Edwin Kantar

Edwin Kantar

Edwin Bruce (Eddie) Kantar (born November 9, 1932 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American bridge player, 2-time world team champion and prolific author of bridge books.

He learned the game at 11 and started teaching it at the age of 17, first to his friends and later at the University of Minnesota he attended.

Along with Bermuda Bowls in 1977 and 1979, he has won 15 North American Bridge Championships and is World Bridge Federation (WBF) and American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) Grand Life Master.

Apart from over 20 bridge books written (first in 1965), he is a regular contributor to the ACBL Bulletin, The Bridge World, and Bridge Today. In a survey of bridge writers and players, "Complete Defensive Play" was among the top 10 of all-time favorite bridge books.

Honors

* ACBL Hall of Fame 1996

Awards

* Precision Award (Best Article or Series on a System or Convention) 1981

Wins

* Bermuda Bowl (2) 1977, 1979
* North American Bridge Championships (15)
** Vanderbilt (3) 1964, 1978, 1988
** Spingold (4) 1961, 1962, 1973, 1978
** Chicago (now Reisinger) (2) 1962, 1965
** Reisinger (2) 1976, 1980
** Grand National Teams (2) 1974, 1976
** North American Men's Swiss Teams (1) 1987
** Life Master Pairs (1) 1983
* United States Bridge Championships (3)
** Open Team Trials (3) 1974, 1977, 1979
* Other notable wins:
** Pan American Invitational Open Teams (1) 1977
** Maccabiah Games (1) 1981

Runner-ups

* Bermuda Bowl (1) 1975
* North American Bridge Championships (14)
** Vanderbilt (7) 1961, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1983, 1989
** Spingold (1) 1991
** Reisinger (3) 1968, 1983, 1992
** Men's Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1970
** Men's Pairs (2) 1962, 1967
* United States Bridge Championships (1)
** Open Team Trials (1) 1973

External links

* [http://www.acbl.org/about/hall-of-fame/biography.php?id=35 ACBL Hall of Fame]
* [http://www.worldbridge.org/people/person.asp?qryid=15418 World Bridge Federation profile]
* [http://www.bridgeguys.com/Books/KantarEddie/EKBooks.html List of Edwin Kantar's books]


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