George Coffin

George Coffin

George Sturgis Coffin (September 8, 1903 - March 12, 1994) was a famous author, publisher and distributor of bridge books and supplies. He was known for his exceptional technique in bridge endplays, particularly eliminations, coups and squeezes.

Coffin was the author of more than 100 books that included bridge, poker, cribbage and other card games.

Some of his great and best known bridge books are:

*"Bridge play from A to Z"
*"Bridge Masterpoints"
*"Endplays"
*"Double dummy problems"

External links

* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B04E4DE1F30F936A35756C0A962958260 Obituary] ("The New York Times", May 5 1994)


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