Harry Fishbein
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Harry J. Fishbein (April 18, 1897 – February 19, 1976) was an American bridge player and club owner.[1] He used to be a professional basketball player. In Template:Gcb competition, Fishbein was a runner-up for the world championship in the 1959 Bermuda Bowl, playing on the United States team in a three-way round-robin among Europe, North America, and South America representatives.[2] Fishbein was "the presiding genius" of the famous Mayfair club [or Mayfair Bridge Club][3] for more than 20 years"[1] – proprietor of the training ground of experts from 1943 to 1966. As of 1960 he was also ACBL Treasurer.[3]
He developed the Fishbein convention as a defense against preemptive opening bids.
Biography
He was born on April 18, 1898, in Manhattan, New York City. He died on February 19, 1976, at the New York Infirmary following a heart attack.[1]
Legacy
Fishbein was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2000.[4][5]
He was a second cousin of the noted Orthodox Jewish scholar J.D. Eisenstein.
Publications
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.—— (1960). The Fishbein Convention. New York: Crown Publishers. LCCN 60008621.
Bridge accomplishments
Honors
- ACBL Hall of Fame, 2000[4]
Wins
- North American Bridge Championships (16)
- Master Individual (2) 1942, 1952 [6]
- von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (2) 1939, 1940 [7]
- Wernher Open Pairs (1) 1959 [8]
- Hilliard Mixed Pairs (3) 1937, 1942, 1946 [9]
- Vanderbilt (5) 1936, 1943, 1947, 1949, 1958 [10]
- Marcus Cup (1) 1967
- Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1965 [11]
- Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 1947 [12]
Runners-up
- Bermuda Bowl (1) 1959
- North American Bridge Championships
- Master Individual (1) 1938 [13]
- Silodor Open Pairs (2) 1959, 1968 [14]
- Wernher Open Pairs (1) 1940 [8]
- Nail Life Master Open Pairs (1) 1963 [15]
- Open Pairs (1928-1962) (5) 1934, 1937, 1940, 1941, 1942 [16]
- Masters Team of 4 (1) 1937 [17]
- Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (3) 1952, 1953, 1960 [11]
- Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (2) 1945, 1948 [12]
- Reisinger (4) 1942, 1953, 1957, 1959 [18]
- Spingold (3) 1943, 1945, 1958 [19]
References
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- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Harry J. Fishbein Is Dead at 78; Won 16 National Bridge Titles". The New York Times. February 21, 1976.
- ^ "9th World Team Championships" (1959). WBF. Retrieved 2014-11-05.
- ^ a b Contract Bridge: Mr. Fishbein Writes a Book to Explain His Convention and Its Corollaries". Albert H. Morehead. The New York Times. April 18, 1960. Page 26.
- ^ a b "Induction by Year" Script error: No such module "webarchive".. Hall of Fame. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-11-14.
- ^ "Fishbein, Harry". Hall of Fame. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-12-21.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."List of Previous Winners". American Contract Bridge League. [full citation needed]
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."von Zedtwitz LM Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. June 18, 2014. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 21, 2014. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Wernher Open Pairs Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. July 22, 2014. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 21, 2014. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Mixed Pairs Previous Winners". American Contract Bridge League.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Vanderbilt Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. March 24, 2014. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 21, 2014. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Mitchell BAM Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. December 1, 2013. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 21, 2014. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Mixed BAM Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. July 24, 2014. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 21, 2014. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."List of Previous Winners". American Contract Bridge League. [full citation needed]
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Silodor Open Pairs Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. July 27, 2014. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 21, 2014. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Life Master Open Pairs Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. November 29, 2013. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 21, 2014. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Open Pairs Previous Winners". American Contract Bridge League. [full citation needed]
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."List of Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. July 21, 2014. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 21, 2014. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Reisinger Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. December 6, 2013. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 21, 2014. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Spingold Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. July 21, 2014. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 21, 2014. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
External links
- Citation at the ACBL Hall of Fame (archived)
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