Frank T. "Nick" Nickell (born 1947) is an American bridge player. He graduated from the University of North Carolina, and lived in Raleigh, North Carolina, as of 1994.
Nickell was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2008. At the time he lived in New York City and led the private equity investment firm Kelso & Company.
Nickell has created one of the most dominant bridge teams of all time, winning four world championships and multiple North American Bridge Championships. He formed a successful partnership with Richard Freeman until Freeman's death and has since partnered with Ralph Katz. He has won both team events and pair events.
Nickell is an ACBL Grand Life Master.
Bridge accomplishments
Honors
ACBL Hall of Fame, 2008"Induction by Year" . Hall of Fame. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-12-21.
Awards
Fishbein Trophy (1) 1995
Wins
Bermuda Bowl (4) 1995, 1999, 2003, 2009 North American Bridge Championships (24) von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (2) 2003, 2022 Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 1991 Vanderbilt (4) 2000, 2003, 2014, 2017, 2024 Reisinger (7) 1993, 1994, 1995, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009 Spingold (9) 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2007 Senior Knockout Teams (1) 2016 United States Bridge Championships (9) Open Team Trials (9) 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2017
Runners-up
Bermuda Bowl (2) 1997, 2005 Rosenblum Cup 2010 North American Bridge Championships (15) Grand National Teams (1) 1983 Vanderbilt (4) 1996, 2002, 2018, 2019 Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (3) 1998, 1999, 2012 Spingold (2) 2011, 2012 Roth Open Swiss Teams (2) 2015, 2018 Senior Knockout Teams (2) 2017, 2018 Reisinger (1) 2014 United States Bridge Championships (1) Open Team Trials (1) 1997
References
External links
ACBL NABC Winners -Nick Nickell