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Ira Rubin (1930 – February 6, 2013) was an American professional contract bridge player. Rubin attended the Bronx High School of Science and later New York University. Rubin lived in Fair Lawn and resided in nearby Paramus for 35 years. Rubin learned to play bridge as a boy in the 1930s, from
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-speaking refugees at Lake Placid, which he visited with his mother, who was not a player. At age nine, he and friends made up bidding conventions. He started to play tournament bridge when he was in high school, and in his thirties became a full-time player, which he was able to pursue because of his wife's income from her occupation in speech pathology. Known as "the Beast" for his intense style of playing, he invented several bidding systems in the game of bridge. He won 23 contract bridge titles, including the Bermuda Bowl in 1976. Rubin died, aged 82, survived by three children and four grandchildren. He is buried at Mount Moriah Cemetery in Fairview, Bergen County, New Jersey. Rubin was inducted into the
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in 2000.


Bridge accomplishments


Honors

* ACBL Hall of Fame, 2000"Induction by Year"
''Hall of Fame''. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-12-16.


Awards

*
Fishbein Trophy The Fishbein Trophy is awarded to the player who wins the greatest number of masterpoints at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). History The Fishbein Trophy was donated by the ACBL in memo ...
(2) 1959, 1962 *
Herman Trophy The Goren Trophy (formerly the Herman Trophy) is awarded to the player who wins the greatest number of masterpoints at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). History The Herman Trophy was do ...
(1) 1970


Wins

* Bermuda Bowl (1) 1976 World Team Championship Winners
/ref> * North American Bridge Championships (19) **
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 **
Wernher Open Pairs The Wernher Open Pairs national bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). Typically starting on the Tuesday of the NABC, the Wernher Open Pairs is a four session ma ...
(3) 1958, 1961, 1962 ** Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 1970 **
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(1) 1961 ** Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (1) 1983 ** Vanderbilt (2) 1965, 1966 ** Reisinger (5) 1969, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979 ** Spingold (5) 1956, 1959, 1966, 1979, 1985


Runners-up

* Bermuda Bowl (2) 1966, 1977 * North American Bridge Championships **
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 ...
(3) 1954, 1955, 1963 **
Wernher Open Pairs The Wernher Open Pairs national bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). Typically starting on the Tuesday of the NABC, the Wernher Open Pairs is a four session ma ...
(1) 1955 **
Truscott Senior Swiss Teams The Truscott/USPC Senior Swiss Teams North American bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Truscott/USPC Senior Swiss Teams is a four session Swiss teams, t ...
(1) 2004 ** Vanderbilt (4) 1968, 1969, 1971, 1981 ** Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (2) 1976, 1980 ** Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 1957 ** Reisinger (1) 1965 ** Spingold (2) 1957, 1969


See also

*
List of Bronx High School of Science alumni The following is a list of notable people who attended the Bronx High School of Science. Science Nobel Prize-winning scientists The Bronx High School of Science counts eight Nobel Prize recipients as graduates. Seven of these Nobel laureates rec ...
* List of contract bridge people


References


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rubin, Ira 1930 births 2013 deaths American contract bridge players Bermuda Bowl players The Bronx High School of Science alumni New York University alumni People from Fair Lawn, New Jersey People from Paramus, New Jersey 20th-century American Jews Burials in New Jersey 21st-century American Jews Burials at Mount Moriah Cemetery (Fairview, New Jersey)