Harry Fishbein
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| Harry J. Fishbein | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 18, 1898 New York, New York |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. New York, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | bridge player and club owner |
Harry J. Fishbein (April 18, 1898 – February 19, 1976)[1][2][3] was an American bridge player and club owner.[4] He used to be a professional basketball player. He was from New York City,[5] where he died.[2][3]
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.[6]
Fishbein was "the presiding genius of the famous Mayfair club [or Mayfair Bridge Club][7] for more than 20 years"[3] – proprietor of the training ground of experts from 1943 to 1966.[2] As of 1960 he was also ACBL Treasurer.[7]
Fishbein was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2000.[8]
He was a second cousin of the noted Orthodox Jewish scholar J.D. Eisenstein.
Contents
Publications
- The Fishbein Convention (Crown Publishers, 1960), 83 pp., LCCN 60-8621
Bridge accomplishments
Honors
- ACBL Hall of Fame, 2000[8]
Wins
- North American Bridge Championships (16)
- Master Individual (2) 1942, 1952 [9]
- von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (2) 1939, 1940 [10]
- Wernher Open Pairs (1) 1959 [11]
- Hilliard Mixed Pairs (3) 1937, 1942, 1946 [12]
- Vanderbilt (5) 1936, 1943, 1947, 1949, 1958 [13]
- Marcus Cup (1) 1967
- Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1965 [14]
- Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 1947 [15]
Runners-up
- Bermuda Bowl (1) 1959
- North American Bridge Championships
- Master Individual (1) 1938 [16]
- Silodor Open Pairs (2) 1959, 1968 [17]
- Wernher Open Pairs (1) 1940 [11]
- Nail Life Master Open Pairs (1) 1963 [18]
- Open Pairs (1928-1962) (5) 1934, 1937, 1940, 1941, 1942 [19]
- Masters Team of 4 (1) 1937 [20]
- Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (3) 1952, 1953, 1960 [14]
- Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (2) 1945, 1948 [15]
- Reisinger (4) 1942, 1953, 1957, 1959 [21]
- Spingold (3) 1943, 1945, 1958 [22]
Articles
Fishbein is mentioned in the following articles:
- Sports Illustrated, 1958 - Swing sessions for hep kibitzers [23]
- Sports Illustrated, 1958 - Showdown for kibitzers [24]
- Sports Illustrated, 1958 - Grand Slam for a New Star[25]
- Sports Illustrated, 1959 - Italy plays the winning card[26]
- Sports Illustrated, 1959 - Team Harry Fishbein[27]
- Sports Illustrated, 1959 - Meet the team[28]
- Sports Illustrated, 1959 - Nice guys finish first [29]
- Sports Illustrated, 1960 - A Waiter's dividend[30]
- Sports Illustrated, 1963 - Caught in a cannibal coup[31]
- Sports Illustrated, 1966 - A Trick for the wizard[32]
References
- ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Harry J. Fishbein Is Dead at 78; Won 16 National Bridge Titles". Alan Truscott. The New York Times. February 21, 1976. Page 23. Quote: "died in the New York Infirmary Thursday, following a heart attack. He was 78 years old and lived here."
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Bridge: Harry Fishbein, Dead at 78, Brought Game Good Humor". Alan Truscott. The New York Times. February 24, 1976. Page 32. Quote: "died here Thursday at the age of 78".
- ↑ "Fishbein, Harry". Hall of Fame. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-12-21.
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- ↑ "9th World Team Championships" (1959). WBF. Retrieved 2014-11-05.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Contract Bridge: Mr. Fishbein Writes a Book to Explain His Convention and Its Corollaries". Albert H. Morehead. The New York Times. April 18, 1960. Page 26.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Induction by Year". Hall of Fame. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-11-14.
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- ↑ Sport Illustrated Swing sessions for hep kibitizers
- ↑ Sports Illustrated, 1958 - Showdown for kibitzers
- ↑ Sports Illustrated, 1958 - Grand Slam for a New Star
- ↑ Sports Illustrated, 1959 - Italy plays the winning card
- ↑ Sports Illustrated, 1959 - Team Harry Fishbein
- ↑ Sports Illustrated, 1959 - Meet the team
- ↑ Sports Illustrated, 1959 - Nice guys finish first
- ↑ Sports Illustrated, 1960 - A Waiter's dividend
- ↑ Sports Illustrated, 1963 - Caught in a cannibal coup
- ↑ Sports Illustrated, 1966 - A Trick for the wizard
External links
- Citation at the ACBL Hall of Fame
- Harry Fishbein international record at the World Bridge Federation.
- Harry Fishbein at Library of Congress Authorities, with 1 catalog records
