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Toggle People recognized in bridge books subsection. Aces All by Guy Ramsey (1955) The Bridge Immortals by Victor Mollo (1968) World Class by Marc Smith (1999) British Bridge Almanack by Peter Hasenson (2004) Simply the Best - 20 of the Greatest Bridge Players of all Time by Brian Senior (2015) Point leaders. Toggle Point leaders subsection.
Bob Hamman. Robert David "Bob" Hamman[1] (born August 6, 1938 in Pasadena, California) [2] is an American professional bridge player, among the greatest players of all time. [3][4] He is from Dallas, Texas. [5] Hamman and Bobby Wolff played as partners for nearly three decades on teams that challenged for major trophies in North America and ...
Charles Goren. Charles Henry Goren (March 4, 1901 – April 3, 1991) [1][2] was an American bridge player and writer who significantly developed and popularized the game. He was the leading American bridge personality in the 1950s and 1960s and widely known as "Mr. Bridge". [1][a]
Oswald Jacoby. Oswald "Ozzie", "Jake" Jacoby (December 8, 1902 – June 27, 1984) [1] was an American contract bridge player and author, considered one of the greatest bridge players of all time and a key innovator in the game, having helped popularize widely used bidding moves such as Jacoby transfers. He also excelled at, and wrote about ...
Edwin Kantar. Edwin Bruce Kantar (November 9, 1932 – April 8, 2022) was an American bridge player, winner of two open world championships for national teams (Bermuda Bowls), and prolific writer of bridge books and columns. Kantar was from Santa Monica, California.
Jeff Meckstroth. Jeffrey John (Jeff) Meckstroth (born May 15, 1956) [1] is an American professional contract bridge player. He is a multiple world champion, winning the Bermuda Bowl on USA teams five times. He is one of only ten players who have won the so-called triple crown of bridge: the Bermuda Bowl, the World Open Pairs and the World Team ...
Giorgio Belladonna. Giorgio Belladonna (7 June 1923 – 12 May 1995) [1] was an Italian bridge player, one of the greatest of all time. [2] He won 16 world championship titles with the Blue Team, playing with Walter Avarelli from 1956 to 1969 [2] and later with Benito Garozzo. A leading theoretician, he was the principal inventor of the Roman ...
Brian R. Senior (born 1953) is a professional bridge player and writer from Nottingham. [1] He has represented Great Britain, England, Northern Ireland and Ireland in international competition and has won all the major English Bridge Union teams competitions. [2] Senior is also the editor and publisher of the annual official world championship ...