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Sidney Samuel Lenz

シドニー サミュエル レンズ

Shidoni Samyueru Renzu

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1873-07-12 (a suburb of Chicago)
Died
1960 age 87
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Residence History
suburb of Chicago → New York → Chicago

Career

Occupations
contract bridge player, writer, businessman, amateur magician
Active Years
1910-1960
Affiliations
American Contract Bridge League
Memberships
Society of American Magicians (honorary member)

Awards

ACBL Hall of Fame
1965
Organization: American Contract Bridge League
Result: inducted
American Whist League's principal national team championship
1910
Organization: American Whist League
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Lenz on Bridge

1926 bridge manual

Considered a classic bridge manual and a work of literary merit.

Bibliography

  • Lenz on Bridge (1926)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
literary merit in bridge writing

Legacy

Inducted into ACBL Hall of Fame (1965). Famous for the Bridge Battle of the Century. Won over 600 whist and bridge competitions.

In Popular Culture

  • Bridge Battle of the Century was front-page news worldwide.

Trivia

  • Credited with coining the term 'squeeze play' in bridge.
  • Namesake of the 'Lenz echo'.
  • Learned auction bridge from British Army officers in India.