Nick Nickell
Frank T. "Nick" Nickell (born 1947) is an American bridge player. He graduated from the University of North Carolina, and lived in from Raleigh, North Carolina, as of 1994.[1]
Nickell was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2008.[2] At the time he lived in New York City and led the private equity investment firm Kelso & Company.[3] He "now lives in New York most of the time" (2014).[4]
Nickell has created one of the most dominant Bridge teams of all time, winning 4 world championships and multiple North American Bridge Championships. He formed a successful partnership with Richard Freeman until Freeman's death and has since partnered with Ralph Katz. He has won both team events and pair events.
Nickell is an ACBL Grand Life Master.
Contents
Bridge accomplishments
Honors
- ACBL Hall of Fame, 2008[2]
Awards
- Fishbein Trophy (1) 1995
Wins
- Bermuda Bowl (4) 1995, 1999, 2003, 2009
- North American Bridge Championships (21)
- von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (1) 2003 [5]
- Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 1991 [6]
- Vanderbilt (3) 2000, 2003, 2014 [7]
- Reisinger (7) 1993, 1994, 1995, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009 [8]
- Spingold (9) 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2007 [9]
Runners-up
- Bermuda Bowl (2) 1997, 2005
- North American Bridge Championships
- Grand National Teams (1) 1983 [10]
- Vanderbilt (2) 1996, 2002 [7]
- Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (3) 1998, 1999, 2012 [11]
- Spingold (2) 2011, 2012 [9]
References
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- Citation at the ACBL Hall of Fame
- Nick Nickell international record at the World Bridge Federation.
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Induction by Year". Hall of Fame. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-12-21.
- ↑ "Nickell, Nick". Hall of Fame. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-12-21.
- ↑ "Nickell Team {...}". United States Bridge Federation (usbf.org). Retrieved 2014-12-21.
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