Harry Fishbein
Harry J. Fishbein (1898 - February 19, 1976) was an American bridge player and club owner. He used to be a professional basketball player. He was from New York City, where he died.
In teams-of-four competition, Fishbein was a runner-up for the world championship in the 1959 Bermuda Bowl, playing on the United States team in a three-way round-robin among Europe, North America, and South America representatives.
Fishbein was "the presiding genius of the famous Mayfair club [or Mayfair Bridge Club] for more than 20 years" - proprietor of the training ground of experts from 1943 to 1966. As of 1960 he was also ACBL Treasurer.
Fishbein was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2000.
He was a second cousin of the noted Orthodox Jewish scholar J.D. Eisenstein.
Publications
- The Fishbein Convention (Crown Publishers, 1960), 83 pp., LCCN 60-8621
Bridge accomplishments
Honors
Wins
Runners-up
- Bermuda Bowl (1) 1959
- North American Bridge Championships
- Master Individual (1) 1938
- Silodor Open Pairs (2) 1959, 1968
- Wernher Open Pairs (1) 1940
- Nail Life Master Open Pairs (1) 1963
- Open Pairs (1928-1962) (5) 1934, 1937, 1940, 1941, 1942
- Masters Team of 4 (1) 1937
- Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (3) 1952, 1953, 1960
- Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (2) 1945, 1948
- Reisinger (4) 1942, 1953, 1957, 1959
- Spingold (3) 1943, 1945, 1958
Articles
Fishbein is mentioned in the following articles:
- Sports Illustrated, 1958 - Swing sessions for hep kibitzers
- Sports Illustrated, 1958 - Showdown for kibitzers
- Sports Illustrated, 1958 - Grand Slam for a New Star
- Sports Illustrated, 1959 - Italy plays the winning card
- Sports Illustrated, 1959 - Team Harry Fishbein
- Sports Illustrated, 1959 - Meet the team
- Sports Illustrated, 1959 - Nice guys finish first
- Sports Illustrated, 1960 - A Waiter's dividend
- Sports Illustrated, 1963 - Caught in a cannibal coup
- Sports Illustrated, 1966 - A Trick for the wizard
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