Tobias Stone
Appearance
Tobias Stone (June 6, 1919 – February 15, 2012) was an American bridge player and writer from New York City.[1][2]
Stone was born in Manhattan.[3] He and Janice Gilbert married in 1955; divorced in 1975.[2] He retired from bridge and in 1986 moved to Las Vegas,[3] where he died in 2012.[4]
Stone was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2003.[5]
Publications
- with Roth, Alvin (1958). Bridge is a Partnership Game: The Roth-Stone System (1st ed.). E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc. LCCN 58-9305. 237 pages.
- with Roth, Alvin (1989). Bridge is a Partnership Game: The Roth-Stone System (2nd ed.). Ballston Lake, NY: Granovetter Books. OCLC 22757918. 237 pages. Preface revised by Alvin Roth.
Bridge accomplishments
Honors
- ACBL Hall of Fame, 2003[5]
Awards
- Fishbein Trophy (1) 1956
Wins
- North American Bridge Championships (16)
- Master Individual (1) 1953 [6]
- von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (1) 1956 [7]
- Wernher Open Pairs (1) 1947 [8]
- Open Pairs (1928-1962) (1) 1942 [9]
- Vanderbilt (3) 1943, 1959, 1960 [10]
- Marcus Cup (1) 1960
- Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (2) 1961, 1963 [11]
- Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 1965 [12]
- Reisinger (2) 1952, 1961 [13]
- Spingold (3) 1953, 1956, 1957 [14]
Runners-up
- Bermuda Bowl (1) 1958
- North American Bridge Championships
- von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (2) 1942, 1965 [7]
- Silodor Open Pairs (2) 1958, 1965 [15]
- Wernher Open Pairs (1) 1952 [8]
- Hilliard Mixed Pairs (1) 1956 [16]
- Open Pairs (1928-1962) (1) 1958 [17]
- Vanderbilt (2) 1966, 1969 [10]
- Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (2) 1952, 1959 [11]
- Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (2) 1942, 1956 [12]
- Spingold (2) 1961, 1963 [14]
References
- ^ Francis, Henry G.; Truscott, Alan F.; Francis, Dorthy A., eds. (1994). The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (5th ed.). Memphis, TN: American Contract Bridge League. p. 750. ISBN 0-943855-48-9. LCCN 96188639.
- ^ a b "Bridge: Devastating Defense from a Superlative Player" (obituary bridge column). Philip Alder. The New York Times. February 22, 2012. Retrieved 2014-11-22.
- ^ a b "Stone, Tobias". Hall of Fame. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
- ^ Nevada, Death Index, 1980-2012
- ^ a b "Induction by Year". Hall of Fame. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-11-22.
- ^ "List of Previous Winners". American Contract Bridge League. [full citation needed]
- ^ a b "von Zedtwitz LM Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-06-18. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ a b "Wernher Open Pairs Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-07-22. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ "Open Pairs Previous Winners". American Contract Bridge League. [full citation needed]
- ^ a b "Vanderbilt Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-03-24. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ a b "Mitchell BAM Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2013-12-01. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ a b "Mixed BAM Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-07-24. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ "Reisinger Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2013-12-06. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ a b "Spingold Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-07-21. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ "Silodor Open Pairs Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-07-27. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ "Mixed Pairs Previous Winners". American Contract Bridge League. [full citation needed]
- ^ "Open Pairs Previous Winners". American Contract Bridge League.
External links
- Citation at the ACBL Hall of Fame (archived)
- "International record for Tobias Stone". World Bridge Federation.
- Tobias Stone at Library of Congress, with 1 library catalog record