• Source: Harry Fishbein

      • Harry J. Fishbein (April 18, 1897 – February 19, 1976) was an American bridge player and club owner. He used to be a professional basketball player. In teams-of-four competition, Fishbein was a runner-up for the world championship in the 1959 Bermuda Bowl, playing on the United States team in a three-way round-robin among Europe, North America, and South America representatives. Fishbein was "the presiding genius" of the famous Mayfair club [or Mayfair Bridge Club] for more than 20 years" – proprietor of the training ground of experts from 1943 to 1966. As of 1960 he was also ACBL Treasurer.
      He developed the Fishbein convention as a defense against preemptive opening bids.


      Biography


      He was born on April 18, 1898, in Manhattan, New York City. He died on February 19, 1976, at the New York Infirmary following a heart attack.


      Legacy


      Fishbein was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2000.
      He was a second cousin of the noted Orthodox Jewish scholar J.D. Eisenstein.


      Publications


      —— (1960). The Fishbein Convention. New York: Crown Publishers. LCCN 60008621.


      Bridge accomplishments




      = Honors

      =
      ACBL Hall of Fame, 2000


      = Wins

      =
      North American Bridge Championships (16)
      Master Individual (2) 1942, 1952
      von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (2) 1939, 1940
      Wernher Open Pairs (1) 1959
      Hilliard Mixed Pairs (3) 1937, 1942, 1946
      Vanderbilt (5) 1936, 1943, 1947, 1949, 1958
      Marcus Cup (1) 1967
      Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1965
      Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 1947


      = Runners-up

      =
      Bermuda Bowl (1) 1959
      North American Bridge Championships
      Master Individual (1) 1938
      Silodor Open Pairs (2) 1959, 1968
      Wernher Open Pairs (1) 1940
      Nail Life Master Open Pairs (1) 1963
      Open Pairs (1928-1962) (5) 1934, 1937, 1940, 1941, 1942
      Masters Team of 4 (1) 1937
      Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (3) 1952, 1953, 1960
      Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (2) 1945, 1948
      Reisinger (4) 1942, 1953, 1957, 1959
      Spingold (3) 1943, 1945, 1958


      References




      External links


      Citation at the ACBL Hall of Fame (archived)
      "International record for Harry Fishbein". World Bridge Federation.

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