Mark Lair
{{short description|American bridge player}}
Mark Lair (born 1947) is a professional American bridge player from Canyon, Texas.{{OEB|7CD|31}}
Lair is ranked 5th all-time on the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) Top 500 listings with over 77,000 masterpoints (as of January 18 2025).[https://web3.acbl.org/mpraces/?year=2018&race=500&showDeceased=Y ACBL Top 500 listing at the ACBL official website] He is an ACBL Grand Life Master and World Bridge Federation (WBF) World Life Master; he was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2009.
Bridge accomplishments
=Honors=
- ACBL Hall of Fame, 2009[http://www.acbl.org/about-acbl/hall-of-fame/induction-by-year "Induction by Year"]. Hall of Fame. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-12-16.
- Honorary lifetime appointment to the ACBL Goodwill Committee, 1997
=Awards=
- Fishbein Trophy (1) 1986
- Barry Crane Trophy (1) 1990Awarded annually to the winner of the ACBL total masterpoint race. Reference: {{OEB|7CD|350}}
- Herman Trophy (1) 1994List of previous Herman Trophy winners, {{Citation |title=Daily Bulletin |volume=81 |issue=6 |date=November 26, 2008 |url=http://cdn.acbl.org/nabc/2008/03/bulletins/db6.pdf |format=PDF }}, pages 16–17.
=Wins=
- World Championships (2)
- The d'Orsi Seniors Trophy - Seniors Teams, 2015, Chennai, India[http://www.worldbridge.org/competitions/wbf-championships/world-bridge-teams-championships/dorsi-seniors-trophy/#2015-chennai-india World Bridge Federation (WBF) 2015 tournament results]
- The Rand Cup - Seniors Teams, 2018, Orlando, FL, USA [http://championships.worldbridge.org/orlandows18 World Bridge Federation (WBF) 2018 tournament results]
- North American Bridge Championships (22)
- Blue Ribbon Pairs (2) 1984, 1994 {{cite news
|title=Blue Ribbon Winners
|publisher=American Contract Bridge League
|url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db5.pdf
|page=5
|date=2013-12-03
|access-date=2014-10-17
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021164044/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db5.pdf
|archive-date=2014-10-21
}}
- Reisinger (2) 1988, 1992 {{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
|access-date=2014-10-17
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163719/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db8.pdf
|archive-date=2014-10-21
}}
- Spingold (2) 1986, 1989 {{cite news
|title=Spingold Previous Winners
|publisher=American Contract Bridge League
|url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db4.pdf
|page=12
|date=2014-07-21
|access-date=2014-10-17
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163711/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db4.pdf
|archive-date=2014-10-21
}}
- Vanderbilt (3) 1979, 1997, 1998 {{cite news
|title=Vanderbilt Previous Winners
|publisher=American Contract Bridge League
|url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db4.pdf
|page=6
|date=2014-03-24
|access-date=2014-10-17
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163636/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db4.pdf
|archive-date=2014-10-21
}}
- Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (2) 1991, 2000 {{cite news
|title=Jacoby Open Swiss Previous Winners
|publisher=American Contract Bridge League
|url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db9.pdf
|page=9
|date=2014-03-29
|access-date=2014-10-17
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163816/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db9.pdf
|archive-date=2014-10-21
}}
- Truscott Senior Swiss Teams (1) 2008 {{cite news
|title=Trustcott/USPC Swiss Previous Winners
|publisher=American Contract Bridge League
|url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db5.pdf
|page=7
|date=2014-07-22
|access-date=2014-10-17
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021050535/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db5.pdf
|archive-date=2014-10-21
}}
- Senior Knockout Teams (1) 2009 {{cite news
|title=Baze Seniors Swiss Previous Winners
|publisher=American Contract Bridge League
|url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db1.pdf
|page=8
|date=2013-11-29
|access-date=2014-10-17
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021045907/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db1.pdf
|archive-date=2014-10-21
}}
|title=Keohane Swiss Teams Winners
|publisher=American Contract Bridge League
|url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db8.pdf
|page=4
|date=2013-12-06
|access-date=2014-10-17
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163719/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db8.pdf
|archive-date=2014-10-21
}}
- Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (4) 1986, 1988, 1993, 2024 {{cite news
|title=Mitchell BAM Winners
|publisher=American Contract Bridge League
|url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db3.pdf
|page=8
|date=2013-12-01
|access-date=2014-10-17
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163618/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db3.pdf
|archive-date=2014-10-21
}}
- Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (4) 1977, 1978, 1979, 1990 {{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
|access-date=2014-10-17
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163650/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db7.pdf
|archive-date=2014-10-21
}}
=Runners-up=
- North American Bridge Championships
- Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 1972
- Reisinger (6) 1978, 1980, 1990, 1993, 1994, 2000
- Spingold (1) 1994
- Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (2) 1984, 2005
- Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1995
References
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External links
- {{ACBLhof|lair-mark}} – with video interview
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Category:American contract bridge players
Category:People from Canyon, Texas