Gail Harte Greenberg (born 1938) is a professional American bridge player from New York City. She has won major tournaments as Gail Shane, Gail Moss, and Gail Moss Greenberg. Sometime prior to the 2014 European and World meets (summer and October), she was one of 73 Women World Grand Masters, ranked about 40th by placing points that do not decay over time."Women World Grand Masters"
. WBF. Retrieved 2014-11-10. She married successively Steve Shane, Mike Moss and Jack Greenberg, and is the mother of Jill Levin and

Brad Moss Michael Brad Moss (born February 5, 1971) is an American bridge player from Berkeley, California and New York City. He is the son of Gail Greenberg. Bridge accomplishments Awards * ACBL King or Queen of Bridge (1) 1989 * ACBL Player of the Y ...

, all five being successful bridge players. Greenberg has participated in every thrice-annual North American Bridge Championships meet since 1966 and has won 17 NABC-rated events (sometimes called "national championships" in the US). She has won five world championships as a member of USA women teams including four from 1976 to 1984. In four of these wins she partnered Jacqui Mitchell. Greenberg was Inducted into the

ACBL Hall of Fame This list is a compilation of contract bridge players, writers, administrators and personalities who have been recognized for their skills, achievements or contributions to the game as identified by various specific sources. People recognized by ...

in 2013 as a recipient of the von Zedtwitz Award. In 1981–2 and 1983, she took part in '' Grand Slam'', two televised matches between teams representing the US and Britain, arranged by the BBC. The 1983 match was featured in a book that described her thus:

Gail Moss ... sometimes strays from orthodox ... Gail Moss is decidedly lively in her defensive play, always looking for the chance to attack, but there is the impression ... that
Jackie Mitchell Virne Beatrice "Jackie" Mitchell Gilbert (August 29, 1913 – January 7, 1987) was one of the first female pitchers in professional baseball history. She was 17 years old when she pitched for the Chattanooga Lookouts Class AA minor league b ...
ic/nowiki> has tempered her partner's exuberance with some sharp reproofs.

Bridge accomplishments

Awards and honors

* ACBL Hall of Fame, von Zedtwitz Award 2013"Induction by Year"
. ''Hall of Fame''. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-11-10.

Wins

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 ...

(2) 1976, 1978 World Team Championship Winners
/ref> * World Olympiad Women's Teams Championship (3) 1980, 1984, 1996 * North American Bridge Championships (16) ** Rockwell Mixed Pairs (2) 1978, 2008 **

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 ...

(3) 1975, 1977, 2005 ** Machlin Women's Swiss Teams (2) 1983, 1992 **

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) 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1983, 1990, 1993, 1995 ** Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 1972

Runners-up

(1) 1985 * North American Bridge Championships (10) ** Rockwell Mixed Pairs (1) 2011 **

(3) 1970, 1972, 1974 ** Machlin Women's Swiss Teams (2) 1985, 2001 **

(2) 1973, 1982 **

Sternberg Women's Board-a-Match Teams The Sternberg Women's Board-a-Match Teams bridge championship is held at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC) and is a four session board-a-match event, two qualifying sessions and two final sess ...

(2) 1986, 1988

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Greenberg, Gail 1938 births American contract bridge players Venice Cup players Sportspeople from New York City Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Date of birth missing (living people)