Bobby Nail

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Template:Short description George Robert Nail (April 21, 1925 – May 25, 1995)[1] was an American bridge player and a club owner and teacher in Houston, Texas.[2][3][4]

Nail was born in Kansas City, Missouri, with the congenital bone disorder osteogenesis imperfecta. In the 1960s he moved to Houston, where he operated Nail's Bridge Center with his wife Betty until his death.[2][3][4] He died of a heart attack on May 25, 1995, survived by his wife and a sister.[2]

Nail won four American Contract Bridge League national championships and placed second eleven times. He represented the United States twice in the Bermuda Bowl, finishing second in 1963.[4] He was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2001.[5] The Nail Life Master Open Pairs event is named after him.

Nail and Robert Stucker invented the Big Diamond bidding system and presented it in the 1965 book Revolution in Bridge. A major departure from Standard American bidding concepts of the day, it featured a weak notrump, an unbalanced big 1Page Template:Cards/styles.css has no content.♦ opening and a 1Page Template:Cards/styles.css has no content.♣ opening that was forcing but not necessarily strong.[2][6]

Publications

  • Revolution in Bridge: Featuring the big diamond and the fantastic no trump, Nail and Robert Stucker (San Antonio: Naylor, 1965), 325 pp.; ASIN B0007IX8GI

Bridge accomplishments

Honors

  • ACBL Hall of Fame, 2001[5]

Wins

Runners-up

References

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  1. ^ U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
  2. ^ a b c d "G. Robert Nail, 70, Champion at Bridge". The New York Times. May 29, 1995. Page 28. Quote: "died on Thursday in Houston".
  3. ^ a b "Nail, G. Robert". Hall of Fame. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-11-23.
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  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bourke, Tim; Sugden, John (2010). Bridge Books in English 1886–2010: an annotated bibliography. Cheltenham, England: Bridge Book Buffs. p. 305. ISBN 978-0-9566576-0-2.
  7. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."von Zedtwitz LM Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-06-18. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Life Master Open Pairs Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2013-11-29. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  9. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Vanderbilt Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-03-24. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  10. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Spingold Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-07-21. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Silodor Open Pairs Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-07-27. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Wernher Open Pairs Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-07-22. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Blue Ribbon Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2013-12-03. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."NAP Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-03-21. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Jacoby Open Swiss Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-03-29. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Mitchell BAM Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2013-12-01. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Reisinger Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2013-12-06. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
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