Vanderbilt Trophy
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The Vanderbilt Knockout Teams national bridge championship is held at the spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).
The Vanderbilt 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.
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[edit] History
The premier event of the Spring North American Championships is the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams. The history of the prestigious contest stretches back to 1928 when the man who invented contract bridge, Harold S. Vanderbilt, put the trophy bearing his name into play. The winners list is a who’s who of bridge, a parade of the titans of the game.
The Vanderbilt Trophy for the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams was donated in 1928 by Harold S. Vanderbilt, who won the event in 1932 and 1940.
The Vanderbilt was contested annually in New York --- as a separate championship --- until 1958 when it became part of the Spring North American Championships.
Vanderbilt winners receive replicas of the trophy --- a practice initiated by Vanderbilt from the first running of the event and perpetuated by a $100,000 trust fund administered by ACBL under the terms of Vanderbilt’s will.
On display at ACBL Headquarters in Memphis are replicas donated by the families of Caroline Taylor, who won the Vanderbilt in 1928, and Helen Sobel Smith, a Vanderbilt winner in 1944 and 1945.
[edit] Winners
| Year | Winners | Runners-Up |
|---|---|---|
| 1928 | 1-2. Ralph Richards, Gratz Scott, Edwin Wetzlar, Wilbur Whitehead; 1-2. Abraham Brown, Mrs. Sidney Lovell, Caroline Taylor, Nils Wester | |
| 1929 | Michael Gottlieb, Lee Langdon, Jean Mattheys, Harry Raffel | Ralph Leibenderfer, Gratz Scott, Edwin Wetzlar, Wilbur Whitehead |
| 1930 | Ely Culbertson, Josephine Culbertson, Theodore Lightner, Waldemar von Zedtwitz | 2-3. Winfield Liggett, Walter Malowan, George Reith, Howard Schenken; 2-3. Huber Boscowitz, Oswald Jacoby, Willard Karn, P. Hal Sims |
| 1931 | David Burnstine, Oswald Jacoby, Willard Karn, P. Hal Sims | Walter Malowan, Jean Mattheys, Howard Schenken, Sherman Stearns |
| 1932 | Willard Karn, P. Hal Sims, Harold S. Vanderbilt, Waldemar von Zedtwitz | David Burnstine, Richard Frey, Charles Lockridge, Howard Schenken |
| 1933 | Phil Abramsohn, Benjamin Feuer, Francis Rendon, Sydney Rusinow | Mitch Barnes, Richard Frey, Sam Fry Jr., Louis H. Watson |
| 1934 | David Burnstine, Richard Frey, Michael Gottlieb, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schenken | Huber Boscowitz, Charles Goren, Charles Lockridge, Johnny Rau |
| 1935 | David Burnstine, Michael Gottlieb, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schenken, Sherman Stearns | Sam Fry Jr., Edward Hymes Jr., Merwyn Maier, Louis H. Watson |
| 1936 | Phil Abramsohn, Irving Epstein, Harry Fishbein, Fred Kaplan | Walter Beinicke, Charles Goren, Lee Langdon, Jean Mattheys |
| 1937 | David Burnstine, Oswald Jacoby, Merwyn Maier, Howard Schenken, Sherman Stearns | B. Jay Becker, Theodore Lightner, Charles Lockridge, Harold S. Vanderbilt, Waldemar von Zedtwitz |
| 1938 | David Burnstine, Oswald Jacoby, Merwyn Maier, Howard Schenken, Sherman Stearns | B. Jay Becker, Edward Hymes Jr., Theodore Lightner, Charles Lockridge, Waldemar von Zedtwitz |
| 1939 | Melville Alexander, Sigmund Dornbusch, Syl Gintell, Lee Hazen, Harry Raffel | Wingate Bixby, Theodore Lightner, Robert McPherran, Mrs. S. W. Peck |
| 1940 | Edward Hymes Jr., Charles Lockridge, Robert McPherran, Harold S. Vanderbilt, Waldemar von Zedtwitz | Al Brodsky, Louis Lipschitz, Herbert Rosenzweig, Alexander Schultz |
| 1941 | John Crawford, Myron Fuchs, Robert McPherran, Sherman Stearns | B. Jay Becker, Oswald Jacoby, Theodore Lightner, Merwyn Maier, Howard Schenken |
| 1942 | Lester Bachner, Sigmund Dornbusch, Richard Frey, Lee Hazen, Sam Stayman | Sam Fry Jr., Benedict Jarmel, George Rapee, Helen Sobel |
| 1943 | Harry Fagin, Harry Fishbein, Fred Kaplan, Alvin Roth, Tobias Stone | Phil Abramsohn, Morrie Elis, E. O. Keller, Charles Van Vleck, Waldemar von Zedtwitz |
| 1944 | B. Jay Becker, Charles Goren, Sidney Silodor, Helen Sobel | Richard Frey, Lee Hazen, Charles Lockridge, George Rapee, Sam Stayman |
| 1945 | B. Jay Becker, Charles Goren, Sidney Silodor, Helen Sobel | Edward Hymes Jr., Theodore Lightner, Howard Schenken, Sam Stayman, Waldemar von Zedtwitz |
| 1946 | John Crawford, Oswald Jacoby, George Rapee, Howard Schenken, Sam Stayman | Samuel Katz, Bertram Lebhar Jr., Peter Leventritt, Simon Rossant, Waldemar von Zedtwitz |
| 1947 | David Clarren, Harry Feinberg, Harry Fishbein, Larry Hirsch, Joseph Low | Lee Hazen, Samuel Katz, Bertram Lebhar Jr., Peter Leventritt |
| 1948 | Robert Appleyard, Jay T. Feigus, William Lichtenstein, Harry Sonnenblick, Albert Weiss | Ambrose Casner, Herman Goldberg, Fred Hirsch, Mrs. Ira Strasser, Albert Wolfe |
| 1949 | Morrie Elis, Harry Fishbein, Lee Hazen, Larry Hirsch, Charles Lockridge | B. Jay Becker, Myron Field, Charles Goren, Oswald Jacoby, Helen Sobel |
| 1950 | John Crawford, George Rapee, Howard Schenken, Sidney Silodor, Sam Stayman | B. Jay Becker, Myron Field, Charles Goren, Helen Sobel |
| 1951 | B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, George Rapee, Sam Stayman | Barry Crane, Jack Hancock, Emanuel Hochfield, Gloria Turner, Hortense Evans |
| 1952 | Ned Drucker, Irvin Kass, Sidney Mandell, Milton Moss, Jesse Sloan | B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, George Rapee, Howard Schenken, Sam Stayman |
| 1953 | Richard Kahn, Edgar Kaplan, Peter Leventritt, William Lipton, Ruth Sherman | Myron Field, Charles Goren, Alvin Roth, Sidney Silodor, Helen Sobel |
| 1954 | Kalman Apfel, Francis Begley, Ned Drucker, Sidney Mandell, Milton Moss | Morrie Elis, Stanley Fenkel, Simon Rossant, Peggy Solomon, Charles Solomon |
| 1955 | B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, George Rapee, Howard Schenken, Sidney Silodor | Charles Goren, Boris Koytchou, Peter Leventritt, Harold Ogust, Helen Sobel |
| 1956 | B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, George Rapee, Howard Schenken, Sidney Silodor | Leonard Hess, Jane Jaeger, Lewis Jaeger, William M. Lichtenstein, Joseph Low |
| 1957 | B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, George Rapee, Howard Schenken, Sidney Silodor | Rudolf Bortstiber, Raoul Lichtenstein, Ozzie Ray, Moe Rubenfeld |
| 1958 | Harry Fishbein, Sam Fry Jr., Leonard Harmon, Lee Hazen, Ivar Stakgold | Ralph Hirschberg, Richard Kahn, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Alfred Sheinwold, Charles Solomon |
| 1959 | B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, Norman Kay, George Rapee, Sidney Silodor, Tobias Stone | Charles Goren, Paul Hodge, Peter Leventritt, Harold Ogust, Howard Schenken, Helen Sobel |
| 1960 | John Crawford, Norman Kay, Sidney Silodor, Tobias Stone | Russell Arnold, Edith Kemp, Robert Reynolds, William Seamon, Albert Weiss, Waldemar von Zedtwitz |
| 1961 | Charles Coon, Robert Jordan, Eric Murray, Arthur Robinson | Ollie Adams, Harold Guiver, Eddie Kantar, Marshall Miles, Ron Von der Porten |
| 1962 | Larry Kolker, Carolyn Levitt, Jerry Levitt, Garrett Nash, George de Runtz | Charles Goren, Boris Koytchou, Peter Leventritt, Harold Ogust, Howard Schenken, Helen Sobel |
| 1963 | Harold Harkavy, Edith Kemp, Alvin Roth, Clifford Russell, William Seamon, Albert Weiss | Harold Guiver, Lew Mathe, Erik Paulsen, Ron Von der Porten, Edward Taylor |
| 1964 | Bob Hamman, Eddie Kantar, Don Krauss, Peter Leventritt, Lew Mathe, Howard Schenken | B. Jay Becker, Ivan Erdos, Dorothy Hayden, Kelsey Petterson, Helen Portugal, Morris Portugal |
| 1965 | Philip Feldesman, John Fisher, James Jacoby, Oswald Jacoby, Ira Rubin, Albert Weiss | Bobby Jordan, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Boris Koytchou, George Rapee, Arthur Robinson |
| 1966 | Philip Feldesman, Bob Hamman, Sami Kehela, Lew Mathe, Ira Rubin | Bill Eisenberg, Ivan Erdos, Bobby Goldman, Leonard Harmon, Tobias Stone |
| 1967 | James Jacoby, Mike Lawrence, Lew Mathe, Bobby Nail, Ron Von der Porten, Lew Stansby | Sidney Lazard, Peter Leventritt, Paul Levitt, George Rapee, Howard Schenken |
| 1968 | Bobby Jordan, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Arthur Robinson, Bill Root, Alvin Roth | Bob Hamman, Eddie Kantar, Ira Rubin, Gerald Westheimer |
| 1969 | Gerald Hallee, Paul Soloway, John Swanson, Richard Walsh | Philip Feldesman, Victor Mitchell, Ira Rubin, Sam Stayman, Tobias Stone, Gerald Westheimer |
| 1970 | Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Sami Kehela, Sidney Lazard, Eric Murray, George Rapee | Bill Eisenberg, Bobby Goldman, Bob Hamman, Jim Jacoby, Mike Lawrence, Bobby Wolff |
| 1971 | Bill Eisenberg, Bobby Goldman, Bob Hamman, Jim Jacoby, Mike Lawrence, Bobby Wolff | Chuck Burger, Eddie Kantar, Kyle Larsen, Ron Von der Porten, Ira Rubin, Paul Soloway |
| 1972 | Steven Altman, Eugene Neiger, Thomas Smith, Alan Sontag, Joel Stuart, Peter Weichsel | Jack Blair, Fred Hamilton, Howard Perlman, Paul Soloway |
| 1973 | Mark Blumenthal, Bobby Goldman, Bob Hamman, Mike Lawrence, Bobby Wolff | Larry T. Cohen, Bill Eisenberg, Eddie Kantar, Dr. Richard Katz, Bud Reinhold |
| 1974 | David Crossley, Robert Crossley, Eric Kokish, Joey Silver | Ron Andersen, Mark Feldman, Stephen Goldstein, Merle Tom, Kathie Wei |
| 1975 | Roger Bates, Larry Cohen, Richard Katz, John Mohan, George Rosenkranz | Richard Freeman, Alvin Roth, Cliff Russell, Alan Sontag, Stan Tomchin, Peter Weichsel |
| 1976 | Roger Bates, Larry T. Cohen, Richard Katz, John Mohan, George Rosenkranz | Malcolm Brachman, Bill Eisenberg, Bobby Goldman, Eddie Kantar, Mike Passell, Paul Soloway |
| 1977 | Mike Becker, Mark Blumenthal, Fred Hamilton, Mike Lawrence, Ron Rubin, John Swanson | Ron Andersen, Gerald Caravelli, Hugh MacLean, Milt Rosenberg, Kathie Wei |
| 1978 | Malcolm Brachman, Bobby Goldman, Eddie Kantar, Billy Eisenberg, Mike Passell, Paul Soloway | Mike Becker, Lou Bluhm, George Rosenkranz, Ron Rubin, Tom Sanders |
| 1979 | Lou Bluhm, Richard Freeman, Mark Lair, Cliff Russell, Tom Sanders, Eddie Wold | Ron Andersen, Dave Berkowitz, Jeff Meckstroth, Judi Radin, Kathie Wei |
| 1980 | Russ Arnold, Bobby Levin, Jeff Meckstroth, Bud Reinhold, Eric Rodwell | Ron Andersen, Mark Feldman, Eric Kokish, Peter Nagy |
| 1981 | B. Jay Becker, Michael Becker, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Ron Rubin | Ira Corn, Bob Hamman, Fred Hamilton, Ira Rubin, Alan Sontag, Peter Weischsel, Bobby Wolff |
| 1982 | James Jacoby, Jeff Meckstroth, Mike Passell, Eric Rodwell, George Rosenkranz, Eddie Wold | Marty Bergen, Mark Cohen, Jerry Goldfein, Warren Rosner, Luella Slaner |
| 1983 | Bill Root, Richard Pavlicek, Norman Kay, Edgar Kaplan | Eddie Kantar, Bill Eisenberg, Fred Hamilton, Jim Cayne, Alan Sontag |
| 1984 | Chip Martel, Lew Stansby, Hugh Ross, Peter Pender | Cliff Russell, Robert Levin, Curtis Smith, Peter Nagy, Dave Berkowitz, Harold Lilie |
| 1985 | Eric Rodwell, Jeff Meckstroth, Ron Rubin, Mike Lawrence, Michael Becker, Peter Weichsel | Barry Crane, Bobby Nail, Dan Morse, Ira Chorush, Tom Sanders, John Sutherlin |
| 1986 | Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Bill Root, Richard Pavlicek | Jim Whitaker, Chris Compton, Ira Corush, Bart Bramley, Lou Bluhm |
| 1987 | Peter Pender, Peter Boyd, Lew Stansby, Hugh Ross, Steve Robinson, Chip Martel | Jack Schwencke, Drew Casen, Jim Krekorian, Jim Becker, Howard Chandross |
| 1988 | Eddie Kantar, Alan Sontag, John Mohan, Roger Bates | Dave Berkowitz, Billy Cohen, Ron Smith, Zia Mahmood |
| 1989 | Ron Rubin, Michael Becker, Bart Bramley, Robert Levin, Lou Bluhm, Peter Weichsel | Eddie Kantar, Alan Sontag, Dan Rotman, Bill Eisenberg, Larry T. Cohen, Cliff Russell |
| 1990 | Dan Morse, John Sutherlin, Michael Kamil, Ron Gerard, Tom Sanders, Bill Pollack | Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg, Seymon Deutsch, Dave Berkowitz, Larry N. Cohen, Marty Bergen |
| 1991 | Steve Robinson, Peter Boyd, Kit Woolsey, Ed Manfield | Zia Mahmood, Mike Rosenberg, Seymon Deutsch, Eric Rodwell, Jeff Meckstroth |
| 1992 | Andy Goodman, John Mohan, Roger Bates, John Schermer, Neil Chambers | Steve Robinson, Peter Boyd, Kit Woolsey, Neil Silverman, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby |
| 1993 | Howard Weinstein, Peter Nagy, Dan Morse, John Sutherlin, Tom Sanders, Russ Arnold | Cliff Russell, Sam Lev, Dave Berkowitz, Bjorn Fallenius, Mats Nilsland, Larry N. Cohen |
| 1994 | Seymon Deutsch, Gaylor Kasle, Michael Rosenberg, Zia Mahmood, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby | Ron Gerard, George Steiner, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Sidney Lazard |
| 1995 | Bill Root, Richard Pavlicek, Michael Polowan, Marc Jacobus | George Steiner, Joey Silver, Ron Gerard, Michael Kamil |
| 1996 | Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg, Seymon Deutsch, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby | Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Bobby Wolff, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell |
| 1997 | Richard Schwartz, Mark Lair, Steve Robinson, Peter Boyd, Paul Soloway, Bobby Goldman | James Cayne, Mark Feldman, Chuck Burger, Mike Passell, Michael Seamon, Alan Sontag |
| 1998 | Richard Schwartz, Mark Lair, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby, Paul Soloway, Bobby Goldman | James Cayne, Chuck Burger, Mike Passell, Michael Seamon, David Berkowitz, Larry N. Cohen |
| 1999 | George Jacobs, Ralph Katz, Peter Weichsel, Alan Sontag, Lorenzo Lauria, Alfredo Versace | Steve Robinson, Peter Boyd, Kit Woolsey, Fred Stewart, Michael Becker, Michael Kamil |
| 2000 | Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Paul Soloway, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell | Richard Schwartz, Drew Casen, Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg, Robert Levin, Steve Weinstein |
| 2001 | Andrei Gromov, Aleksander Petrunin, Cezary Balicki, Adam Zmudzinski | George Rosenkranz, John Mohan, Sam Lev, Piotr Gawryś, Jacek Pszczola |
| 2002 | Reese Milner, Marc Jacobus, Sam Lev, John Mohan, Jacek Pszczola, Piotr Gawryś | Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Paul Soloway, Eric Rodwell, Jeff Meckstroth |
| 2003 | Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Paul Soloway, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell | Richard Pavlicek, Lee Rautenberg, Barnet Shenkin, Michael Kamil, Martin Fleisher, Bob Jones |
| 2004 | George Jacobs, Ralph Katz, Lorenzo Lauria, Alfredo Versace, Norberto Bocchi, Giorgio Duboin | Richard Schwartz, Michael Becker, Larry N. Cohen, David Berkowitz, Steve Robinson, Peter Boyd |
| 2005 | Richard Schwartz, Michael Becker, Larry N. Cohen, David Berkowitz, Massimo Lanzarotti, Andrea Buratti | John Onstott, Jim Robison, Drew Casen, Chris Compton, Samuel Cohen, Jim Krekorian |
| 2006 | Fred Chang, Seymon Deutsch, Gunnar Hallberg, Jack Zhao, Fu Zhong | Roy Welland, Bjorn Fallenius, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby, Adam Zmudzinski, Cezary Balicki |
| 2007 | Bjorn Fallenius, Antonio Sementa, Christal Henner-Welland, Roy Welland, Adam Zmudzinski, Cezary Balicki | Lou Ann O'Rourke, Marc Jacobus, Geoff Hampson, Eric Greco, Giorgio Duboin, Norberto Bocchi |
| 2008 | Piotr Walczak (npc), Jerzy Skrzypczak, Boguslaw Gierulski, Krzysztof Martens, Krzysztof Jassem | Ron Rubin, Russell Ekeblad, Peter Weichsel, Marcin Lesniewski, Louk Verhees Jr., Jan Jansma |
[edit] Sources
List of previous winners, Page 8 Daily Bulletin, vol. 51-3, Sunday, March 9, 2008, <http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2008/01/bulletins/db3.pdf>
