Jeffrey John (Jeff) Meckstroth is an American professional contract bridge player. He is a multiple world champion, winning the Bermuda Bowl on USA teams five times. He is one of only ten players who have won the so-called triple crown of bridge: the Bermuda Bowl, the World Open Pairs and the World Team Olympiad. As of May 16, 2016, he was the fifth-ranking World Grand Master. For decades Meckstroth has been in a regular partnership with Eric Rodwell and together, nicknamed "Meckwell", they are one of the most successful bridge partnerships of all time. They are well known for playing an aggressive and very detailed system that derived from Precision Club.
Larry Neil Cohen is an American bridge player, writer and teacher. He is best known as an advocate for the "Law of Total Tricks" as a guide in the bidding. He has won 25 North American Bridge Championships (NABC) events including the Vanderbilt, two Spingolds, two Reisingers, three Life Master Pairs, and four Blue Ribbon Pairs, and he is a two-time winner of the Cavendish Invitational Pairs cash prize tournament.
The trophy is awarded for the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams national bridge championship held at the spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).
Richard A. Freeman was a world champion American bridge player holding the title of World Grand Master, the highest title of the World Bridge Federation. He won the Bermuda Bowl world team championship and won many national championships. Freeman was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2001. At the time of his death he held 17,880 masterpoints.
B. Jay Becker was an American lawyer and bridge champion from Flushing, Queens.
Paul Herbert Hodge was an American bridge player.
Edith Freilich née Seamon was an American bridge player, "one of the world's greatest female bridge players". As a player in important tournaments, she was also known as Edith Seligman, Edith Kemp, and Edith Kemp Freilich. Among women, she is second to Helen Sobel Smith for winning the greatest number of North American Bridge Championships. She was from Miami Beach, Florida.
Sam Lev is an Israeli bridge player.
Andrew Gromov is a Russian bridge player.
Franck Multon is a French bridge player.
Bas Drijver is a Dutch professional bridge player, known for his successful partnership with Sjoert Brink.
Sjoert Brink is a Dutch professional bridge player.
Richard Kahn (1912-1987) was an American bridge player.
Richard Schwartz was an American bridge player.
Victor Mitchell was an American bridge player. He was married to Jacqui Mitchell. He was inducted into the American Contract Bridge League's Hall of Fame in 1996.
Espen Lindqvist is a Norwegian bridge player.
Alvin Landy (1905–1967) was an American bridge administrator and player.
Myron Field is an American bridge player.
Ron Smith is an American bridge player.
Joe Grue is an American bridge player.