Marilyn Johnson
{{short description|American bridge player}}
{{for|the author|Marilyn Johnson (author)}}
Marilyn Kinsman Johnson (February 18, 1928 – October 31, 2007)Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014; Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration. was an American bridge player from Houston, Texas.{{OEB|5|658}} She won three world championships, one at women pairs and two at women teams, all in partnership with Mary Jane Farell. Farell and Johnson also won the North American von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs in 1978, which no other pair of women has done (1930 to 2014).
Johnson, a native of Rutland, Vermont, majored in chemistry at Wellesley College and worked 33 years for Shell Oil. She died in Houston, aged 79.{{cite news|last1=Alder|first1=Phillip|title=Recalling a Champion Who Still Has Lessons to Share|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/17/crosswords/17CARD.html|accessdate=July 4, 2017|work=The New York Times|date=January 17, 2008}}
Bridge accomplishments
=Wins=
|title=von Zedtwitz LM Previous Winners
|publisher=American Contract Bridge League
|url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db1.pdf
|page=6
|date=2014-06-18
|accessdate=2014-10-17
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163438/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db1.pdf
|archivedate=2014-10-21
}}
- Rockwell Mixed Pairs (2) 1968, 1973 {{cite news
|title=Rockwell Mixed Pairs Previous Winners
|publisher=American Contract Bridge League
|url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db5.pdf
|page=8
|date=2014-03-25
|accessdate=2014-10-17
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163529/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db5.pdf
|archivedate=2014-10-21
}}
- Hilliard Mixed Pairs (1) 1957 {{cite news
| title = Mixed Pairs Previous Winners
| author =
| publisher = American Contract Bridge League
| url =
| page =
| date =
}} {{full|date=January 2015}}
- Wagar Women's Knockout Teams (4) 1970, 1974, 1975, 1976 {{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
}}
=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 (1) 1973
- Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 1969 {{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
External links
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- {{findagrave|137894083}}
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Category:American contract bridge players