Fishbein Trophy
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The Fishbein Trophy is awarded to the player who wins the most number of masterpoints
Masterpoints
Masterpoints or master points are points awarded by national and other bridge organisations for success in bridge tournaments run under their auspices. Organisations which issue these points include the American Contract Bridge League , the American Bridge Association, the English Bridge Union ,...

 at the summer American Contract Bridge League
American Contract Bridge League
The American Contract Bridge League is the largest contract bridge organization in North America. It promotes the game of bridge in the United States, Mexico, Bermuda, and Canada, and is a member of the World Bridge Federation...

 (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship
North American Bridge Championships
North American Bridge Championships are three annual bridge conventions sponsored by the American Contract Bridge League . The "Spring", "Summer", and "Fall" NABCs are usually scheduled in March, July, and November for about eleven days. They comprise both championship and side contests of...

 (NABC).

History

The Fishbein Trophy was donated by ACBL in memory of Sally Fishbein and in recognition of the untiring efforts of Harry Fishbein, who served as ACBL Treasurer and refused to accept the customary compensation.

Winners

Bold indicates the record of number of masterpoints won was broken.
Winners of Fishbein Trophy
Year Winners Number of masterpoints
1952 John Crawford
John R. Crawford
John Randolph Crawford was an American bridge and backgammon player...

n/a
1953 Milton Ellenby n/a
1954 David Carter n/a
1955 Paul Hodge n/a
1956 Tobias Stone n/a
1957 John Crawford
John R. Crawford
John Randolph Crawford was an American bridge and backgammon player...

n/a
1958 Helen Sobel
Helen Sobel Smith
Helen Sobel Smith was an American bridge player. She is said to have been the "greatest woman bridge player of all time". She won 35 North American Bridge Championships, and was the first woman to play in the Bermuda Bowl...

n/a
1959 Ira Rubin n/a
1960 Boris Koytchou n/a
1961 Marshall Miles
Marshall Miles
Marshall Lauren Miles is an American bridge player and author.-Bridge career:Miles' crowning achievement was winning the World Senior Teams Olympiad in Istanbul in 2004...

n/a
1962 Ira Rubin n/a
1963 Alvin Roth
Alvin Roth
Alvin L. Roth was an American bridge player, considered one of the greatest of all time. He wrote several books on the game, and invented various bridge conventions that have become commonplace, including five-card majors, negative doubles, forcing notrump, and the unusual notrump.-Biography:Roth...

n/a
1964 Percy Sheardown 223
1965 Alvin Roth
Alvin Roth
Alvin L. Roth was an American bridge player, considered one of the greatest of all time. He wrote several books on the game, and invented various bridge conventions that have become commonplace, including five-card majors, negative doubles, forcing notrump, and the unusual notrump.-Biography:Roth...

210
1966 Alvin Roth
Alvin Roth
Alvin L. Roth was an American bridge player, considered one of the greatest of all time. He wrote several books on the game, and invented various bridge conventions that have become commonplace, including five-card majors, negative doubles, forcing notrump, and the unusual notrump.-Biography:Roth...

186
1967 Phil Feldesman 177
1968 Jim Jacoby 205
1969 Bob Hamman
Bob Hamman
Robert David Hamman is an American professional bridge player, among the greatest players of all time....

180
1970 Dave Strasberg 155
1971 Barbara Rappaport 187
1972 B. Jay Becker 179
1973 Richard Katz 199
1974 Richard Shepherd 162
1975 Grant Baze 176
1976 Richard Katz 219
1977 Ken Cohen 198
1978 Mike Passell 215
1979 Bobby Wolff
Bobby Wolff
Robert S. Wolff is an American bridge player and an original member of the Dallas Aces team, which was formed in 1968 to compete against the Italian Blue Team which was dominant at the time. The Aces were successful and won their first world championship in 1970...

179
1980 Peter Weichsel 194
1981 Ralph Katz
Ralph Katz
Ralph Katz is an American bridge player.Domestically, he has won 20 North American Bridge Championships and twice the Open Team Trials. Internationally, he has many top finishes, highlighted by a win in the 2009 Bermuda Bowl...

236
1982 Mike Smolen 221
1983 Bob Hamman
Bob Hamman
Robert David Hamman is an American professional bridge player, among the greatest players of all time....

279.60
1984 Steve Sion 271
1985 Bill Passell 225
1986 Mark Lair 187
1987 Danny Rotman 188
1988 Helen Utegaard 168
1989 Zeke Jabbour 198
1990 Ron Rubin
Ron Rubin (bridge player)
Ron Rubin is an American bridge player. He is best known for winning the 1983 Bermuda Bowl world teams bridge championship. In addition he has won 11 North American Bridge Championships.-Wins:* Bermuda Bowl 1983...

, Michael Becker
227
1991 Eric Rodwell
Eric Rodwell
Eric Victor Rodwell is an American professional bridge player. He has won the Bermuda Bowl representing the U.S. five times and is one of ten players who have won the so-called triple crown of bridge: the Bermuda Bowl, the World Open Pairs and the World Team Olympiad...

278
1992 Juanita Chambers 182
1993 John Sutherlin 233
1994 Lynn Deas 238
1995 Nick Nickell, Dick Freeman 253
1996 Jeff Meckstroth
Jeff Meckstroth
Jeffrey John Meckstroth is a multiple world champion in contract bridge, winning the Bermuda Bowl representing the U.S. five times. He is one of only ten players who have won the so-called triple crown of bridge: the Bermuda Bowl, the World Open Pairs and the World Team Olympiad...

269
1997 Steve Garner 247
1998 Paul Soloway
Paul Soloway
Paul Soloway was a world champion American bridge player. He won the Bermuda Bowl world team championship five times and won 30 national championships. Soloway was inducted into the American Contract Bridge League's Hall of Fame in 2002...

280.77
1999 Eric Rodwell
Eric Rodwell
Eric Victor Rodwell is an American professional bridge player. He has won the Bermuda Bowl representing the U.S. five times and is one of ten players who have won the so-called triple crown of bridge: the Bermuda Bowl, the World Open Pairs and the World Team Olympiad...

347.87
2000 Rose Meltzer, Kyle Larsen, Lew Stansby, Chip Martel, Peter Weichsel 315.00
2001 Ralph Katz
Ralph Katz
Ralph Katz is an American bridge player.Domestically, he has won 20 North American Bridge Championships and twice the Open Team Trials. Internationally, he has many top finishes, highlighted by a win in the 2009 Bermuda Bowl...

383.85
2002 Tobi Sokolow
Tobi Sokolow
Tobi Sokolow is an American bridge player. As of April 2011 she ranks number 15 among Women World Grand Masters....

304.43
2003 Michael Rosenberg
Michael Rosenberg
Michael Rosenberg is one of the top bridge players in the United States. He moved to Scotland as a child and returned to New York in 1990 where he lives with his wife Debbie, also a top player....

392.50
2004 Jeff Meckstroth
Jeff Meckstroth
Jeffrey John Meckstroth is a multiple world champion in contract bridge, winning the Bermuda Bowl representing the U.S. five times. He is one of only ten players who have won the so-called triple crown of bridge: the Bermuda Bowl, the World Open Pairs and the World Team Olympiad...

, Eric Rodwell
Eric Rodwell
Eric Victor Rodwell is an American professional bridge player. He has won the Bermuda Bowl representing the U.S. five times and is one of ten players who have won the so-called triple crown of bridge: the Bermuda Bowl, the World Open Pairs and the World Team Olympiad...

350.00
2005 Geoff Hampson 348.09
2006 Bjorn Fallenius 365.00
2007 Jeff Meckstroth
Jeff Meckstroth
Jeffrey John Meckstroth is a multiple world champion in contract bridge, winning the Bermuda Bowl representing the U.S. five times. He is one of only ten players who have won the so-called triple crown of bridge: the Bermuda Bowl, the World Open Pairs and the World Team Olympiad...

, Eric Rodwell
Eric Rodwell
Eric Victor Rodwell is an American professional bridge player. He has won the Bermuda Bowl representing the U.S. five times and is one of ten players who have won the so-called triple crown of bridge: the Bermuda Bowl, the World Open Pairs and the World Team Olympiad...

385.72
2008 Migry Zur Campanile 269.56

Sources

List of previous winners, Page 6
2007 winners, Page 1
2008 winner, Page 1
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