Frank Bare, Sr.

Frank Bare, Sr. was the founder of the United States Gymnastics Federation, now called USA Gymnastics. Bare promoted development of nationwide gymnastics exhibition tours in the 1970s and helped launch the first American Cup meet in 1976. He was also involved in the startup of the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.

Bare was an NCAA gymnast at Illinois in the 1950s. At NCAA championships, he won a gold medal one year and a silver in another, both times in the pommel horse.

Bare's son, Frank Bare, Jr. was an freestyle skier of the 1970s and 1980s.