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Frank Spellman

1922 - 2017

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Frank Isaac Spellman (September 17, 1922 – January 12, 2017) was an American machinist and photographer and a middleweight Olympic champion weightlifter. He won a gold medal at the 1948 Olympics, and a bronze medal and a silver medal at the World Championships in 1946–47. He also won a gold medal at the 1950 Maccabiah Games. In the US, Spellman won the 1946 and 1948 Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) National titles. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frank Spellman is the 2,517th most popular athlete (up from 2,880th in 2019), the 13,079th most popular biography from United States (up from 14,455th in 2019) and the 438th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Frank Spellman ranks 2,517 out of 6,025. Before him are Harald Schmid, Igor Romishevsky, Oksen Mirzoyan, Ellen Fiedler, Monika Pflug, and Marilyn White. After him are Ellen van Langen, Ernő Kolczonay, Anita Włodarczyk, Wang Yan, Frank Shakespeare, and Ricco Groß.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Frank Spellman ranks 443. Before him are Esther M. Conwell, Miller Anderson, Bill Macy, Norman Lear, Arthur Wightman, and Bernard Bailyn. After him are Ken Hughes, Edwin Thompson Jaynes, Gil Merrick, Andy Phillip, Joan Caulfield, and Audrey Meadows. Among people deceased in 2017, Frank Spellman ranks 601. Before him are Valery Asapov, Carme Chacón, Warrel Dane, Darrall Imhoff, Rosemary Leach, and Frank Brian. After him are Benjamin Whitrow, Tino Insana, Ernie Pieterse, Kaci Kullmann Five, Tim Parnell, and Stephen Furst.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frank Spellman ranks 13,083 out of 20,380. Before him are Reverend Gary Davis (1896), George Irving (1874), Clifford Jordan (1931), Marilyn White (1944), Derek Mears (1972), and Gretchen Fraser (1919). After him are Phil Hellmuth (1964), Charles F. Kettering (1958), Larry Craig (1945), Al Hirschfeld (1903), Michael Everson (1963), and Uzo Aduba (1981).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Frank Spellman ranks 438. Before him are Kevin Burnham (1956), Herman Frazier (1954), Milt Campbell (1933), Lorenzo Wright (1926), Brad Walker (1981), and Marilyn White (1944). After him are Frank Shakespeare (1930), Kenny Harrison (1965), Mack Robinson (1914), Diane Williams (1960), Roger Kingdom (1962), and John Davis (1921).

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