Franklin Bradford Shakespeare (born May 31, 1930) is an American former competition rower, Olympic champion and naval officer.Brown, Tony. "Competitor Shares Golden Memories Of ’52 Olympics." Harrisonburg, Virginia: Daily News-Record, August 21, 2016.Nassr, Mike. "Nine Navy Golds," in Naval History Magazine, Vol. 14, No. 5, October 2002. Annapolis, Maryland: U.S. Naval Institute, retrieved online March 4, 2023.
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.
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