Franklin S. Nelson (June 2, 1933 – February 6, 2019)[1] was an American ice dancer from Tulsa, Oklahoma.
[2] Competing in partnership with Sidney Arnold, he was the 1956 U.S. national bronze medalist,[3] and placed 7th at the 1956 World Figure Skating Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany.
[4] Nelson joined the U.S. Navy in 1956 after ending his skating career,[5] and served for an initial two years.
[6] He then studied medicine at Harvard Medical School from where he graduated in 1961, before starting his career as a surgeon.
[1] In 1990, Nelson re-enlisted in the Navy for his second tour of duty and worked at the Naval Hospital in Oakland, California.