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7 April 2000

Vanderbilt winners since 1928

The Vanderbilt Trophy for the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams was donated in 1928 by Harold S. Vanderbilt, who won the event in 1932 and 1940. The Vanderbilt was contested annually in New York as a separate championship until 1958 when it became part of the Spring North American Championships.

Vanderbilt winners receive replicas of the trophy a practice initiated by Vanderbilt from the first running of the event and perpetuated by a $100,000 trust fund administered by ACBL under the terms of Vanderbilt's will. On display at ACBL Headquarters in Memphis are replicas donated by the families of Caroline Taylor, who won the Vanderbilt in 1928, and Helen Sobel Smith, a Vanderbilt winner in 1944 and 1945.

2000 Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, Bob Hamman, Paul Soloway
1999 George Jacobs, Ralph Katz, Peter Weichsel, Alan Sontag, Lorenzo Lauria, Alfredo Versace
1998 Richard Schwartz, Mark Lair, Steve Robinson, Peter Boyd, Paul Soloway, Bobby Goldman
1997 Richard Schwartz, Mark Lair, Steve Robinson, Peter Boyd, Paul Soloway, Bobby Goldman
1996 Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg, Seymon Deutsch, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby
1995 Bill Root, Richard Pavlicek, Michael Polowan, Marc Jacobus
1994 Seymon Deutsch, Gaylor Kasle, Michael Rosenberg, Zia Mahmood, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby
1993 Howard Weinstein, Peter Nagy, Dan Morse, John Sutherlin, Tom Sanders, Russ Arnold
1992 Andy Goodman, John Mohan, Roger Bates, John Schermer, Neil Chambers
1991 Steve Robinson, Peter Boyd, Kit Woolsey, Ed Manfield
1990 Dan Morse, John Sutherlin, Michael Kamil, Ron Gerard, Tom Sanders, Bill Pollack
1989 Ron Rubin, Michael Becker, Bart Bramley, Robert Levin, Lou Bluhm, Peter Weichsel
1988 Eddie Kantar, Alan Sontag, John Mohan, Roger Bates
1987 Peter Pender, Peter Boyd, Lew Stansby, Hugh Ross, Steve Robinson, Chip Martel
1986 Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Bill Root, Richard Pavlicek
1985 Eric Rodwell, Jeff Meckstroth, Ron Rubin, Mike Lawrence, Michael Becker, Peter Weichsel
1984 Chip Martel, Lew Stansby, Hugh Ross, Peter Pender
1983 Bill Root, Richard Pavlicek, Norman Kay, Edgar Kaplan
1982 James Jacoby, Jeff Meckstroth, Mike Passell, Eric Rodwell, George Rosenkranz, Eddie Wold
1981 B. Jay Becker, Michael Becker, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Ron Rubin
1980 Russ Arnold, Bobby Levin, Jeff Meckstroth, Bud Reinhold, Eric Rodwell
1979 Lou Bluhm, Richard Freeman, Mark Lair, Cliff Russell, Tom Sanders, Eddie Wold
1978 Malcolm Brachman, Bobby Goldman, Eddie Kantar, Billy Eisenberg, Mike Passell, Paul Soloway
1977 Mike Becker, Mark Blumenthal, Fred Hamilton, Mike Lawrence, Ron Rubin, John Swanson
1976 Roger Bates, Larry Cohen, Dr. Richard Katz, John Mohan, George Rosenkranz
1975 Roger Bates, Larry Cohen, Dr. Richard Katz, John Mohan, George Rosenkranz
1974 David Crossley, Robert Crossley, Eric Kokish, Joey Silver
1973 Mark Blumenthal, Bobby Goldman, Bob Hamman, Mike Lawrence, Bobby Wolff
1972 Steven Altman, Eugene Neiger, Thomas Smith, Alan Sontag, Joel Stuart, Peter Weichsel
1971 Bill Eisenberg, Bobby Goldman, Bob Hamman, Jim Jacoby, Mike Lawrence, Bobby Wolff
1970 Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Sami Kehela, Sidney Lazard, Eric Murray, George Rapee
1969 Gerald Hallee, Paul Soloway, John Swanson, Richard Walsh
1968 Bobby Jordan, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Arthur Robinson, Bill Root, Alvin Roth
1967 James Jacoby, Mike Lawrence, Lew Mathe, Bobby Nail, Ron Von der Porten, Lew Stansby
1966 Philip Feldesman, Bob Hamman, Sami Kehela, Lew Mathe, Ira Rubin
1965 Philip Feldesman, John Fisher, James Jacoby, Oswald Jacoby, Ira Rubin, Albert Weiss
1964 Bob Hamman, Eddie Kantar, Don Krauss, Peter Leventritt, Lew Mathe, Howard Schenken
1963 Harold Harkavy, Edith Kemp, Alvin Roth, Clifford Russell, William Seamon, Albert Weiss
1962 Larry Kolker, Carolyn Levitt, Jerry Levitt, Garrett Nash, George de Runtz
1961 Charles Coon, Robert Jordan, Eric Murray, Arthur Robinson
1960 John Crawford, Norman Kay, Sidney Silodor, Tobias Stone
1959 B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, Norman Kay, George Rapee, Sidney Silodor, Tobias Stone
1958 Harry Fishbein, Sam Fry Jr., Leonard Harmon, Lee Hazen, Ivar Stakgold
1957 B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, George Rapee, Howard Schenken, Sidney Silodor
1956 B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, George Rapee, Howard Schenken, Sidney Silodor
1955 B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, George Rapee, Howard Schenken, Sidney Silodor
1954 Dr. Kalman Apfel, Francis Begley, Ned Drucker, Sidney Mandell, Milton Moss
1953 Richard Kahn, Edgar Kaplan, Peter Leventritt, William Lipton, Ruth Sherman
1952 Ned Drucker, Irvin Kass, Sidney Mandell, Milton Moss, Jesse Sloan
1951 B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, George Rapee, Sam Stayman
1950 John Crawford, George Rapee, Howard Schenken, Sidney Silodor, Sam Stayman
1949 Morrie Elis, Harry Fishbein, Lee Hazen, Larry Hirsch, Charles Lochridge
1948 Robert Appleyard, Jay T. Feigus, William Lichtenstein, Harry Sonnenblick, Albert Weiss
1947 David Clarren, Harry Feinberg, Harry Fishbein, Larry Hirsch, Joseph Low
1946 John Crawford, Oswald Jacoby, George Rapee, Howard Schenken, Sam Stayman
1945 B. Jay Becker, Charles Goren, Sidney Silodor, Helen Sobel
1944 B. Jay Becker, Charles Goren, Sidney Silodor, Helen Sobel
1943 Harry Fagin, Harry Fishbein, Fred Kaplan, Alvin Roth, Tobias Stone
1942 Lester Bachner, Sigmund Dornbusch, Richard Frey, Lee Hazen, Sam Stayman
1941 John Crawford, Myron Fuchs, Robert McPherran, Sherman Stearns
1940 Edward Hymes Jr., Charles Lochridge, Robert McPherran, Harold S. Vanderbilt, Waldemar von Zedtwitz
1939 Melville Alexander, Sigmund Dornbusch, Syl Gintell, Lee Hazen, Harry Raffel
1938 David Burnstine, Oswald Jacoby, Merwyn Maier, Howard Schenken, Sherman Stearns
1937 David Burnstine, Oswald Jacoby, Merwyn Maier, Howard Schenken, Sherman Stearns
1936 Phil Abramsohn, Irving Epstein, Harry Fishbein, Fred Kaplan
1935 David Burnstine, Michael Gottlieb, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schenken, Sherman Stearns
1934 David Burnstine, Richard Frey, Michael Gottlieb, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schenken
1933 Phil Abramsohn, Benjamin Feuer, Francis Rendon, Sydney Rusinow
1932 Willard Karn, P. Hal Sims, Harold S. Vanderbilt, Waldemar von Zedtwitz
1931 David Burnstine, Oswald Jacoby, Willard Karn, P. Hal Sims
1930 Ely Culbertson, Josephine Culbertson, Theodore Lightner, Waldemar von Zedtwitz
1929 Michael Gottlieb, Lee Langdon, Jean Mattheys, Harry Raffel
1928 Ralph Richards, Gratz Scott, Edwin Wetzlar, Wilbur Whitehead - tied with -
Abraham Brown, Mrs. Sidney Lovell, Caroline Taylor, Nils Wester


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