Bobby Goldman

Robert (Bobby) Goldman (November 10, 1938 – May 15, 1999) was an American bridge player, teacher and author. He won three Bermuda Bowls (1970, 1971, 1979), Olympiad Mixed Teams 1972, and 20 North American Bridge Championships. He authored several books on bridge, most notably "Aces Scientific" and "Winners and Losers at the Bridge Table", and several conventions, like Kicback, Exclusion Blackwood and Super Gerber (Redwood).cite news | first= | last= | title=ACBL Hall of Fame|date= | publisher=American Contract Bridge League | url =http://www.acbl.org/about/hall-of-fame/biography.php?id=23 | work =acbl.org | accessdate = ]

Goldman started playing bridge in 1957, while studying at Drexel University in Philadelphia,cite news | first= | last= | title=Orlando Daily Bulletin, Vol. 72, No. 2, Page 6|date= 1998-11-21| publisher=American Contract Bridge League | url =http://web2.acbl.org/nabcbulletins/1998fall/db2.pdf | work =acbl.org | accessdate = |format=PDF] and continued improving his game until he joined the Dallas Aces team in 1968, with whom he won Bermuda Bowls in 1970 and 1971. His early partners in the Aces were Michael Lawrence and Billy Eisenberg, but his most favorite partner was Paul Soloway, with whom he played more than two decades.cite news | first=Alan | last=Truscott | title=A Great Champion Is Dead; One Deceit Was a Classic|date= 1999-05-20| publisher=The New York Times | url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B04E2D6103EF933A15756C0A96F958260 | work =nytimes.com | accessdate = ] Goldman was an American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) Grand Life Master with more than 25,000 masterpoints and a World Bridge Federation (WBF) World Grand Master. He was a proactive member of ACBL administration, participating in its Competitionand Conventions Committee, Committee for an Open and Improved ACBL, and Board of Director of the Women's Forum. He significantly contributed in shaping the ACBL alert procedure, convention card, ethics and appeals process, and smoking ban.

Goldman died of a heart attack in Dallas, Texas at the age of 60.

Honors

* ACBL Hall of Fame 1999
* ACBL Honorary Member of the Year 1999

Wins

* Bermuda Bowl (3) 1970, 1971, 1979
* Olympiad Mixed Teams (1) 1972
* North American Bridge Championships (20)
** Vanderbilt (5) 1971, 1973, 1978, 1997, 1998
** Spingold (5) 1969, 1978, 1983, 1986, 1988
** Reisinger (3) 1970, 1976, 1980
** Open Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1993
** Men's Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1968
** North American Swiss Teams (1) 1998
** Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (1) 1991
** North American Men's Swiss Teams (1) 1989
** Life Master Pairs (1) 1968
** Life Master Men's Pairs (1) 1964
* United States Bridge Championships (6)
** Open Team Trials (6) 1969, 1971, 1973, 1979 (Jan), 1984, 1995
* Other notable wins:
** Cavendish Invitational Teams (1) 1994
** Pan American Invitational Open Teams (1) 1977
** Pan American Invitational Open Pairs (1) 1977

Runner-ups

* Bermuda Bowl (2) 1973, 1974
* World Open Team Olympiad (1) 1972
* North American Bridge Championships (17)
** Vanderbilt (3) 1966, 1970, 1976
** Spingold (4) 1970, 1990, 1994, 1996
** Reisinger (5) 1968, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1994
** Grand National Teams (1) 1998
** Open Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1995
** Men's Board-a-Match Teams (2) 1969, 1984
** Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 1968
* United States Bridge Championships (2)
** Open Team Trials (1) 1973
** Open Pair Trials (1) 1968
* Other notable 2nd places:
** Forbo-Krommenie International Teams (1) 1998
** Sunday Times Invitational Pairs (1) 1990

References

External links

* [http://www.worldbridge.org/people/person.asp?qryid=15448 World Bridge Federation profile]