Harry Fishbein
American bridge player and club owner
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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 teams-of-four 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]
Harry J. Fishbein | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 18, 1897 |
| Died | February 19, 1976 (aged 78) |
| Known for | bridge player and club owner |
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
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]
