Samuel Stayman

Samuel Stayman

Samuel M. (Sam) Stayman (May 28, 1909, Worcester, Massachusetts – December 11, 1993, Palm Beach, Florida) was an American bridge player. He was the eponym of the Stayman convention. The convention was in fact invented (independently) by Jack Marx and by Stayman's regular partner, George Rapee. It was first published by Stayman, however, in an article he wrote for "The Bridge World" magazine in 1945. Stayman also gave his name, spelled backwards, to the Namyats convention, invented by another partner, Victor Mitchell.

Honors

* ACBL Hall of Fame 1996
* ACBL Honorary Member of the Year 1969
* American Bridge Teachers' Association (ABTA) Honorary Member 1979

Wins

* Bermuda Bowl (3) 1950, 1951, 1953
* North American Bridge Championships (20)
** Vanderbilt (4) 1942, 1946, 1950, 1951
** Spingold (7) 1942, 1944, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1955, 1959
** Chicago (now Reisinger) (3) 1945, 1947, 1953
** Reisinger (1) 1984
** Men's Board-a-Match Teams (4) 1952, 1962, 1963, 1980
** Life Master Pairs (1) 1965
* Other notable wins:
** Reisinger Knockout Teams (6) 1940, 1951, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1987

Runner-ups

* Bermuda Bowl (1) 1956
* World Open Team Olympiad (1) 1964
* North American Bridge Championships (15)
** Vanderbilt (4) 1944, 1945, 1952, 1969
** Spingold (2) 1947, 1969
** Chicago (now Reisinger) (2) 1948, 1950
** Reisinger (2) 1976, 1977
** Men's Board-a-Match Teams (3) 1948, 1955, 1965
** Life Master Pairs (1) 1950
** Men's Pairs (1) 1945
* United States Bridge Championships (1)
** Open Pair Trials (1) 1963
* Other notable 2nd places:
** Reisinger Knockout Teams (4) 1959, 1976, 1985, 1989

References

External links

* [http://www.acbl.org/about/hall-of-fame/biography.php?id=77 ACBL Hall of Fame]
* [http://www.worldbridge.org/people/person.asp?qryid=15562 World Bridge Federation profile]


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