Frank Josef Cuhel (September 28, 1904 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa – February 22, 1943 in Lisbon, Portugal) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metre hurdles.

At his alma mater University of Iowa, Cuhel was a three-year letterman, playing football in addition to track.

[2] He competed for the United States in the 1928 Summer Olympics held in Amsterdam, Netherlands in the 400 metre hurdles where he won the silver medal.

When Java fell to the Japanese, Cuhel and other correspondents made a daring last minute escape.

Cuhel was killed in the crash of the Boeing 314 called Yankee Clipper into the Tagus River on the outskirts of Lisbon, Portugal on February 22, 1943[3] (the same flight which badly injured Jane Froman and served as the climax to her biopic With A Song In My Heart).