The Hilliard Mixed Pairs national bridge

Contract bridge

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 championship was last held at the spring American Contract Bridge League

American Contract Bridge League

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 (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship

North American Bridge Championships

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 (NABC).

History

This was the original national mixed pairs event. It was contested at the summer NABC the first two years. It moved to the fall NABC in 1933 until it was replaced by the Rockwell Mixed Pairs

Rockwell Mixed Pairs

The Rockwell Mixed Pairs national bridge championship is held at the spring American Contract Bridge League North American Bridge Championship ....

 in 1946. However, it continued to be contested at Bridge Week until 1957. It was contested at the newly created Spring NABC from 1958–1962.

Winners

All listings are "ladies first".

Winners of Hilliard Mixed Pairs

Year	Winners	Runners-up
1931	Mrs. Jay S. Jones Jr., Lewis R. Ayres	Elinor Murdoch, Oswald Jacoby Oswald Jacoby Oswald Jacoby was an American contract bridge player and author, considered one of the greatest bridge players of all time. He also excelled at, and wrote about, other games including backgammon, gin rummy, and poker.Born in Brooklyn, he was taught to play whist at the age of six and played his...
1932	Frances B. Newman, Charles Lochridge	Mrs. Evelyn C. Kaiser, B. Jay Becker
1933	Margaret Wagar, Fred Levy	Helen White 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... , J. C. McClelland
1934	Mrs. Theodore Greenbaum, Richard Kahn	Sally Young, Charles Goren Charles Goren Charles Henry Goren was a world champion American bridge player and bestselling author who contributed significantly to the development and popularization of the game following upon the heels of Ely Culbertson in the 1940s and rising to prominence in the 1950s to the early 1960s.-Early years:Goren...
1935	Hortense Evans, Louis J. Haddad	Florence Stratford, Maury J. Glick
1936	Mrs. D. M. Healy, Wingate Bixby	Mrs. L. Heiner, Arthur Glatt
1937	Mrs. Sam Rush, Harry Fishbein	Mrs. H. E. Latter, Jesse Slutt
1938	Mrs. Sam Rush, Fred Kaplan	Lottie Zetosch, Robert Appleyard
1939	Florence Stratford, Lewis H. Fremont	Louise Wainwright, Oswald Jacoby Oswald Jacoby Oswald Jacoby was an American contract bridge player and author, considered one of the greatest bridge players of all time. He also excelled at, and wrote about, other games including backgammon, gin rummy, and poker.Born in Brooklyn, he was taught to play whist at the age of six and played his...
1940	Sally Young, Sidney Silodor	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... , Robert A. McPherran
1941	Vera Glick, Jeff Glick	Ann Bryant, Harry Feinberg
1942	Ruth Sherman, Harry Fishbein	Olive Peterson, John R. Crawford John R. Crawford John Randolph Crawford was an American bridge and backgammon player...
1943	Olive Peterson, Charles Goren Charles Goren Charles Henry Goren was a world champion American bridge player and bestselling author who contributed significantly to the development and popularization of the game following upon the heels of Ely Culbertson in the 1940s and rising to prominence in the 1950s to the early 1960s.-Early years:Goren...	Peggy Golder, Charles J. Solomon
1944	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... , Sidney Silodor	Josephine Gutman, Peter Leventritt
1945	Margaret Wagar, John R. Crawford John R. Crawford John Randolph Crawford was an American bridge and backgammon player...	Marjorie Perlmutter, Irving Deuter
1946	Paula Bacher, Harry Fishbein	Mrs. Norman Perlstein, Norman Perlstein
1947	Betty Bysshe, Meyer Schleifer	Helen Cale, Jack Ehrlenbach
1948	Verna Leonard, E. Miller	Harriet Rethers, Dan Westerfield
1949	Mary Jane Kauder, Arnold Kauder	Mrs. H. J. Murphy, H. J. Murphy
1950	Venita Street, Robert Street	Mary Jane Kauder, Arnold Kauder
1951	Helen Portugal, Morris Portugal	Allyn G. Whitehead, Dan Westerfield
1952	Kay Dunn, James Dunn	Malvine Klausner, Edward Frischauer
1953	Helen Portugal, Morris Portugal	Mrs. Harry Bierman, Harry Bierman
1954	Kay Dunn, James Dunn	Mrs. M. Lorber, E. Hatcher
1955	Kay Dunn, James Dunn	Hortense Evans, Barry Crane Barry Crane Barry Crane, born Barry Cohen, was a prolific television producer and director, and a champion bridge player....
1956	Ruth Million, John Hancock	Jan Stone, Tobias Stone
1957	Marilyn Johnson, Bob Adams	Mary Jane Kauder, Arnold Kauder
1958	Phyllis Novak, John Gerber	Jane Clunie, Dr. William A. Clunie
1959	Mary Jane Farell, 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...	2/3. Eugenie Mathe, Lew Mathe 2/3. Clara Watanabe, Ivan Erdos
1960	Shirlee Harris, Ed Rosen	Mrs. Benton Brandon, John E. Simon
1961	Carol Sanders, Tommy Sanders	Hermine Baron, Robert F. Jordan
> colspan=2| 1/2. Shirlee Harris, Ed Rosen 1/2. Jesse Cook, Grant Marsee