Herman Trophy

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The Herman Trophy is awarded to the player who wins the most number of masterpoints at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).

1 History
2 Winners
3 See also
4 Sources
5 External links

[edit] History

The Herman trophy was donated in 1951 by Sally Lipton, formerly Mrs. Lou Herman, in memory of Lou Herman (1908–1950), a Houston jeweler who was Life Master #218. Mrs. Lipton was a member of the ACBL office staff in New York and an ACBL tournament director.

[edit] Winners

An asterisk indicates the record of number of masterpoints won was broken.

Winners of Herman Trophy
Year	Winners	Number of masterpoints
1952	Al Roth	n/a
1953	John Crawford	n/a
1954	Paul Hodge	n/a
1955	Milt Ellenby	n/a
1956	Paul Hodge	n/a
1957	Lew Mathe	n/a
1958	Sylvia Stein	n/a
1959	Mort Rubinow	n/a
1960	Oswald Jacoby	n/a
1961	Phil Feldesman	n/a
1962	Marshall Miles	n/a
1963	Eric Murray	211
1964	Harold Rockaway	180
1965	Mike Lawrence	211
1966	Charles Coon	144
1967	Sami Kehela	155
1968	Henry Bethe	144
1969	Sylvia Stein	150
1970	Ira Rubin, Chuck Burger	154
1971	John Grantham	150
1972	Steve Robinson	181
1973	Larry T. Cohen	207
1974	Fred Hamilton	202
1975	Walt Walvick	171
1976	Paul Soloway	199
1977	John Mohan	160
1978	Bob Hamman	165
1979	Robert Levin	233*
1980	Jeff Meckstroth	225
1981	Chip Martel	225
1982	Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell	191
1983	Marty Bergen	233*
1984	Grant Baze	200
1985	Eric Rodwell	365*
1986	Kit Woolsey, Ed Manfield	212
1987	Jill Meyers	176
1988	Bob Hamman	270
1989	Mark Molson	254
1990	Eddie Wold	276
1991	David Berkowitz	357
1992	Haig Tchamitch	202
1993	Bob Hamman	355
1994	Mark Lair	365*
1995	Jeff Meckstroth	408*
1996	Michael Rosenberg	446*
1997	Bart Bramley, Sidney Lazard	320
1998	Eric Rodwell	329
1999	Geir Helgemo	449*
2000	George Jacobs	365
2001	George Jacobs, Alfredo Versace	334
2002	Dan Morse	389
2003	Geoff Hampson	375
2004	Jeff Meckstroth	381
2005	Zia Mahmood	417
2006	Drew Casen, Jim Krekorian	334
2007	Lew Stansby	375