Vanderbilt Trophy
The trophy is presented to the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams as the annual US National Bridge Championship held in the spring . The organizer is the Contract Bridge League (ACBL), which holds this as part of the North American Bridge Championship (NABC).
The Vanderbilt is a knock-out team event. The event usually lasts seven days with a daily round of two meetings of 32 boards . The event is partly open and partly for seated participants.
history
The history of the prestigious competition began in 1928 when the inventor of the modern contract bridge , Harold S. Vanderbilt , wanted to immortalize his name with the trophy. The winners list is a Who's Who of Bridge - including Vanderbilt himself, who won in 1932 and 1940.
The winners will receive replicas of the trophy, a practice Vanderbilt initiated in its first year on the condition that $ 100,000 of his will go to a trust fund managed by the ACBL. Replicas of the trophy donated by Vanderbilt in 1928 are on display at ACBL headquarters in Horn Lake , Mississippi .
The Vanderbilt was first held annually in New York as a separate championship before becoming part of the North American Bridge Championship in 1958.
winner
Four Vanderbilt Trophy winners successfully defended the title without changing the team (intact) five times: 1938, 1945, 1956–1957 and 1976, and the three-time winners from 1955 to 1957 were B. Jay Becker, John R. Crawford , George Rapée, Howard Schenken, Sidney Silodor. Becker and Silodor were also winners with Charles Goren and Helen Sobel in 1944–1945.
year | winner | Runner-up |
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1928 | 1/2. Ralph Richards, Gratz Scott, Edwin Wetzlar, Wilbur Whitehead
1/2. Abraham Brown, Sidney Lovell, Caroline Taylor, Nils Wester |
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1929 | Michael T. 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 Vanderbilt , Waldemar von Zedtwitz | David Burnstine, Richard L. Frey , Charles Lochridge, Howard Schenken |
1933 | Phil Abramsohn, Benjamin Feuer, Francis Rendon, Sydney Rusinow | Mitch Barnes , Richard L. Frey, Sam Fry , Louis H. Watson |
1934 | David Burnstine, Richard L. Frey, Michael T. Gottlieb, Oswald Jacoby , Howard Schenken | Huber Boscowitz, Charles Goren , Charles Lochridge, Johnny Rau |
1935 | David Burnstine, Michael T. Gottlieb, Oswald Jacoby , Howard Schenken, Sherman Stearns | Sam Fry, 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 Lochridge, Harold Vanderbilt , Waldemar von Zedtwitz |
1938 | David Burnstine, Oswald Jacoby , Merwyn Maier, Howard Schenken, Sherman Stearns | B. Jay Becker, Edward Hymes Jr., Theodore Lightner, Charles Lochridge, Waldemar von Zedtwitz |
1939 | Melville Alexander, Sigmund Dornbusch, Syl Gintell, Lee Hazen , Harry Raffel | Wingate Bixby, Theodore Lightner, Robert McPherran, Mrs. SW Peck |
1940 | Edward Hymes Jr., Charles Lochridge, Robert McPherran, Harold S. Vanderbilt , Waldemar von Zedtwitz | Al Brodsky, Louis Lipschitz, Herbert Rosenzweig, Alexander Schultz |
1941 | John R. Crawford , Myron Fuchs, Robert McPherran, Sherman Stearns | B. Jay Becker, Oswald Jacoby , Theodore Lightner, Merwyn Maier, Howard Schenken |
1942 | Lester Bachner, Sigmund Dornbusch, Richard L. Frey, Lee Hazen, Sam Stayman | Sam Fry, Benedict Jarmel, George Rapée , Helen Sobel |
1943 | Harry Fagin, Harry Fishbein, Fred Kaplan, Alvin Roth, Tobias Stone | Phil Abramsohn, Morrie Elis , EO Keller, Charles Van Vleck, Waldemar von Zedtwitz |
1944 | B. Jay Becker, Charles Goren, Sidney Silodor , Helen Sobel | Richard L. Frey, Lee Hazen, Charles Lochridge, George Rapée, 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 R. Crawford, Oswald Jacoby, George Rapée, 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, Ira Strasser, Albert Wolfe |
1949 | Morrie Elis, Harry Fishbein, Lee Hazen, Larry Hirsch, Charles Lochridge | B. Jay Becker, Myron Field , Charles Goren, Oswald Jacoby , Helen Sobel |
1950 | John R. Crawford , George Rapée, Howard Schenken, Sidney Silodor, Sam Stayman | B. Jay Becker, Myron Field, Charles Goren, Helen Sobel |
1951 | B. Jay Becker, John R. Crawford , George Rapée, Sam Stayman | Barry Cohen , Jack Hancock, Emmanuel Hochfeld , Gloria Turner, Hortense Evans |
1952 | Ned Drucker, Irvin Kass, Sidney Mandell, Milton Moss, Jesse Sloan | B. Jay Becker, John R. Crawford , George Rapée, 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 Apple, Francis Begley, Ned Drucker, Sidney Mandell, Milton Moss | Morrie Elis, Stanley Fenkel, Simon Rossant, Peggy Solomon , Charles Solomon |
1955 | B. Jay Becker, John R. Crawford , George Rapée, Howard Schenken, Sidney Silodor | Charles Goren, Boris Koytchou, Peter Leventritt, Harold Ogust , Helen Sobel |
1956 | B. Jay Becker, John R. Crawford , George Rapée, Howard Schenken, Sidney Silodor | Leonard Hess, Jane Jaeger, Lewis Jaeger, William M. Lichtenstein, Joseph Low |
1957 | B. Jay Becker, John R. Crawford , George Rapée, Howard Schenken, Sidney Silodor | Rudolf Bortstiber, Raoul Lichtenstein, Ozzie Ray, Moe Rubenfeld |
1958 | Harry Fishbein, Sam Fry, Leonard Harmon , Lee Hazen, Ivar Stakgold | Ralph Hirschberg, Richard Kahn, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Alfred Sheinwold , Charles Solomon |
1959 | B. Jay Becker, John R. Crawford , Norman Kay, George Rapée, Sidney Silodor, Tobias Stone | Charles Goren, Paul Hodge , Peter Leventritt, Harold Ogust , Howard Schenken, Helen Sobel |
1960 | John R. 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 | Phil Feldesman , John Fisher, James Jacoby, Oswald Jacoby , Ira Rubin , Albert Weiss | Bobby Jordan, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Boris Koytchou, George Rapée, Arthur Robinson |
1966 | Phil Feldesman, Bob Hamman, Sami Kehela , Lew Mathe, Ira Rubin | Billy 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 Rapée, 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 | Phil Feldesman, Victor Mitchell, Ira Rubin, Sam Stayman, Tobias Stone, Gerald Westheimer |
1970 | Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Sami Kehela, Sidney Lazard , Eric Murray, George Rapée | Billy Eisenberg, Bobby Goldman, Bob Hamman, James Jacoby, Mike Lawrence, Bobby Wolff |
1971 | Billy Eisenberg, Bobby Goldman, Bob Hamman, James 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 Swanson |
1973 | Mark Blumenthal, Bobby Goldman, Bob Hamman, Mike Lawrence, Bobby Wolff; Ira Corn (npc) | Larry T. Cohen, Billy Eisenberg , Eddie Kantar , Richard H. 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 T. Cohen, Richard H. Katz, John Mohan , George Rosenkranz | Richard Freeman, Alvin Roth, Cliff Russell , Alan Sontag , Stan Tomchin, Peter Weichsel |
1976 | Roger Bates , Larry T. Cohen, Richard H. Katz, John Mohan, George Rosenkranz | Malcolm Brachman , Billy 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, Tommy Sanders |
1979 | Lou Bluhm , Richard Freeman, Mark Lair , Cliff Russell , Tommy Sanders, Eddie Wold | Ron Andersen , David 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, Mike Becker , Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Ron Rubin | Bob Hamman, Fred Hamilton, Ira Rubin, Alan Sontag , Peter Weichsel, Bobby Wolff; Ira Corn (npc) |
1982 | Jim Jacoby, Mike Passell, George Rosenkranz , Eddie Wold , Jeff Meckstroth , Eric Rodwell | Marty Bergen, Larry Cohen, Jerry Goldfein, Warren Rosner, Luella Slaner |
1983 | Bill Root, Richard Pavlicek , Norman Kay, Edgar Kaplan | Eddie Kantar , Billy Eisenberg, Fred Hamilton, Jimmy Cayne , Alan Sontag |
1984 | Chip Martel , Lew Stansby , Hugh Ross, Peter Pender | Cliff Russell , Bobby Levin , Curtis Smith, Peter Nagy, David Berkowitz, Harold Lilie |
1985 | Ron Rubin, Mike Lawrence, Mike Becker , Peter Weichsel , Jeff Meckstroth , Eric Rodwell | Barry Crane , Bobby Nail , Dan Morse, Ira Chorush, Tommy 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 | David Berkowitz, Billy Cohen, Ron Smith, Zia Mahmood |
1989 | Ron Rubin, Mike Becker , Bart Bramley , Bobby Levin , Lou Bluhm , Peter Weichsel | Eddie Kantar , Alan Sontag , Dan Rotman , Billy Eisenberg, Larry T. Cohen, Cliff Russell |
1990 | Dan Morse, John Sutherlin , Mike Kamil , Ron Gerard, Tommy Sanders, Bill Pollack | Zia Mahmood , Michael Rosenberg , Seymon Deutsch , David Berkowitz, Larry N. Cohen, Marty Bergen |
1991 | Steve Robinson, Peter Boyd , Kit Woolsey , Ed Manfield | Zia Mahmood , Michael Rosenberg , Seymon Deutsch , Jeff Meckstroth , Eric Rodwell |
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 , Tommy Sanders, Russ Arnold | Cliff Russell , Sam Lev , David Berkowitz, Björn 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 | Ron Gerard, Mike Kamil , Joey Silver, George Steiner; Edgar Kaplan (npc) |
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 | Jimmy Cayne , Mark Feldman, Chuck Burger , Mike Passell, Michael Seamon , Alan Sontag |
1998 | Richard Schwartz, Mark Lair , Chip Martel , Lew Stansby , Paul Soloway, Bobby Goldman | Jimmy 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, Mike Becker , Mike Kamil |
2000 | Nick Nickell , Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Paul Soloway, Jeff Meckstroth , Eric Rodwell | Richard Schwartz, Drew Casen , Zia Mahmood , Michael Rosenberg , Bobby Levin , Steve Weinstein |
2001 | Andrei Gromov , Alexander Petrunin , Cezary Balicki , Adam Żmudziński | George Rosenkranz, John Mohan, Sam Lev , Piotr Gawryś , Jacek Pszczoła |
2002 | Reese Milner, Marc Jacobus , Sam Lev , John Mohan, Jacek Pszczoła , Piotr Gawryś | Nick Nickell , Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Paul Soloway, Jeff Meckstroth , Eric Rodwell |
2003 | Nick Nickell , Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Paul Soloway, Jeff Meckstroth , Eric Rodwell | Richard Pavlicek , Lee Rautenberg, Barnet Shenkin , Mike Kamil , Marty Fleisher , Bob Jones |
2004 | George Jacobs, Ralph Katz , Norberto Bocchi , Giorgio Duboin , Lorenzo Lauria , Alfredo Versace | Richard Schwartz, Mike Becker , David Berkowitz, Larry N. Cohen, Peter Boyd , Steve Robinson |
2005 | Richard Schwartz, Mike Becker , David Berkowitz, Larry N. Cohen, Andrea Buratti, Massimo Lanzarotti | John Onstott , Jim Robison , Drew Casen , Chris Compton, Samuel Cohen, Jim Krekorian |
2006 | Fred Chang, Seymon Deutsch , Gunnar Hallberg , Zhong FU, Jack Zhao | Roy Welland , Björn Fallenius , Chip Martel , Lew Stansby , Cezary Balicki , Adam Żmudziński |
2007 | Björn Fallenius , Antonio Sementa , Christal Henner-Welland , Roy Welland , Cezary Balicki , Adam Żmudziński | Lou Ann O'Rourke , Marc Jacobus , Norberto Bocchi , Giorgio Duboin , Eric Greco , Geoff Hampson |
2008 | Boguslaw Gierulski, Krzysztof Jassem, Krzysztof Martens, Jerzy Skrzypczak; Piotr Walczak (npc) | Ron Rubin, Russell Ekeblad, Peter Weichsel , Marcin Leśniewski, Louk Verhees, Jan Jansma |
2009 | Ralph Katz , George Jacobs, Bobby Levin , Steve Weinstein , Walid Elahmady, Tarek Sadek | John Diamond, Brian Platnick , Fred Gitelman , Brad Moss , Eric Greco , Geoff Hampson |
2010 | Pierre Zimmermann, Franck Multon , Michel Bessis, Thomas Bessis , Geir Helgemo , Tor Helness | Marty Fleisher , Mike Kamil , Chip Martel , Lew Stansby , Bobby Levin , Steve Weinstein |
2011 | Marty Fleisher , Mike Kamil , Chip Martel , Lew Stansby , Bobby Levin , Steve Weinstein | Ishmael Delmonte, David Bakhshi , Leslie Amoils , Curtis Cheek , Joe Grue |
2012 | Leslie Amoils , Darren Wolpert, Joe Grue , Curtis Cheek , Ishmael Delmonte, Thomas Bessis | John Diamond, Brian Platnick , Fred Gitelman , Brad Moss , Eric Greco , Geoff Hampson |
2013 | Sabine Auken , Roy Welland , Morten Bilde , Dennis Bilde | Ricco van Prooijen, Louk Verhees, Sjoert Brink, Bas Drijver, Kevin Bathurst , Daniel Zagorin |
2014 | Nick Nickell , Ralph Katz , Bobby Levin , Jeff Meckstroth , Eric Rodwell , Steve Weinstein | Pierre Zimmermann, Franck Multon , Fulvio Fantoni , Claudio Nunes , Tor Helness , Geir Helgemo |
2015 | Giorgio Duboin , Zia Mahmood , Agustin Madala, Norberto Bocchi | John Diamond, Brian Platnick , Eric Greco , Geoff Hampson , Marc Jacobus , Eddie Wold |
2016 | Norberto Bocchi , Diego Brenner, Zia Mahmood , Giorgio Duboin , Alejandro Bianchedi, Agustin Madala | James Cayne , Michael Seamon , Alfredo Versace , Lorenzo Lauria , Antonio Sementa , Mustafa Cem Tokay |
2017 | Nick Nickell , Ralph Katz , Bobby Levin , Jeff Meckstroth , Eric Rodwell , Steve Weinstein | Richard Schwartz, Daniel Korbel , Boye Brogeland , Espen Lindqvist , David Bakhshi, David Gold |
2018 | Chip Martel , Marty Fleisher , Eric Greco , Joe Grue , Geoff Hampson , Brad Moss | Nick Nickell , Ralph Katz , Bobby Levin , Jeff Meckstroth , Eric Rodwell , Steve Weinstein |
2019 | Jeffrey Wolfson , Mike Becker , Peter Crouch, Steve Garner , Alexander Hydes , Mike Kamil | Nick Nickell , Ralph Katz , Bobby Levin , Jeff Meckstroth , Eric Rodwell , Steve Weinstein |