| Birth: | Mar. 5, 1902
Waynesboro
Franklin County
Pennsylvania, USA | | Death: | Apr. 27, 1988
Gainesville
Alachua County
Florida, USA | 
Noted sportsman, archer, inventor, founder of Bear Archery Company and the Fred Bear Sports Club. He grew up on a farm in rural Pennsylvania. Later in life, he moved to Detroit to explore the automotive industry, becoming familiar with a new product called fiberglass. He would later invent the first fiberglass-laminated bow, revolutionizing archery forever. He learned how to make his own bows and arrows from Art Young (of Pope and Young fame). During the height of the depression, Fred and his partner Charles Piper started the Bear Archery Company with $600.00 in Grayling, Michigan. Over the years, he hunted worldwide and harvested many world-class animals, which still rank high in the record books today. Among Fred's many innovations are fiberglass laminated bow limbs, take down recurve bow systems, the bow quiver, broad heads with inserts, the archery glove, and fiberglass springs for Corvette automobiles. Until his death, Fred remained active in designing archery products.
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Cremated, Ashes scattered.
Specifically: Ashes scattered on the banks of the Au Sable river near Grayling, Michigan. |
Created by: Allen Bailey: Dodge City...
Record added: Oct 24, 2005
Find A Grave Memorial# 12150176 |
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