Kay Rhodes
{{Short description|American bridge player (1910–1996)}}
Kathryn Mary "Kay" Rhodes (March 22, 1910 – June 19, 1996) was an American bridge player of New York City and later Rohnert Park, California.{{OEB|5|718}}
Rhodes was born in Washington, DC, on March 22, 1910, to parents with surnames Vandekoolwyk (father) and Friesman. She died in Sonoma, California, on June 19, 1996.
Rhodes teamed with three other women—Paula Bacher (later Ribner), Jane Jaeger, and Sally Young—in the 1947 National Board-a-Match Teams championship, played for the Chicago Trophy (now the Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams or simply the Reisinger). They shared the title with two other teams and it remains the only win, albeit shared, for any all-women team in North America's three major open {{gcb|team|teams-of-four}} tournaments—Reisinger, Spingold, and Vanderbilt.[https://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/03/arts/bridge-the-last-survivor-of-a-team-with-a-special-distinction.html "BRIDGE: The Last Survivor of a team with a special distinction"]. Alan Truscott. The New York Times. July 3, 2004. Retrieved 2014-11-15.
Rhodes and Margaret Wagar won the Whitehead Women's Pairs four years in succession, 1955 to 1958.
Bridge accomplishments
=Wins=
- North American Bridge Championships (6)
- Whitehead Women's Pairs (5) 1949, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958
- Reisinger (1) 1947 {{cite news
|title=Reisinger Winners
|publisher=American Contract Bridge League
|url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db8.pdf
|page=6
|date=2013-12-06
|accessdate=2014-10-17
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163719/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db8.pdf
|archivedate=2014-10-21
}}
=Runners-up=
|title=Whitehead Previous Winners
|publisher=American Contract Bridge League
|url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db7.pdf
|page=5
|date=2014-03-27
|accessdate=2014-10-17
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163800/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db7.pdf
|archivedate=2014-10-21
}}
- Wagar Women's Knockout Teams (7) 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958 {{cite news
|title=Wagar Previous Winners
|publisher=American Contract Bridge League
|url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db4.pdf
|page=10
|date=2014-07-21
|accessdate=2014-10-17
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163711/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db4.pdf
|archivedate=2014-10-21
}}
- Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 1942 {{cite news
|title=Mixed BAM Previous Winners
|publisher=American Contract Bridge League
|url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db7.pdf
|page=14
|date=2014-07-24
|accessdate=2014-10-17
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163650/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db7.pdf
|archivedate=2014-10-21
}}
References
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{{cite web|last1=Rhodes|first1=Kathryn Mary|title=California, Death Index, 1940-1997|url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VP3D-654|publisher=Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento|accessdate=2014-10-30}}
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Category:American contract bridge players
Category:Game players from New York City
Category:People from Rohnert Park, California
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