Nick Nickell
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Template:Short description Frank T. "Nick" Nickell (born 1947) is an American bridge player. He graduated from the University of North Carolina, and lived in Raleigh, North Carolina, as of 1994.[1]
Nickell was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2008.[2] At the time he lived in New York City and led the private equity investment firm Kelso & Company.[3]
Nickell has created one of the most dominant bridge teams of all time, winning four world championships and multiple North American Bridge Championships. He formed a successful partnership with Richard Freeman until Freeman's death and has since partnered with Ralph Katz. He has won both team events and pair events.
Nickell is an ACBL Grand Life Master.
Bridge accomplishments
Honors
- ACBL Hall of Fame, 2008[2]
Awards
- Fishbein Trophy (1) 1995
Wins
- Bermuda Bowl (4) 1995, 1999, 2003, 2009
- North American Bridge Championships (24)
- von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (2) 2003, 2022 [4]
- Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 1991 [5]
- Vanderbilt (4) 2000, 2003, 2014, 2017, 2024[6]
- Reisinger (7) 1993, 1994, 1995, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009 [7]
- Spingold (9) 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2007 [8]
- Senior Knockout Teams (1) 2016
- United States Bridge Championships (9)
- Open Team Trials (9) 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2017
Runners-up
- Bermuda Bowl (2) 1997, 2005
- Rosenblum Cup 2010
- North American Bridge Championships (15)
- Grand National Teams (1) 1983 [9]
- Vanderbilt (4) 1996, 2002, 2018, 2019 [6]
- Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (3) 1998, 1999, 2012 [10]
- Spingold (2) 2011, 2012 [8]
- Roth Open Swiss Teams (2) 2015, 2018 [11][12]
- Senior Knockout Teams (2) 2017, 2018
- Reisinger (1) 2014
- United States Bridge Championships (1)
- Open Team Trials (1) 1997
References
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- ^ "Nickell, Nick". Hall of Fame. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-12-21.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."GNT Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2009-07-24. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Linxwiler, Paul; Monday, Sue (6 August 2018). "ACBL Daily Bulletin" (PDF). 90 (11): 2. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
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External links
- Citation at the ACBL Hall of Fame (archived)
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- ACBL NABC Winners -Nick Nickell
