What is Frank Spellman?
'''Frank Isaac Spellman''' (September 17, 1922 – January 12, 2017) was an American weightlifter. He set several Olympic records and earned a [[gold medal]] in 1948. Spellman has been elected to the United States Weightlifting Hall of Fame, the [[Helms Athletic Foundation]] Hall of Fame and the Porterville Quarterback Hall of Fame. He was born in [[Malvern, Pennsylvania]]. In addition to being inducted into the Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in its class of 2003 / 2004, Spellman was inducted into the [[International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame]] in 1983.<ref>[http://www.phillyjewishsports.com/inductions/309.html Class of 2003/2004: Weightlifting] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319190453/http://www.phillyjewishsports.com/inductions/309.html |date=2012-03-19 }}, Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Accessed February 2, 2011.</ref><ref>[http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/FrankSpellman.htm FRANK SPELLMAN] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605004901/http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/FrankSpellman.htm |date=2016-06-05 }}, [[International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame]]. Accessed February 2, 2011.</ref> Spellman died on January 12, 2017 at the age of 94.<ref>[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/pensacolanewsjournal/obituary.aspx?n=Frank-Spellman&pid=183578893 Frank Spellman obituary]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Spellman, Frank}} [[Category:1922 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:American weightlifters]] [[Category:Jewish American sportspeople]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Pennsylvania]] {{US-sports-bio-stub}}