American bridge player
John Gerber (May 18, 1906 – January 28, 1981)[1] [2] [3] was an American bridge player.
Gerber was born in Yelisavetgrad, Russian Empire (now Kropyvnytskyi , Ukraine ).[4] He settled in Houston, Texas ,[5] where he died in a hospital at age 74.[2]
Gerber was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 1998.[6]
Bridge accomplishments [ edit ] ACBL Hall of Fame, 1998[6]
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"Gerber, John" . Hall of Fame . ACBL. Retrieved 2014-11-13.
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"John Gerber, 74, Dies; devised a convention used in bridge games" . Alan Truscott. The New York Times . January 29, 1981. Retrieved 2014-11-13. Quote: "died yesterday in a Houston hospital".
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"Bridge: John Gerber Remembered For a Career of Distinction" . Alan Truscott. The New York Times . January 29, 1981. Retrieved 2014-11-13.
^ The National Archives at Fort Worth, Texas; Naturalization Records, 1865-1991: Petitions for Naturalization, 1917–1991 .
^ Francis, Henry G.; Truscott, Alan F. ; Francis, Dorthy A., eds. (1994). The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (5th ed.). Memphis, TN: American Contract Bridge League . p. 629. ISBN 0-943855-48-9 . LCCN 96188639 .
^ a b "Induction by Year" Archived 2014-12-05 at the Wayback Machine . Hall of Fame . ACBL. Retrieved 2014-11-13. With linked citations.
^ a b "Wernher Open Pairs Winners" (PDF) . American Contract Bridge League. 2014-07-22. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17 .
^ "Mixed Pairs Previous Winners". American Contract Bridge League.
^ a b "Mitchell BAM Winners" (PDF) . American Contract Bridge League. 2013-12-01. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17 .
^ a b "Mixed BAM Previous Winners" (PDF) . American Contract Bridge League. 2014-07-24. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17 .
^ a b "Reisinger Winners" (PDF) . American Contract Bridge League. 2013-12-06. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17 .
^ a b "Spingold Previous Winners" (PDF) . American Contract Bridge League. 2014-07-21. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17 .
^ "Rockwell Mixed Pairs Previous Winners" (PDF) . American Contract Bridge League. 2014-03-25. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17 .
^ "Life Master Open Pairs Winners" (PDF) . American Contract Bridge League. 2013-11-29. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17 .