Paul Herbert Hodge (March 24, 1910 – December 26, 1976)"Hodge, Paul" . Hall of Fame. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-11-28. was an American bridge player.
Hodge was originally from Meers, Oklahoma and grew up in Norman. He attended the University of Oklahoma, earning a bachelor's degree and then a law degree. After 10 years working as an attorney in Oklahoma, he moved to Abilene, Texas, where he lived for 21 years. He worked as an attorney until 1967, when he moved to Houston and set up a bridge club. He died in a hospital in Houston after a four-month illness. Hodge was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2010.
Bridge accomplishments
Honors
ACBL Hall of Fame, 2010"Induction by Year" . Hall of Fame. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-11-28.
Awards
Fishbein Trophy (1) 1955 Herman Trophy (2) 1954, 1956
Wins
North American Bridge Championships (9) von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (1) 1955 Rockwell Mixed Pairs (1) 1953 Open Pairs (1928-1962) (2) 1954, 1956 Marcus Cup (1) 1955 Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (2) 1953, 1956 Reisinger (2) 1955, 1964
Runners-up
Bermuda Bowl (1) 1961 North American Bridge Championships Wernher Open Pairs (2) 1957, 1960 Vanderbilt (1) 1959 Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1960 Reisinger (3) 1956, 1957, 1959 Spingold (1) 1967
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