Tobias Stone

Tobias Stone (1921 - February 15, 2012) was an American bridge player and writer from New York City.

Stone was born in Manhattan. He and Janice Gilbert married in 1955; divorced in 1975. He retired from bridge and moved to Las Vegas in 1986.

Stone was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2003.

Books

• Bridge is a Partnership Game: the Roth-Stone System, Al Roth and Stone (E. P. Dutton, 1958), 237 pp., LCCN 58-9305; Second edition 1989, Granovetter Books, new foreword by Matt Granovetter and new preface by Roth, OCLC 22757918

Bridge accomplishments

Honors

• ACBL Hall of Fame, 2003

Awards

• Fishbein Trophy (1) 1956

Wins

• North American Bridge Championships (16)
  • Master Individual (1) 1953
  • von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (1) 1956
  • Wernher Open Pairs (1) 1947
  • Open Pairs (1928-1962) (1) 1942
  • Vanderbilt (3) 1943, 1959, 1960
  • Marcus Cup (1) 1960
  • Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (2) 1961, 1963
  • Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 1965
  • Reisinger (2) 1952, 1961
  • Spingold (3) 1953, 1956, 1957

Runners-up

• Bermuda Bowl (1) 1958
• North American Bridge Championships
  • von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (2) 1942, 1965
  • Silodor Open Pairs (2) 1958, 1965
  • Wernher Open Pairs (1) 1952
  • Hilliard Mixed Pairs (1) 1956
  • Open Pairs (1928-1962) (1) 1958
  • Vanderbilt (2) 1966, 1969
  • Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (2) 1952, 1959
  • Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (2) 1942, 1956
  • Spingold (2) 1961, 1963