Name Fred Hamilton | Role Bridge | |
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Similar People Bobby Wolff, Ira Rubin, Bob Hamman, Bobby Levin, Mike Cappelletti | ||
Acbl hall of fame fred hamilton
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.
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Born and raised in East Lansing, Michigan, he is more recently from Encino, California. 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".
Hamilton was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2003.