The Goren Trophy (formerly the Herman Trophy) is awarded to the player who wins the greatest number of masterpoints at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).
History
The Herman Trophy was donated in 1951 by Sally Lipton, formerly Mrs. Lou Herman, in memory of Lou Herman (1908–1950), a Houston jeweler who was ACBL Life Master #218. Mrs. Lipton was a member of the ACBL office staff in New York and an ACBL tournament director. In 2008, the trophy was renamed the Goren Trophy to honor one of the game's greatest contributors, Charles Goren.
Herman Trophy winners
Boldface numerals represent a record-breaking number of masterpoints.
+ Herman TrophyList of previous Herman Trophy winners, , pages 16–17. Year Winner Masterpoints 1952 Al Roth n/a 1953 John Crawford n/a 1954 Paul Hodge n/a 1955 Milton Ellenby n/a 1956 Paul Hodge n/a 1957 Lew Mathe n/a 1958 Sylvia Stein n/a 1959 Mort Rubinow n/a 1960 Oswald Jacoby n/a 1961 Phil Feldesman n/a 1962 Marshall Miles n/a 1963 Eric Murray 211 1964 Harold Rockaway 180 1965 Mike Lawrence 211 1966 Charles Coon 144 1967 Sami Kehela 155 1968 Henry Bethe 144 1969 Sylvia Stein 150 1970 Ira Rubin, Chuck Burger 154 1971 John Grantham 150 1972 Steve Robinson 181 1973 Larry T. Cohen 207 1974 Fred Hamilton 202 1975 Walt Walvick 171 1976 Paul Soloway 199 1977 John Mohan 160 1978 Bob Hamman 165 1979 Bobby Levin 233 1980 Jeff Meckstroth 225 1981 Chip Martel 225 1982 Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell 191 1983 Marty Bergen 233 1984 Grant Baze 200 1985 Eric Rodwell 364.75 1986 Kit Woolsey, Ed Manfield 211.55 1987 Jill Meyers 176.00 1988 Bob Hamman 269.55 1989 Mark Molson 253.71 1990 Eddie Wold 276.26 1991 David Berkowitz 356.65 1992 Haig Tchamitch 201.66 1993 Bob Hamman 355.13 1994 Mark Lair 365.06 1995 Jeff Meckstroth 407.77 1996 Michael Rosenberg 445.77 1997 Bart Bramley, Sidney Lazard 320.31 1998 Eric Rodwell 328.59 1999 Geir Helgemo 449.37 2000 George Jacobs 365.22 2001 George Jacobs, Alfredo Versace 333.75 2002 Dan Morse 388.81 2003 Geoff Hampson 374.79 2004 Jeff Meckstroth 381.16 2005 Zia Mahmood 416.88 2006 Drew Casen, Jim Krekorian 334.13 2007 Lew Stansby 375.28
Goren Trophy winners Boldface numerals represent a record-breaking number of masterpoints. + Goren Trophy Year Winner Masterpoints 2008 Eric Rodwell2008 winner. 623.75 * 2009 Jeff Meckstroth2009 winner. 377.66 2010 Steve Garner2010 winners. 326.20 2011 James Cayne, Michael Seamon2011 winners. 378.63 2012 Zia Mahmood2012 winner. 348.08 2013 Agustin Madala2013 winner. 402.22 2014 Allan Graves, Richard Schwartz2014 winners. 377.02 2015 Boguslaw Gierulski, Ron Pachtmann, Jerzy Skrzypczak, Piotr Zatorski2015 winners. 375.94 2016 Eric Greco2016 winner. 382.88 2017 Joe Grue2017 winner. 266.10 2018 Joe Grue2018 winner. 422.31 2019 Sjoert Brink, Bas Drijver, Jacek Kalita, Michal Nowosadzki, Jacek Pszczoła2019 winner. 400.00 2020 no winner (cancelled due to COVID-19) 2021 Geoff Hampson2021 winner. 356.88 2022 Simon Cope, Kevin Rosenberg2022 winners. 404.00
See also Mott-Smith Trophy Fishbein Trophy
References
External links NABC results at the ACBL official website