Norman Kay (bridge player)

Norman Kay (bridge player)

Norman Kay (August 11, 1927 – January 17, 2002) was an American bridge player. He partnered Sidney Silodor until Silodor's death in 1963. With Edgar Kaplan, Kay formed one of the most successful and longest-lasting partnerships in organized bridge. It spanned more than 40 years, and ended with Kaplan's death in 1997.

In 1955, Kay won the American Contract Bridge League's McKenney trophy (now called the Barry Crane Top 500) for most masterpoints won during the tournament year. Kay won 13 major North American Bridge Championships (NABC) in the period of 1957–1977, when he was named ACBL's top performance player. He was runner-up in the Bermuda Bowl twice (1961 and 1967), and was second (1968) and third (1960) in the World Team Olympiad. He was a World Bridge Federation World Life Master and an ACBL Grand Life Master. Kay was arguably the greatest bridge player who never became a world champion. He was known both, for the remarkable accuracy of his card play, and for his even temperament at the table.

Kay was an account executive for Merrill Lynch for 38 years, retiring as a vice president in 1987. He operated a sports memorabilia business from 1980 to 1996. He and his wife, Judy, owned and raced a stable of harness horses from 1980 to 1986.

Honors

* ACBL Hall of Fame 1996
* ACBL Honorary Member of the Year 2001

Awards

* McKenney Trophy 1955
* Mott-Smith Trophy 1960, 1963, 1968

Wins

* North American Bridge Championships (27)
** Vanderbilt (7) 1959, 1960, 1968, 1970, 1981, 1983, 1986
** Spingold (2) 1967, 1968
** Chicago (now Reisinger) (1) 1961
** Reisinger (7) 1966, 1967, 1971, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1990
** Men's Board-a-Match Teams (3) 1955, 1961, 1966
** Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (1) 1997
** Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 1974
** Life Master Men's Pairs (1) 1973
** Open Pairs (2) 1963, 1966
** Men's Pairs, Spring NABC (1) 1958
** Master Individual (1) 1955

Runner-ups

* Bermuda Bowl (2) 1961, 1967
* World Open Team Olympiad (1) 1968
* North American Bridge Championships (20)
** Vanderbilt (3) 1958, 1965, 1994
** Spingold (5) 1960, 1961, 1965, 1971, 1978
** Reisinger (1) 1969
** Men's Board-a-Match Teams (3) 1958, 1963, 1975
** Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (1) 1991
** Master Mixed Teams (3) 1960, 1962, 1967
** Men's Pairs (3) 1958, 1965, 1970
** Men's Pairs, Spring NABC (1) 1962
* United States Bridge Championships (5)
** Open Team Trials (4) 1971, 1984, 1986, 1992
** Open Pair Trials (1) 1966

References

External links

* [http://www.worldbridge.org/people/person.asp?qryid=8930 World Bridge Federation profile]


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