List of contract bridge people

This article is a list of significant bridge people. Bridge, or more formally contract bridge, is a trick-taking card game of skill and chance played by four players.

American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) - Hall of Fame

Members and Year Inducted (to 2009) [1]

Baron, Hermine [2], 2002 Becker, B. Jay [3], 1995 Becker, Michael [4], 2006 Blackwood, Easley [5], 1995 Bluhm, Lou [6],2000 Bruce, David [7], 1997 Churchill, S. Garton [8], 2006 Corn Jr., Ira G. [9], 2002 Crane, Barry [10], 1995 Crawford, John [11], 1995 Culbertson, Ely [12], 1964 Culbertson, Josephine [13], 1996 Eisenberg, William (Billy) [14], 1998 Farell, Mary Jane, 1998 Fishbein, Harry, 2000 Francis, Henry, 2003 Freeman, Richard, 2001 Freilich, Edith, 1997 Frey, Richard, 1997 Fry Jr., Sam, 2002 Gerber, John, 1998 Goldberg, Richard, 2006 Goldman, Robert (Bobby), 1999 Goren, Charles [15], 1964 Gottlieb, Michael, 1999 Hamilton, Fred, 2003 Hamman, Robert, 1999 Harkavy, Harry, 2004 Hawes, Emma Jean, 2002 Hazen, Lee, 1997 Jacoby, James (Jim), 1997 Jacoby, Oswald [16], 1965 Kantar, Edwin, 1996 Kaplan, Edgar, 1995 Kay, Norman, 1996 Kearse, Amalya, 2004 Kehela, Sami, 2001 Kennedy, Betty, 2005 Lair, Mark, 2009 Landy, Alvin, 1998 Lazard, Sidney, 2000 Lenz, Sidney, 1965 Leventritt, Peter, 2001 Lightner, Theodore, 1999 Mahmood, Zia, 2007 Maier, Merwyn, 2004 Manfield, Edward, 2003 Mathe, Lewis, 1997 Miles, Marshall, 2005 Mitchell, Jacqui, 2003 Mitchell, Victor (Vic), 1996 Morehead, Albert, 1996 Moyse, Alphonse, 1998 Murray, Eric, 2001 Nail, G. Robert, 2001 Nickell, Nick, 2008 Passell, Mike, 2008 Pender, Peter, 1998 Rapee, George, 1997 Robinson, Steve, 2003 Root, William, 1997 Rosenkranz, George, 2000 Ross, Hugh, 2002 Roth, Alvin, 1995 Rubens, Jeff, 2004 Rubin, Ira, 2000 Sanborn, Kerri, 2007 Sanders, Carol, 2002 Sanders, Thomas, 2002 Schenken, Howard, 1966 Schleifer, Meyer, 2000 Sheardown, Percy, 2005 Sheinwold, Alfred, 1996 Silodor, Sidney, 1966 Sims, P. Hal, [17], 1996 Sobel, Alexander (Al), 1999 Sobel-Smith, Helen, 1995 Solomon, Charles, 2000 Soloway, Paul, 2002 Sontag, Alan, 2007 Stansby, Lew, 2001 Stayman, Samuel, 1996 Stone, Tobias, 2003 Treadwell, David, 1998 Truscott, Alan, 2001 Truscott, Dorothy, 1998 Vanderbilt, Harold [18], 1964 von Zedtwitz, Waldemar, 1966 Wagar, Margaret, 1999 Wei-Sender, Katherine, 1999 Weichsel, Peter, 2004 Wolff, Robert, 1995 Woolsey, Kit, 2005 Work, Milton C., 1965 Young, Sally, 2001

By Year 1964 Culbertson, Ely Goren, Charles Vanderbilt, Harold 1965 Jacoby, Oswald Lenz, Sidney Work, Milton 1966 Schenken, Howard Silodor, Sidney von Zedtwitz, Waldemar 1995 Becker, B. Jay Blackwood, Easley Crane, Barry Crawford, John Kaplan, Edgar Roth, Alvin Sobel-Smith, Helen Wolff, Robert 1996 Culbertson, Josephine Kantar, Edwin Kay, Norman Mitchell, Victor (Vic) Morehead, Albert Sheinwold, Alfred Sims, P. Hal Stayman, Samuel 1997 Bruce, David Freilich, Edith Frey, Richard Hazen, Lee Jacoby, James (Jim) Mathe, Lewis Rapee, George Root, William 1998 Eisenberg, William (Billy) Farell, Mary Jane Gerber, John Landy, Alvin Moyse, Alphonse Pender, Peter Treadwell, David Truscott, Dorothy 1999 Goldman, Robert (Bobby) Gottlieb, Michael Hamman, Robert Lightner, Theodore Sobel, Alexander (Al) Wagar, Margaret Wei-Sender, Katherine 2000 Bluhm, Lou Fishbein, Harry Lazard, Sidney Rosenkranz, George Rubin, Ira Schleifer, Meyer Solomon, Charles 2001 Freeman, Richard Kehela, Sami Leventritt, Peter Murray, Eric Nail, G. Robert Stansby, Lew Truscott, Alan Young, Sally 2002 Baron, Hermine Corn Jr., Ira G. Fry Jr., Sam Hawes, Emma Jean Ross, Hugh Sanders, Carol Sanders, Thomas Soloway, Paul 2003 Francis, Henry Hamilton, Fred Manfield, Edward Mitchell, Jacqui Robinson, Steve Stone, Tobias 2004 Harkavy, Harry Kearse, Amalya Maier, Merwyn Rubens, Jeff Weichsel, Peter 2005 Kennedy, Betty Miles, Marshall Sheardown, Percy Woosley, Kit 2006 Becker, Michael Churchill, S. Garton Goldberg, Richard 2007 Mahmood, Zia Sanborn, Kerri Sontag, Alan 2008 Nickell, Nick Passell, Mike 2009 Lair, Mark

European Bridge League - Medals of Distinction

The European Bridge League (EBL) awards Medals of Distinction to distinguished bridge administrators. Following are recipients as of 2008 inclusive.[19]

Gold Medal Name Nationality Year Aubry, Yves France 2008 Bardach, David Israel 1994 Butler, Geoffrey R. England 1975 Damiani, Jose France 1995 Jensen, Nils E. Sweden 1987 Kielbasinski, Radoslaw Poland 2006 Magerman, Paul Belgium 2002 Oliveira, Jose Manuel de Portugal 2003 Ortiz-Patino, Jaime England 1983 Pencharz, Bill England 1999 Torlontano, Anna Maria Italy 1999

Silver Medal Name Nationality Year Bardach, David Israel 1989 Boekhorst, Andre Netherlands 1989 Frenkiel, Marian Poland 1989 Gerontopoulos, Panos Greece 1991 Helm, Emmy van der Netherlands 1989 Helm, Harry van der Netherlands 1989 Hodler, Marc Switzerland 1979 Jensen, Nils E. Sweden 1977 Kramer, Jut Netherlands 1979 Kunin, Reuben Israel 1985 Melander, Micke Sweden 2004 Oliveira, Jose Manuel de Portugal 1999 Parnis-England, Margaret Malta 1999 Pencharz, Bill England 1989 Rohan, Karl Austria 1989 Torlontano, Anna Maria Italy 1991 Zabel, Gunnar Denmark 1977

Bronze Medal Name Nationality Year Dix, Mario Malta 1999 Gruber, Hans Austria 1992 Yanes, Aureliano Spain 2001

Other Notables

Creators, inventors, players in the first half of the 20th century

• Henry Beasley
• Ely Culbertson
• Oswald Jacoby
• Maurice Harrison-Gray
• Sidney Lenz
• Rixi Markus
• J.C.H. Marx
• Adam Meredith
• Terence Reese
• Boris Schapiro
• S.J. Simon
• P. Hal Sims
• Paul Stern

Influential players and theorists in the second half of the 20th century

• Giorgio Belladonna
• Pietro Forquet
• Benito Garozzo
• Hugh Kelsey
• Kenneth Konstam
• Mike Lawrence
• Victor Mollo
• Howard Schenken
• Omar Sharif

Modern top experts

• Cezary Balicki
• David Berkowitz
• Norberto Bocchi
• Michael Rosenberg
• Larry Cohen
• Giorgio Duboin
• Fulvio Fantoni
• Bob Hamman
• Geir Helgemo
• Lorenzo Lauria
• Zia Mahmood
• Jeff Meckstroth
• Claudio Nunes
• Eric Rodwell
• Adam Żmudziński
• Alfredo Versace

Bridge players in fiction

• James Bond
• Vice Admiral Sir Miles Messervy
• Hercule Poirot
• Norma Desmond
• Lily Bart, in the novel The House of Mirth
• Bridge playing is a feature in EF Benson's Lucia novels.

Bridge players among famous people

• Winston Churchill
• Margaret Thatcher
• Deng Xiaoping
• Bill Gates
• Warren Buffet
• Omar Sharif
• Buster Keaton

See also

• List of significant bridge books and magazines
• List of significant bridge competitions and awards