William Eisenberg (September 5, 1937 – July 13, 2025) was an American bridge and backgammon professional.
Biography Eisenberg was born on September 5, 1937.The 1st World Mind Sports Games . info.2008wmsg.chinaqiyuan.com
In bridge, Eisenberg won five Bermuda Bowl world team titles and he won the backgammon world title in 1975. Eisenberg was World Bridge Federation (WBF) and American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) Grand Life Master. He lived in Boca Raton, Florida, as of 1994 and 1998.
Eisenberg was from New York City in 1968, when the Dallas businessman Ira Corn hired him as an original member of the first full-time professional bridge team, the Dallas Aces. He left the team and moved from Texas to California in 1971.
Eisenberg died on July 13, 2025, at the age of 87.
Bridge accomplishments
Honors ACBL Hall of Fame, 1998"Induction by Year" . Hall of Fame. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-12-16.
Wins Bermuda Bowl (5) 1970, 1971, 1976, 1977, 1979 North American Bridge Championships (14) Vanderbilt (2) 1971, 1978 Spingold (2) 1969, 1973 Reisinger (2) 1970, 1976 Grand National Teams (2) 1974, 1976 Men's Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1968 North American Swiss Teams (1) 2001 Senior Knockout Teams (3) 1995, 1996, 1999 Life Master Pairs (1) 1968 United States Bridge Championships (7) Open Team Trials (5) 1969, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1979 (Jan) Senior Team Trials (2) 2005, 2008 Other notable wins: Cap Gemini Pandata World Top Invitational Pairs (1) 1991 Maccabiah Games (1) 1981
Runners-up Bermuda Bowl (1) 1975 World Senior Teams (1) 1994 North American Bridge Championships (15) Vanderbilt (6) 1966, 1970, 1973, 1976, 1983, 1989 Spingold (2) 1970, 1999 Reisinger (3) 1968, 1981, 1983 Men's Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1969 Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (1) 1993 Senior Knockout Teams (1) 2001 Men's Pairs (1) 1981 United States Bridge Championships (3) Open Team Trials (1) 1973 Open Pair Trials (1) 1968 Senior Team Trials (1) 2001 Other notable 2nd places: Cavendish Invitational Teams (1) 1985 Cavendish Invitational Pairs (1) 1976
Bibliography Kent Goulding, Backgammon with the Champions (Kensington, MD: KG Publications), volume 1, 1981 ; volume 2, 1982 Each volume covers Eisenberg in at least one match. "Series of annotated matches between good players. ... Commentary by Goulding, often in collaboration with Kit Woolsey." In particular, volume 1, number 1 was originally published as a booklet: "Paul Magriel vs. Billy Eisenberg: American Open Backgammon Championship, Las Vegas, Nevada, November 1979. Round 4, 15-point match (iv+42 pages)."
References
External links – with video interviews