Nick Nickell




Nick Nickell

Frank T. "Nick" Nickell (born 1947) is an American bridge player. He graduated from the University of North Carolina, and lived in 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






  • 1 Bridge accomplishments


    • 1.1 Honors


    • 1.2 Awards


    • 1.3 Wins


    • 1.4 Runners-up




  • 2 References


  • 3 External links





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 (23)


    • von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (1) 2003 [5]


    • Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 1991 [6]


    • Vanderbilt (4) 2000, 2003, 2014, 2017[7]


    • Reisinger (7) 1993, 1994, 1995, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009 [8]


    • Spingold (9) 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2007 [9]


    • Senior Knockout Teams (1) 2016



  • United States Bridge Championships (9)

    • Open Team Trials (9) 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2017




Runners-up




  • Bermuda Bowl (2) 1997, 2005


  • North American Bridge Championships (14)


    • Grand National Teams (1) 1983 [10]


    • Vanderbilt (3) 1996, 2002, 2018 [7]


    • Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (3) 1998, 1999, 2012 [11]


    • Spingold (2) 2011, 2012 [9]


    • Roth Open Swiss Teams (2) 2015, 2018 [12][13]


    • Senior Knockout Teams (2) 2017, 2018


    • Reisinger (1) 2014



  • United States Bridge Championships (1)

    • Open Team Trials (1) 1997




References





  1. ^ Francis, Henry G., Editor-in-Chief; Truscott, Alan F., Executive Editor; Francis, Dorthy A., Editor, Fifth Edition (1994). The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (5th ed.). Memphis, TN: American Contract Bridge League. p. 702. ISBN 0-943855-48-9. LCCN 96188639.CS1 maint: Extra text: authors list (link).mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ ab "Induction by Year". Hall of Fame. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-12-21.


  3. ^
    "Nickell, Nick". Hall of Fame. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-12-21.


  4. ^ "Nickell Team {...}". United States Bridge Federation (usbf.org). Retrieved 2014-12-21.


  5. ^ "von Zedtwitz LM Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-06-18. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.


  6. ^ "Blue Ribbon Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2013-12-03. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.


  7. ^ ab "Vanderbilt Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-03-24. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.


  8. ^ "Reisinger Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2013-12-06. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.


  9. ^ ab "Spingold Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-07-21. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.


  10. ^ "GNT Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2009-07-24. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.


  11. ^ "Mitchell BAM Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2013-12-01. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.


  12. ^ Linxwiler, Paul; Monday, Sue (6 August 2018). "ACBL Daily Bulletin" (PDF). 90 (11): 2. Retrieved 15 November 2018.


  13. ^ "Roth Open Swiss Teams Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2018-08-03. p. 6. Retrieved 2018-11-15.




External links




  • Citation at the ACBL Hall of Fame


  • "International record for Nick Nickell". World Bridge Federation.
    Edit this at Wikidata

  • ACBL NABC Winners -Nick Nickell









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