklin Bradford Shakespeare (born 31 May 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.
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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“There are many strange happenings, my boy. Many mysteries beyond the power of the human mind to comprehend.”
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—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)