Albert George Dormer (1925 – 18 March 2014) was an

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bridge player, writer and administrator.

Biography

He won the Gold Cup in 1958 and 1963, and the World Senior Pairs in 1990 partnered by Alan Hiron. During his career as a bridge journalist he spent a period as bridge editor for ''

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'', and was editor of ''British Bridge World'', ''World Bridge News'' and the ''International Bridge Press Association Bulletin''. He was also a contributing editor of ''

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''. He wrote ten books, all but one in collaboration with

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. He was the Executive Assistant to the

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(WBF) President from 1982 to 1986."Albert Dormer". ''English Bridge''. June 2014. p. 23. Dormer was the

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correspondent at world bridge championships during the 1970s and 1980s, and bridge correspondent of ''The Times'' for four years from 1990. He was the International Bridge Press Association (IBPA) Personality of the Year in 1981.

Books

* ''The Acol System Today'',

and Albert Dormer, Edward Arnold Publishers, 1961 * ''Bridge for Tournament Players'', Terence Reese and Albert Dormer, Robert Hale Ltd, 1968, * ''Play of the Cards'', Terence Reese and Albert Dormer, Penguin Books, 1971, * ''How to Play a Good Game of Bridge'', Terence Reese and Albert Dormer, Macmillan, 1971, * ''The Complete Book of Bridge'', Terence Reese and Albert Dormer, Faber & Faber, 1974, * ''Powerhouse Hands'', Albert Dormer, Robert Hale Ltd, 1976, * ''Bridge: The Acol System of Bidding'', Terence Reese and Albert Dormer, Robert Hale Ltd, 1979, * ''The Bridge Player's Alphabetical Handbook'', Terence Reese and Albert Dormer, Faber & Faber, 1981, * ''Dormer on Deduction (Master Bridge Series)'', Albert Dormer, Orion, 1995, * ''The New Complete Book of Bridge (Master Bridge Series)'', Terence Reese, Albert Dormer and

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, Orion, 1996,

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