Edith Freilich née Seamon (September 8, 1911 - May 14, 2011) was an American

bridge A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or rail) without blocking the way underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, which is usually somethi ...

player, "one of the world's greatest female bridge players". As a player in important tournaments, she was also known as Edith Seligman, Edith Kemp, and Edith Kemp Freilich. Among women, she is second to

Helen Sobel Smith Helen Elizabeth Sobel Smith (''née'' Martin; May 22, 1909 – September 11, 1969) was an American bridge player. She is said to have been the "greatest woman bridge player of all time" and "may well have been the most brilliant card player of ...

for winning the greatest number of

North American Bridge Championships North American Bridge Championships (NABC) are three annual bridge tournaments sponsored by the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL). The "Spring", "Summer", and "Fall" NABCs are usually scheduled in March, July, and November for about eleven da ...

. She was from

Miami Beach, Florida Miami Beach is a coastal resort city in Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was incorporated on March 26, 1915. The municipality is located on natural and artificial island, man-made barrier islands between the Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay, the ...

. Edith Seamon was raised in

South Orange, New Jersey South Orange, officially the Township of South Orange Village, is a suburban township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the village's population was 16,198, reflecting a decline of 766 (4.5%) fro ...

. Her brother,

Billy Seamon William Edward Seamon (October 19, 1917 – April 25, 1992)''Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014''. Social Security Administration. was an American bridge player. Seamon was born in Newark, New Jersey. He lived for years in Miami Beach, Florid ...

, and sister, Anne Burnstein, also became leading bridge players. Freilich won the top two KO events on the ACBL calendar, the Vanderbilt and Spingold, in 1963. In 1984, her team won the Wagar. Freilich was inducted into the

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in 1997. Freilich died in Miami on May 14, 2011.

Bridge accomplishments

Honors

* ACBL Hall of Fame, 1997"Induction by Year"
''Hall of Fame''. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-12-21.

Wins

(30) **

Whitehead Women's Pairs The Whitehead Women's Pairs bridge championship is held at the spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Whitehead Women's Pairs is a four-session matchpoint (MP) pairs event with two qualifying ...

(7) 1941, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1966, 1979, 1986 **

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(1) 1943 **

Smith Life Master Women's Pairs The Smith Life Master Women's Pairs North American bridge championship is held at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Smith Life Master Women's Pairs is a four session MP pairs event, two ...

(3) 1977, 1979, 1981 **

Machlin Women's Swiss Teams The Machlin Women's Swiss Teams North American bridge championship is held at the spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Machlin Women's Swiss Teams is a four-session Swiss Teams event with tw ...

(1) 1982 ** Vanderbilt (1) 1963 **

Wagar Women's Knockout Teams The Wagar Women's Knockout Teams national bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Wagar Women's Knockout Teams is a knock-out team event. The event is restric ...

(8) 1951, 1962, 1965, 1969, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984 **

Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match The Mixed Board-a-Match Teams is a bridge competition held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). From 2010 the event is officially the Freeman Mixed Board-a-Match Teams, as it is contested ...

(5) 1947, 1952, 1953, 1957, 1974 **

Reisinger The Reisinger national bridge championship is held at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Reisinger is a board-a-match event. History The event is contested for the Reisinger Trophy ( ...

(2) 1946, 1952 **

Spingold The Spingold national bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Spingold is a knock-out team event that attracts the top contract bridge players in the world. T ...

(2) 1953, 1963

Runners-up

Venice Cup The Venice Cup is a biennial world championship contract bridge tournament for national of Women. It is contested every odd-number year under the auspices of the World Bridge Federation (WBF), alongside the Bermuda Bowl (Open) and d'Orsi Bowl (S ...

(1) 1982 *

von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs The Von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs national bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). Usually called simply the "Life Master Pairs" or "LM Pairs", this is a six-ses ...

(1) 1962 **

(2) 1957, 1978 **

(4) 1962, 1973, 1974, 1980 **

Grand National Teams The Grand National Teams (GNT) North American bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Grand National Teams is a team knockout event. The event is broken into ...

(1) 1980 ** Vanderbilt (1) 1960 **

(4) 1948, 1955, 1971, 1996 **

(4) 1942, 1945, 1948, 1964 **

(1) 1964 **

(1) 1972

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Freilich, Edith 2011 deaths American contract bridge players Venice Cup players People from South Orange, New Jersey People from Miami Beach, Florida 1911 births Place of birth missing