Lewis Lawrence Mathe (March 27, 1915 – March 10, 1986)U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 was an American world champion bridge player and administrator from Canoga Park, California.
Mathe, a native of New York, served in the Army during World War II; he enlisted two days before the attack on Pearl Harbor. U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946. Department of Veterans Affairs. He died in Los Angeles in 1986.State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics. He was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 1997.
Bridge accomplishments
Honors
ACBL Hall of Fame, 1997"Induction by Year" . Hall of Fame. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-12-20.
Awards
Herman Trophy (1) 1957 Mott-Smith Trophy (3) 1959, 1964, 1967
Wins
Bermuda Bowl (1) 1954 World Team Championship Winners North American Bridge Championships (19) von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (2) 1963, 1967 Rockwell Mixed Pairs (1) 1971 Silodor Open Pairs (1) 1959 Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 1964 Open Pairs (1928-1962) (1) 1957 Vanderbilt (3) 1964, 1966, 1967 Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (3) 1957, 1962, 1970 Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 1970 Reisinger (4) 1959, 1960, 1962, 1971 Spingold (2) 1953, 1954
Runners-up
Bermuda Bowl (3) 1955, 1962, 1966 North American Bridge Championships Silodor Open Pairs (2) 1964, 1967 Wernher Open Pairs (1) 1961 Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 1967 Hilliard Mixed Pairs (1) 1959 Nail Life Master Open Pairs (1) 1982 Vanderbilt (1) 1963 Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1972 Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (2) 1953, 1975 Reisinger (1) 1966 Spingold (2) 1971, 1974
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