Allan G. Stauber (born February 7, 1944) is an American bridge player, ACBL Grand Life Master. Raised in Plainview, New York, he was valedictorian of his high school class. He received a Bachelor's Degree and a Master's Degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, with a major in Math and a minor in Physics. He then worked as a programmer for IBM, later becoming a dealer in coins, stamps, and baseball cards, and then a stock trader. [1]
Claudio Nunes is an Italian professional bridge player.
Michael Steven Lawrence is an American bridge player, teacher, theorist, and prolific writer.
Sami R. Kehela, sometimes spelled Sammy Kehela, is a Canadian contract bridge player. A member of the Halls of Fame of both the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) and the Canadian Bridge Federation, he and his long-time partner, the late Eric Murray, are considered two of the best Canadian players in the history of the game.
Ira Rubin was an American professional contract bridge player. Rubin attended the Bronx High School of Science and later New York University. Rubin lived in Fair Lawn and resided in nearby Paramus for 35 years.
Peter M. Weichsel is an American professional bridge player from Encinitas, California.
Geoff Hampson is a Canadian professional bridge player. Hampson is from Toronto and the son of Sharon Hampson of Sharon, Lois & Bram and American folk singer Joe Hampson.
Edward M. "Eddie" Wold is an American professional bridge player from Houston, Texas. Wold is a graduate of Rice University. Wold is an accomplished teacher and plays regularly at Houston's Westside Bridge Academy, particularly in that club's Saturday afternoon "common game," where over a thousand pairs from all over the country play identical boards.
Michael Passell is a professional American bridge player from Dallas, Texas.
Eric Alan Greco is an American bridge player. He is from Annandale, Virginia.
Charles (Chuck) Frederick Burger was an American bridge player. Burger was from West Bloomfield, Michigan, and was an attorney.
Charles U. "Chip" Martel is an American computer scientist and bridge player.
Bart Bramley is an American bridge player. Bramley is from Chicago, Illinois. Bramley has lived in Dallas, Texas since 2003. Bramley's wife Judy Bramley was also a Bridge player.
Michael Seamon was an American professional bridge player from Miami Beach, Florida.
Ronald Eugene Andersen was an American bridge player. He won 11 "national"-rated events at North American Bridge Championships, thrice-annual 10-day meets organized by the American Contract Bridge League, where he became known best as a superior live commentator in the vugraph room.
Brian Glubok is a professional American bridge player. Glubok is from New York City and graduated from Amherst College.
George Robert Nail was an American bridge player and a club owner and teacher in Houston, Texas.
Sidney Herold Lazard was an American business leader in the oil and gas industries and a champion contract bridge player. He attended Tulane University and was a lifelong New Orleans resident until 2001, when he moved to Dallas, Texas.
Björn Fallenius (1957-2023) was a Swedish bridge player, for many years a resident of New York City. He and his late wife Kathy Fallenius operated the Cavendish Bridge Club.
Lew Stansby is an American bridge player from Dublin, California. Lew, a former commodities trader lives with wife and fellow national champion JoAnna Stansby. Since his first national win in the Reisinger in 1965, he has won over 35 national championships and seven world championships, accumulating a win in every decade since 1965.
Fred Hamilton is a professional American bridge player. Hamilton is a World Bridge Federation (WBF) World Grand Master and American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) Grand Life Master and inventor of the popular Hamilton convention used to compete over the opponent's 1NT opening bid.