Harry J. Fishbein (April 18, 1897 – February 19, 1976) was an American bridge player and club owner. He used to be a professional basketball player. In competition, Fishbein was a runner-up for the world championship in the 1959 Bermuda Bowl, playing on the United States team in a three-way round-robin among Europe, North America, and South America representatives."9th World Team Championships" (1959). WBF. Retrieved 2014-11-05. Fishbein was "the presiding genius" of the famous Mayfair club [or Mayfair Bridge Club] for more than 20 years" – proprietor of the training ground of experts from 1943 to 1966. As of 1960 he was also ACBL Treasurer.
He developed the Fishbein convention as a defense against preemptive opening bids.
Biography He was born on April 18, 1898, in Manhattan, New York City. He died on February 19, 1976, at the New York Infirmary following a heart attack.
Legacy Fishbein was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2000.
He was a second cousin of the noted Orthodox Jewish scholar J.D. Eisenstein.
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Bridge accomplishments
Honors ACBL Hall of Fame, 2000"Induction by Year" . Hall of Fame. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-11-14.
Wins North American Bridge Championships (16) Master Individual (2) 1942, 1952 von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (2) 1939, 1940 Wernher Open Pairs (1) 1959 Hilliard Mixed Pairs (3) 1937, 1942, 1946 Vanderbilt (5) 1936, 1943, 1947, 1949, 1958 Marcus Cup (1) 1967 Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1965 Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 1947
Runners-up
Bermuda Bowl (1) 1959 North American Bridge Championships Master Individual (1) 1938 Silodor Open Pairs (2) 1959, 1968 Wernher Open Pairs (1) 1940 Nail Life Master Open Pairs (1) 1963 Open Pairs (1928-1962) (5) 1934, 1937, 1940, 1941, 1942 Masters Team of 4 (1) 1937 Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (3) 1952, 1953, 1960 Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (2) 1945, 1948 Reisinger (4) 1942, 1953, 1957, 1959 Spingold (3) 1943, 1945, 1958
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