Frank Shakespeare (rower) 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. 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. References Category:1930 births Category:American male rowers Category:Olympic rowers of the United States Category:Rowers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States in rowing Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Philadelphia Category:Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics