Carol Sanders
American bridge player
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Carol Melton Sanders (July 30, 1932 – August 28, 2012)[1] was an American bridge player from Nashville, Tennessee.[2] She was married to Thomas K. Sanders, also a bridge player. She won four world championships, all in partnership with Betty Ann Kennedy of Louisiana.[3][4]
Sanders and Kennedy were known as the Belles[3] or Southern Belles. They compiled 10 NABC wins and 8 runners-up together.[3]
Both Carol and Tom Sanders were inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2002.[5]
Sanders was the only child of Beulah and Clarence Melton. She died in Nashville in 2012, less than a year after the death of her husband.[1]
Bridge accomplishments
Honors
- ACBL Hall of Fame, 2002[5]
Wins
- North American Bridge Championships (16)
- Whitehead Women's Pairs (1) 1993 [6]
- Hilliard Mixed Pairs (1) 1961 [7]
- Women's Pairs (1958-62) (1) 1962 [8]
- Smith Life Master Women's Pairs (1) 1990 [9]
- Machlin Women's Swiss Teams (2) 1983, 1995 [10]
- Wagar Women's Knockout Teams (6) 1963, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1999 [11]
- Sternberg Women's Board-a-Match Teams (2) 1992, 1995 [12]
- Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (2) 1976, 1982 [13]
Runners-up
- North American Bridge Championships
- Rockwell Mixed Pairs (1) 1979 [14]
- Silodor Open Pairs (1) 1960 [15]
- Whitehead Women's Pairs (1) 1990 [6]
- Smith Life Master Women's Pairs (2) 1971, 1981 [9]
- Machlin Women's Swiss Teams (1) 1985 [10]
- Wagar Women's Knockout Teams (3) 1982, 1992, 1994 [11]
- Sternberg Women's Board-a-Match Teams (3) 1986, 1991, 2000 [12]
- Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 1984 [13]
- Reisinger (1) 1961 [16]
