Franjo Bučar

Franjo Bučar (25 November 1866 – 26 December 1946[1]) was a Croatian writer and sports popularizer.

[2] Bučar was born in Zagreb to Slovenian father Jožef (Josip) Bučar and Croatian mother Franjica Mikšić[3] and educated in Zagreb, Vienna, and Stockholm.

[1] He participated in the establishment of numerous clubs and professional alliances and also played a prominent role in the Croatian Sokol movement.

[4] He left an extensive correspondence with major figures of European culture and sport and created a library of several thousand volumes.

In 1914 Bučar was elected the first president of the Croatian Sports Federation, which he founded in 1909.