Samuel Stayman
From MedBib.com - Medicine & Nature
Samuel M. (Sam) Stayman (May 28, 1909, Worcester, Massachusetts – December 11, 1993, Palm Beach, Florida) was an American bridge player. He was the eponym of the Stayman convention. The convention was in fact invented (independently) by Jack Marx and by Stayman's regular partner, George Rapee. It was first published by Stayman, however, in an article he wrote for The Bridge World magazine in 1945. Stayman was an original investor in the Buffett Partnershp. Stayman also gave his name, spelled backwards, to the Namyats convention, invented by another partner, Victor Mitchell.
Bridge accomplishments
Honors
- ACBL Hall of Fame 1996
- ACBL Honorary Member of the Year 1969
- American Bridge Teachers' Association (ABTA) Honorary Member 1979
Wins
- Bermuda Bowl (3) 1950, 1951, 1953
- North American Bridge Championships (21)
- Vanderbilt (4) 1942, 1946, 1950, 1951
- Spingold (7) 1942, 1944, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1955, 1959
- Chicago (now Reisinger) (3) 1945, 1947, 1953
- Reisinger (1) 1984
- Men's Board-a-Match Teams (4) 1952, 1962, 1963, 1980
- Life Master Pairs (1) 1965
- Fall National Open Pairs (1) 1959
Runner-ups
References
Truscott, Alan (1993-12-13). "Samuel M. Stayman, 84, Inventor Of Bidding Conventions in Bridge". nytimes.com (The New York Times). http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE2DB133DF930A25751C1A965958260.
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