Spingold

The Spingold national bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).

The Spingold is a knock-out team event. The event typically last 7 days with each day being a round consisting of two sessions of 32 boards. The event is open and seeded.

History

The Spingold Master Knockout Teams, first known as the Challenge Knockout Teams, was contested for the Asbury Park Trophy in the early days. The runner-up team in the regularly-scheduled portion of the event had the right to challenge the winners to a playoff. This right was never utilized.

In 1934, 1936 and 1937, the Masters Teams-of-Four and the Asbury Park Trophy were separate events, providing two sets of winners. In 1938 the event became the Spingold Master Knockout Teams and a part of the Summer NABC. At one time, the Spingold was a double elimination event, usually lasting nine or 10 sessions. It was scored by International Match Points and was restricted to players with 100 or more masterpoints.

In 1965, the double elimination method was replaced by three qualifying sessions (subsequently reduced to two), followed by single elimination knockout matches. The preliminary qualifying session were dropped in 1970. The Spingold Trophy, donated by Nathan B. Spingold in 1934, is one of ACBL's most highly prized team trophies.

Spingold (1886-1958), a New York publicist, motion picture executive and patron of the arts, was one of the most influential men in bridge administration from 1937 to 1943. Born in Chicago, he became a reporter on The Chicago Examiner, The Chicago Record Herald and The Chicago Tribune. Spingold's interest in show business brought him to New York City in the Thirties.

In 1932 he joined Columbia Pictures in a public relations capacity. He was named to the board of directors in 1940 and three years later was appointed vice president in charge of advertising, publicity and development. He became a vice president of the company in 1954. Active in bridge from its earliest days, Spingold was named ABL Honorary Member in 1936. He was instrumental in effecting a peaceful merger between the American Bridge League and the United States Bridge Association in 1937 and became president of the newly formed American Contract Bridge League the following year.

Winners

Winners of Asbury Park Trophy

Year	Winners	Runners-Up
1930	Ely Culbertson, Josephine Culbertson, Theodore Lightner, Waldemar von Zedtwitz	Michael Gottlieb, Willard Karn, Lee Langdon, P. Hal Sims
1931	David Burnstine, Oswald Jacoby, Willard Karn, P. Hal Sims	S. Garton Churchill, Travers LeGros, Dorothy Roberts, Phillip Stockvis
1932	Michael Gottlieb, Oswald Jacoby, Theodore Lightner, Louis Watson	B. Jay Becker, Herbert Lent, George Reith, Anne Rosenfield
1933	David Burnstine, Oswald Jacoby, Richard Frey, Howard Schenken	Sam Fry Jr., Edward Hymes Jr., Louis Watson, Waldemar von Zedtwitz
1934	Aaron Frank, Jeff Glick, William Hopkins, Charles Porter	Josephine Culbertson, Theodore Lightner, Alphonse Moyse Jr., Sherman Stearns
1935	Sam Fry Jr., Edward Hymes Jr., Theodore Lightner, Merwyn Maier, Louis Watson	Mitch Barnes, Hubert Boscowitz, Charles Lockridge, Johnny Rau
1936	Lewis Bernard, Louis Haddad, Alvin Landy, Matthew Reilly, Philip Steiner	Melvin Goddard, Sidney Silodor, Henry Vogel, Sir Derrick Wernher
1937	David Burnstine, Charles Goren, Oswald Jacoby, Merwyn Maier, Howard Schenken	Phil Abramsoh, Mitch Barnes, Henry Chanin, Morrie Elis, Fred Kaplan

Winners of Masters Teams-of-Four

Year	Winners	Runners-Up
1934	David Burnstine, Richard Frey, Michael Gottlieb, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schenken	Aaron Frank, Jeff Glick, Louis Haddad, Charles Hall
1936	B. Jay Becker, David Burnstine, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schenken	Sam Fry Jr., Edward Hymes Jr., Merwyn Maier, Waldemar von Zedtwitz
1937	Sam Fry Jr., Edward Hymes Jr., Theodore Lightner, Waldemar von Zedtwitz	Phil Abramsohn, Lewis Bernard, Morrie Elis, Harry Fishbein, Herbert Goldberg

Winners of Spingold

Year	Winners	Runners-Up
1938	B. Jay Becker, David Burnstine, Oswald Jacoby, Merwyn Maier, Howard Schenken	Mitch Barnes, Morrie Elis, Fred Kaplan, Charles Lockridge
1939	Oswald Jacoby, Theodore Lightner, Merwyn Maier, Robert McPherran, Howard Schenken	John Crawford, Myron Fuchs, Charles Goren, Charles Solomon, Sally Young
1940	Oscar Brotman, Bertram Lebhar, Samuel Katz, Al Roth	Sam Fry Jr., Myron Fuchs, Edward Hymes Jr., Charles Lockridge, Waldemar von Zedtwitz
1941	Mitch Barnes, Sam Fry Jr., Edward Hymes Jr., Waldemar von Zedtwitz	B. Jay Becker, Oswald Jacoby, Theodore Lightner, Merwyn Maier, Howard Schenken
1942	Sigmund Dornbusch, Richard Frey, Lee Hazen, Samuel Stayman	Jay Feigus, Charles Harvey, Samuel Katz, Edward Marcus
1943	John Crawford, Charles Goren, Edward Hymes Jr., Howard Schenken, Sidney Silodor	B. Jay Becker, Harry Fishbein, George Rapee, Al Roth, Helen Sobel
1944	B. Jay Becker, George Rapee, Helen Sobel, Samuel Stayman	Simon Becker, Edward Ellenbogen, Stanley Frenkel, Peggy Golder
1945	Sam Fry Jr., Edward Hymes Jr., Oswald Jacoby, Theodore Lightner, Howard Schenken	Harry Fishbein, Lee Hazen, Al Roth, Waldemar von Zedtwitz
1946	William Christian, Mark Hodges, Sol Mogal, Margaret Wagar	Jeff Glick, Arthur Goldsmith, Alvin Landy, Elmer Schwartz
1947	B. Jay Becker, Charles Goren, Lee Hazen, Helen Sobel, Waldemar von Zedtwitz	John Crawford, George Rapee, Howard Schenken, Sidney Silodor, Samuel Stayman
1948	John Crawford, George Rapee, Howard Schenken, Samuel Stayman, Margaret Wagar	Julius Bank, Arthur Glatt, Robert Halpin, Oswald Jacoby, Ralph Kempner
1949	Jeff Glick, Arthur Goldsmith, Bruce Gowdy, Alvin Landy, Sol Mogal	Henry Chanin, David Clarren, Oswald Jacoby, Jack Krause, Waldemar von Zedtwitz
1950	John Crawford, Oswald Jacoby, George Rapee, Howard Schenken, Sam Stayman	B. Jay Becker, Charles Goren, Sidney Silodor, Helen Sobel, Waldemar von Zedtwitz
1951	Myron Field, Charles Goren, Sidney Silodor, Helen Sobel	Ambrose Casner, Charles Hall, Allen Harvey, Frank Weisbach
1952	B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, George Rapee, Howard Schenken, Samuel Stayman	Jeff Glick, Arthur Goldsmith, Alvin Landy, Sol Mogal, Edwin Smith
1953	Cliff Bishop, Milt Ellenby, Don Oakie, Bill Rosen, Doug Steen	2-5. Ed Burns, David Clarren, Bertram Lebhar, Samuel Katz, Albert Weiss; 2-5. F. Ayers Bombeck, David Carter, John Hubbell, Arthur Kincaid, Bobby Nail; 2-5. Harold Harkavy, Edith Kemp, Al Roth, Tobias Stone, Waldemar von Zedtwitz; 2-5. Ivan Erdos, Edward Fischauer, Lew Mathe, Meyer Schleifer
1954	Cliff Bishop, Milt Ellenby, Lew Mathe, John Moran, Bill Rosen	2-4. F. Ayers Bombeck, David Carter, John Gerber, John Hubbell, Harold Rockaway; 2-4. Eddie Burns, Ambrose Casner, Allen Harvey, Cliff Russell; 2-4. Sidney Lazard, Cyrus Newman, Lewis Rosen, Julius Rosenblum, Robert Rothlein
1955	Myron Field, Lee Hazen, Richard Kahn, Charles Solomon, Samuel Stayman	B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, George Rapee, Howard Schenken, Sidney Silodor
1956	1-3. Charles Goren, Peter Leventritt, Boris Koytchou, Harold Ogust, Bill Seamon, Helen Sobel; 1-3. Harold Harkavy, Victor Mitchell, Al Roth, Ira Rubin, Tobias Stone; 1-3. Robert Abeles, Kalman Apfel, Francis Begley, Louis Kelner, Ronald Rosenberg
1957	B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, George Rapee, Al Roth, Sidney Silodor, Tobias Stone	Milt Ellenby, Ivan Erdos, Emanuel Hochfeld, Jim Jacoby, Oswald Jacoby, Ira Rubin
1958	Paul Allinger, William Hanna, Sidney Lazard, Cyrus Neuman, Robert Rothlein	Harry Fishbein, Sam Fry Jr., Leonard Harmon, Lee Hazen, Ivar Stakold
1959	William Grieve, Oswald Jacoby, Victor Mitchell, Ira Rubin, Morton Rubinow, Samuel Stayman	Richard Freeman, Andy Gabrilovitch, Frank Hoadley, Mike Michaels, Jan Stone, Richard Walsh
1960	Charles Goren, Peter Leventritt, Boris Koytchou, Harold Ogust, Howard Schenken, Helen Sobel	B. Jay Becker, William Grieve, Ralph Hirschberg, Norman Kay, George Rapee, Sidney Silodor
1961	Andy Gabrilovitch, Edwin Kantar, Marshall Miles, Bill Root	John Crawford, Norman Kay, Al Roth, George Rapee, Sidney Silodor, Tobias Stone
1962	Leonard Harmon, Edwin Kantar, Marshall Miles, Ivar Stakgold	David Carter, John Hubbell, Jim Jacoby, Gerald Michaud, Bobby Nail
1963	Russ Arnold, Harold Harkavy, Edith Kemp, Al Roth, Cliff Russell, Bill Seamon	Sami Kehela, Richard Kahn, Bill Root, Tommy Sanders, Tobias Stone, Waldemar von Zedtwitz
1964	Bruce Elliott, Sami Kehela, Eric Murray, Percy Sheardown	Marvin Altman, Bruce Gowdy, Fred Hoffer, Ray Jotcham
1965	Bruce Elliott, Sami Kehela, Eric Murray, Percy Sheardown	B. Jay Becker, Dorothy Hayden, Norman Kay, Edgar Kaplan
1966	Bill Root, Al Roth, Ira Rubin, Curtis Smith	William Grieve, Sidney Lazard, Paul Levitt, Harold Ogust, George Rapee
1967	Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Bill Root, Al Roth	John Gerber, Paul Hodge, Dan Morse, George Rosenkranz, Bobby Wolff
1968	Sami Kehela, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Sidney Lazard, Eric Murray, George Rapee	Steve Altman, B. Jay Becker, Mike Becker, Dorothy Hayden
1969	Billy Eisenberg, Bobby Goldman, Bob Hamman, Mike Lawrence, Jim Jacoby, Bobby Wolff	Phil Feldesman, William Grieve, Victor Mitchell, Ira Rubin, Samuel Stayman, Jeff Westheimer
1970	Steve Altman, Tom Smith, Dave Strasberg, Joel Stuart, Peter Weichsel	Billy Eisenberg, Bobby Goldman, Bob Hamman, Jim Jacoby, Mike Lawrence, Bobby Wolff
1971	Steve Altman, Eugene Neiger, Tom Smith, Joel Stuart, Peter Weichsel	Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Don Krauss, Lew Mathe
1972	B. Jay Becker, Mike Becker, Andy Bernstein, Jeff Rubens	Pat Brennan, Byron Greenberg, Edith Kemp, Cliff Russell, Curtis Smith, Albert Weiss
1973	Larry Cohen, Billy Eisenberg, Edwin Kantar, Richard Katz, Bud Reinhold	Minda Brachman, Sidney Lazard, Jim Jacoby, Paul Soloway, John Swanson
1974	Lou Bluhm, Larry Gould, Steve Goldberg, Richard Shepherd	Harlow Lewis, Lew Mathe, Peter Pender, Bill Root, Harry Stappenbeck, Arthur Waldman
1975	Grant Baze, John Fejervary, Lew Stansby, Piyush Vakil, Ron Von der Porten	Ira Cohen, Harold Guiver, Marty Shallon, Bill Sides
1976	Roger Bates, Larry Cohen, Richard Katz, John Mohan, George Rosenkranz	David Berkowitz, Mark Blumenthal, Jim Jacoby, Mike Lawrence, George Rapee, John Solodar
1977	Lou Bluhm, Dan Morse, Cliff Russell, Curtis Smith, Tommy Sanders, Eddie Wold	Ken Cohen, Larry Gould, Larry Kozlove, John Sheridan
1978	Malcolm Brachman, Bobby Goldman, Edwin Kantar, Mike Passell, Paul Soloway	Steve Altman, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Richard Pavlicek, Bill Root, Tom Smith
1979	Fred Hamilton, Bob Hamman, Ira Rubin, Bobby Wolff	Ed Manfield, Steve Robinson, Eric Rodwell, John Sheridan, Kit Woolsey
1980	Mike Becker, Kyle Larsen, Ron Rubin, Alan Sontag, Ron Von der Porten, Peter Weichsel	Rich Freisner, Brian Glubok, Mike Lawrence, George Rapee, Michael Rosenberg, John Solodar
1981	Larry N. Cohen, Ron Gerard, Ralph Katz, Warren Rosener, Allan Stauber, John Sutherlin	Bart Bramley, Rich Freisner, Ed Manfield, Kit Woolsey
1982	Ron Rubin, Mike Becker, Bob Hamman, Bobby Wolff, Alan Sontag, Peter Weichsel	Mark Molson, Billy Cohen, Eric Kokish, Peter Nagy
1983	Malcolm Brachman, Bobby Wolff, Bobby Goldman, Bob Hamman, Paul Soloway, Ron Andersen	Luella Slaner, Marty Bergen, Brian Glubok, Larry N. Cohen, Mark Cohen, Jerry Goldfein
1984	George Rosenkranz, Eddie Wold, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, Marty Bergen, Larry N. Cohen	Alan Sontag, Allan Cokin, Jim Sternberg, Bernie Chazen, Steve Sion
1985	Tom Mahaffey, Jack Denny, Bill Passell, Russ Arnold, Ira Rubin, Chuck Burger	Ron Rubin, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, Mike Lawrence, Peter Weichsel
1986	Malcolm Brachman, Bobby Goldman, Ron Andersen, Mike Passell, Mark Lair, Paul Soloway	Brian Glubok, Billy Cohen, John Schermer, Neil Chambers
1987	Brian Glubok, Dan Rotman, Harry Stappenbeck, Jaggy Shivdasani	Tom Mahaffey, Jack Denny, Russ Arnold, Bernie Chazen, Roy Fox, Michael Seamon
1988	Jim Mahaffey, Ron Andersen, Paul Soloway, Bobby Goldman, Eric Rodwell, Jeff Meckstroth	Ron Rubin, Mike Becker, Peter Weichsel, Bart Bramley, Robert Levin, Lou Bluhm
1989	James Cayne, Chuck Burger, Bob Hamman, Bobby Wolff, Mike Passell, Mark Lair	Jon Wittes, Ross Grabel, Mark Cohen, Mark Feldman
1990	James Cayne, Chuck Burger, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby, Bob Hamman, Bobby Wolff	Jim Mahaffey, Paul Soloway, Bobby Goldman, Ron Andersen, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell
1991	Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg, Seymon Deutsch, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell	Cliff Russell, Peter Weichsel, Robert Levin, Sam Lev, Alan Sontag, Edwin Kantar
1992	Ron Rubin, Russ Ekeblad, Mike Becker, Ron Sukoneck, Robert Levin, Peter Weichsel	Steve Robinson, Peter Boyd, Lew Stansby, Kit Woolsey, Neil Silverman, Chip Martel
1993	Richard Freeman, Nick Nickell, Eric Rodwell, Jeff Meckstroth, Bobby Wolff, Bob Hamman	Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg, Seymon Deutsch, Hemant Lall, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby
1994	Richard Freeman, Nick Nickell, Bob Hamman, Bobby Wolff, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell	James Cayne, Chuck Burger, Mark Lair, Mike Passell, Paul Soloway, Bobby Goldman
1995	Richard Freeman, Nick Nickell, Bob Hamman, Bobby Wolff, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell	Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby
1996	Richard Freeman, Nick Nickell, Bob Hamman, Bobby Wolff, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell	Richard Schwartz, Paul Soloway, Bobby Goldman, Steve Robinson, Alan Sontag, Ron Smith
1997	Grant Baze, Tipton Golias, Adam Zmudzinski, Marek Szymanowski, Marcin Lesniewski, Cezary Balicki	James Cayne, Chuck Burger, Mike Passell, Michael Seamon, Mark Feldman, Alan Sontag
1998	Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Paul Soloway, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell	Grant Baze, Michael Whitman, Adam Zmudzinski, Marek Szymanowski, Marcin Lesniewski, Cezary Balicki
1999	Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Paul Soloway, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell	John Onstott, Steve Beatty, Billy Eisenberg, Garey Hayden
2000	Rose Meltzer, Peter Weichsel, Alan Sontag, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby, Kyle Larsen	Roy Welland, Brad Moss, Marc Jacobus, Fred Gitelman, Magnus Lindkvist, Peter Fredin
2001	George Jacobs, Ralph Katz, Giorgio Duboin, Norberto Bocchi, Lorenzo Lauria, Alfredo Versace	Mike Moss, Fred Chang, Kerry Smith, Jeff Schuett
2002	George Jacobs, Ralph Katz, Giorgio Duboin, Norberto Bocchi, Lorenzo Lauria, Alfredo Versace	Mike Moss, Martin Schifko, Allan Graves, Bryan Maksymetz
2003	Roy Welland, Bjorn Fallenius, Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg, Cezary Balicki, Adam Zmudzinski	Rose Meltzer, Peter Weichsel, Kyle Larsen, Alan Sontag, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby
2004	Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Paul Soloway, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell	Mark Feldman, Billy Cohen, Ron Smith, Gavin Wolpert, Warren Spector, Vincent Demuy
2005	Russ Ekeblad, Ron Rubin, Eric Greco, Geoff Hampson, Fred Gitelman, Brad Moss	Tom Carmichael, Michael White, Joel Wooldridge, John Hurd, Bryan Maksymetz, Dan Gerstman
2006	Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Paul Soloway, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell	James Cayne, Michael Seamon, Fulvio Fantoni, Claudio Nunes, Alfredo Versace, Lorenzo Lauria
2007	Nick Nickell, Hemant Lall, Bob Hamman, Paul Soloway, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell	Andrei Gromov, Aleksander Dubinin, Cezary Balicki, Adam Zmudzinski

Sources

List of previous winners, Page 10 Daily Bulletin (PDF), vol. 79–4, Monday, July 23, 2007 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: date and year (link)

External links

• ACBL official website