Merwin D. "Jimmy" Maier (August 14, 1908 – February 15, 1942) was an American attorney and bridge player from New York City. He was a member of the Four Aces from 1937 until his death from an unknown virus in New York in 1942.
Maier was born into a Jewish family in Manhattan,Merwin D Maier in the New York, New York, Birth Index, 1878-1909 the son of Julius Maier and Lydia B. Maier. All four of his grandparents emigrated from Germany.New York, New York, Manhattan Assembly District in 1920 United States census. He attended Columbia Law School and was an editor on the Columbia Law Review.
He died at age 33 after suffering from an illness for two months. Maier was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2004.
Bridge accomplishments
Honors
ACBL Hall of Fame, 2004"Induction by Year". Hall of Fame. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-11-13. With linked citations.
Wins
North American Bridge Championships (9) Masters Individual (1) 1939 von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (1) 1941 Wernher Open Pairs (1) 1940 Vanderbilt (2) 1937, 1938 Spingold (2) 1935, 1937 Spingold (2) 1938, 1939
Runners-up
North American Bridge Championships Masters Individual (1) 1936 Vanderbilt (2) 1935, 1941 Masters Team of 4 (1) 1936 Reisinger (2) 1934, 1939 Spingold (1) 1941
See also Four Aces
References
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