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American bridge player
Fred Hamilton (born 1936) 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.
Born and raised in
East Lansing, Michigan ,
[1]
[2] he is more recently from
Encino, California .
[3] Hamilton has won two world championships, the
1976 Bermuda Bowl as a member of the North America team – beating Italy, with three
Blue Team players, in the final – and the 1994
World Senior Pairs Championship with Hamish Bennett. He names
Billy Eisenberg ,
Mark Lair ,
Mike Passell and
Paul Soloway as "my favorite partners and good friends".
[1]
[2]
Hamilton was inducted into the
ACBL Hall of Fame in 2003.
[4]
Bridge accomplishments
Honors
ACBL Hall of Fame, 2003
[4]
Awards
Wins
Runners-up
References
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"Hamilton, Fred" . Hall of Fame . ACBL. Retrieved 2014-12-23.
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a
b Manley, Brent;
Horton, Mark ; Greenberg-Yarbro, Tracey; Rigal, Barry, eds. (2011).
The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge - Biographies and Results (compact disk) (7th ed.). Horn Lake, MS:
American Contract Bridge League . p. 22.
ISBN
978-0-939460-99-1 .
^ Francis, Henry G.;
Truscott, Alan F. ; Francis, Dorthy A., eds. (2001).
The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (6th ed.). Memphis, TN:
American Contract Bridge League . p. 661.
ISBN
0-943855-44-6 .
OCLC
49606900 .
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b
"Induction by Year"
Archived 2014-12-05 at the
Wayback Machine . Hall of Fame . ACBL. Retrieved 2014-12-16.
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b
c
World Team Championship Winners
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"Lebhar Imp Pairs Winners" (PDF) . American Contract Bridge League. 2014-03-21. p. 8. Archived from
the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-24 .
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b
"Silver Ribbon Winners" (PDF) . American Contract Bridge League. 2014-03-23. p. 4. Archived from
the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-24 .
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b
"GNT Previous Winners" (PDF) . American Contract Bridge League. 2009-07-24. p. 8. Archived from
the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-24 .
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b
"Trustcott/USPC Swiss Previous Winners" (PDF) . American Contract Bridge League. 2014-07-22. p. 7. Archived from
the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-24 .
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b
"Vanderbilt Previous Winners" (PDF) . American Contract Bridge League. 2014-03-24. p. 6. Archived from
the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-24 .
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b
"Baze Seniors Swiss Previous Winners" (PDF) . American Contract Bridge League. 2013-11-29. p. 8. Archived from
the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-24 .
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"Mixed BAM Previous Winners" (PDF) . American Contract Bridge League. 2014-07-24. p. 14. Archived from
the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-24 .
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"Reisinger Winners" (PDF) . American Contract Bridge League. 2013-12-06. p. 6. Archived from
the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-24 .
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"Spingold Previous Winners" (PDF) . American Contract Bridge League. 2014-07-21. p. 12. Archived from
the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-24 .
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"Rockwell Mixed Pairs Previous Winners" (PDF) . American Contract Bridge League. 2014-03-25. p. 8. Archived from
the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-24 .
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"Wernher Open Pairs Winners" (PDF) . American Contract Bridge League. 2014-07-22. p. 4. Archived from
the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-24 .
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"Jacoby Open Swiss Previous Winners" (PDF) . American Contract Bridge League. 2014-03-29. p. 9. Archived from
the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-24 .
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"Keohane Swiss Teams Winners" (PDF) . American Contract Bridge League. 2013-12-06. p. 4. Archived from
the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-24 .
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"Mitchell BAM Winners" (PDF) . American Contract Bridge League. 2013-12-01. p. 8. Archived from
the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-24 .
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