Louis Edward Bluhm (March 22, 1940 – April 5, 1990) was an American

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player. He played bridge professionally and was an expert at both poker and gin rummy, according to the

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(ACBL). Bluhm, an accountant, was born in

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, but lived in

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for 25 years. He attended Valparaiso University. He served in the

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during the Vietnam War and was stationed at Myrtle Beach Air Force Base, South Carolina. He died at Williamson Medical Center in Franklin, Tennessee in 1990, at age 50. Bluhm was inducted into the

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in 2000. The ACBL Distinguished Player Award had been "originated for him".

Bridge accomplishments

Honors

*ACBL Hall of Fame, 2000"Induction by Year"
''Hall of Fame''. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-12-22.

Wins

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 ...

(9) **

Silodor Open Pairs The Silodor Open Pairs national bridge championship is held at the spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Silodor Open Pairs is a four session matchpoint (MP) pairs event with two qualifying ...

(1) 1984 ** Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 1977 **

Nail Life Master Open Pairs The Nail Life Master Open Pairs is a North American bridge championship held at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The championship is a Matchpoints pairs event restricted to players with a ...

(1) 1987 ** Vanderbilt (2) 1979, 1989 ** Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1977 ** Reisinger (1) 1972 **

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) 1974, 1977

Runners-up

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) 1983 ** Vanderbilt (2) 1978, 1986 ** Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (3) 1973, 1983, 1987 **

(1) 1988

References

External links

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Louis E. Bluhm gravesite
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bluhm, Lou 1940 births 1990 deaths American contract bridge players People from Atlanta People from Muskegon Heights, Michigan Valparaiso University alumni United States Air Force airmen