John R. Crawford
John Randolph Crawford (born August 4, 1915 in Bryn Mawr , Pennsylvania , † February 14, 1976 in New York ) was an extremely versatile American player and game expert. He won the Bermuda Bowl , the world championship in bridge, three times in a row in 1950, 1951 and 1952 .
In backgammon , John Crawford is known as the inventor of the Crawford Rule , he also won several major tournaments, such as the second International Backgammon Tournament in Lucaya, Bahamas in 1965 - these tournaments mark the beginning of modern backgammon. John Crawford's wife, Carol , won the Backgammon World Championship in Las Vegas in 1973 . Together with Oswald Jacoby , John Crawford wrote The Backgammon Book .
John Crawford and Oswald Jacoby also developed a strategy for the canasta game, won the Great Canasta Challenge Match against Theodore Lightner and Sam Fry in 1950 and wrote the rules of Samba canasta .
In addition, John Crawford was considered one of the best gin rummy players.
Works
- Canasta JCS Associates, New York, 1950 and: Faber and Faber, London, 1951
- The Backgammon Book The Viking Press Inc., New York, 1970 (Oswald Jacoby / John R. Crawford)
- The backgammon book (Jacoby / Crawford) Keysersche Verlagsbuchhandlung GmbH, Munich, 1974 (German translation) ISBN 3-88199-351-7
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| SURNAME | Crawford, John R. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Crawford, John Randolph (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American gamer and gaming expert |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th August 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bryn Mawr , Pennsylvania |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 14, 1976 |
| Place of death | new York |