Hilliard Mixed Pairs
Introduction The '''Hilliard Mixed Pairs''' national bridge championship was last held at the spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).
History This was the original national mixed pairs event. It was contested at the summer NABC the first two years. It moved to the fall NABC in 1933 until it was replaced by the Rockwell Mixed Pairs in 1946.However, it continued to be contested at Bridge Week until 1957.It was contested at the newly created Spring NABC from 1958 to 1962.
Winners When this was the premier event for mixed pairs, before 1946, no pair defended its title successfully, or even won the trophy twice. Only a few players won it twice. Two pairs did win the Hilliard trophy more than once after it was downgraded in status: Kay and James Dunn, three times, Helen and Morris Portugal twice, all during the five-year span 1951 to 1955.Mary Jane and Arnold Kauder won in 1949 and finished second in 1950 and 1957.Married couples did not generally dominate the event, however.All listings are "ladies first".+ Hilliard Mixed Pairs, 1931 to 1962 Year  Winners  Runners-up  1931   Mrs. Jay S. Jones Jr., Lewis R. Ayres  Elinor Murdoch, Oswald Jacoby 1932  Frances B. Newman, Charles Lochridge  Mrs. Evelyn C. Kaiser, B. Jay Becker 1933  Margaret Wagar, Fred Levy  Helen White, J. C. McClelland 1934    Mrs. Theodore Greenbaum, Richard Kahn    Sally Young, Charles Goren 1935  Hortense Evans, Louis J. Haddad  Florence Stratford, Maury J. Glick 1936  Mrs. D. M. Healy, Wingate Bixby  Mrs. L. Heiner, Arthur Glatt 1937  Mrs. Sam Rush, Harry Fishbein  Mrs. H. E. Latter, Jesse Slutt 1938  Mrs. Sam Rush, Fred Kaplan  Lottie Zetosch, Robert Appleyard 1939  Florence Stratford, Lewis H. Fremont  Louise Wainwright, Oswald Jacoby 1940  Sally Young, Sidney Silodor  Helen Sobel, Robert A. McPherran 1941  Vera Glick, Jeff Glick  Ann Bryant, Harry Feinberg 1942  Ruth Sherman, Harry Fishbein  Olive Peterson, John R. Crawford 1943  Olive Peterson, Charles Goren  Peggy Golder, Charles J. Solomon 1944  Helen Sobel, Sidney Silodor  Josephine Gutman, Peter Leventritt 1945  Margaret Wagar, John R. Crawford  Marjorie Perlmutter, Irving Deuter  After 1945 this Hilliard Trophy event was replaced as North American mixed pairs championship by the Rockwell Mixed Pairs. 1946  Paula Bacher, Harry Fishbein    Mrs. Norman Perlstein, Norman Perlstein   1947  Betty Bysshe, Meyer Schleifer  Helen Cale, Jack Ehrlenbach 1948  Verna Leonard, E. Miller  Harriet Rethers, Dan Westerfield 1949  Mary Jane Kauder, Arnold Kauder  Mrs. H. J. Murphy, H. J. Murphy 1950  Venita Street, Robert Street  Mary Jane Kauder, Arnold Kauder 1951  Helen Portugal, Morris Portugal  Allyn G. Whitehead, Dan Westerfield 1952  Kay Dunn, James Dunn  Malvine Klausner, Edward Frischauer 1953  Helen Portugal, Morris Portugal  Mrs. Harry Bierman, Harry Bierman 1954  Kay Dunn, James Dunn  Mrs. M. Lorber, E. Hatcher 1955  Kay Dunn, James Dunn  Hortense Evans, Barry Crane 1956  Ruth Million, John Hancock  Jan Stone, Tobias Stone 1957 Marilyn Johnson, Bob Adams  Mary Jane Kauder, Arnold Kauder  After 1957 the Hilliard Trophy event was restored to North American championship status, but secondary to the Rockwell. 1958  Phyllis Novak, John Gerber  Jane Clunie, Dr. William A. Clunie 1959  Mary Jane Farell, Al Roth  2/3.Eugenie Mathe, Lew Mathe 2/3.Clara Watanabe, Ivan Erdos 1960  Shirlee Harris, Ed Rosen  Mrs. Benton Brandon, John E. Simon 1961  Carol Sanders, Tommy Sanders  Hermine Baron, Robert F. Jordan 1962  1/2.Shirlee Harris, Ed Rosen 1/2.Jesse Cook, Grant Marsee
See also * Rockwell Mixed Pairs, successor as premier event
Sources * * "Search Results: Mixed Pairs (Hilliard)". 1931 to 1962.ACBL. Visit  "NABC Winners"; select a Discontinued NABC. Retrieved 2014-06-04.