District 8's Gallery of Champions

Our District is the smallest in ACBL, but over the years, we've had our share of players who have made national headlines. Here's the current roster of national champions (and one world junior champion) who live in District 8 or lived here when they won their championships.

  Open North American Championships  (unlimited masterpoints)

David Carter, St. Louis (1906-1989)

   1st:  Men's Teams (1950), Life Master Pairs (1954), Men's Pairs (1957)

   2nd:  Spingold Teams (1953, 1954 & 1962), Open Pairs (1946, 1953 & 1954), Men's Pairs (1960)

   Winner of the 1954 McKenney Trophy

   Inventor of Two-Way Stayman and Texas Transfer conventions

Larry Kolker (photo), Jerry & Carolyn Levitt, Garrett Nash & George deRuntz, St. Louis

   1st:  Vanderbilt Teams (1962)

 

Lynne Feldman, Champaign IL

   1st:  Master Mixed Teams (1979), Women's Swiss Teams (1986), Women's Board-a-Match Teams (1988)

   2nd:  Women's KO Teams (1985), Women's Board-a-Match Teams (1987 & 1994)

Bob Carteaux, Fort Wayne IN

   1st:  Senior KO Teams (1997)

   Attained rank of Grand Life Master, 2006

Roger Lord &
Alan Popkin,
St. Louis

   1st:  Silver Ribbon Senior Pairs (2002)

Tom Kniest, St. Louis &
Karen Walker,
Champaign IL

   1st:  Mixed Pairs (2006)

   2nd:  Life Master Pairs (1986), Mixed Board-a-Match Teams (1995), North American Open Pairs (1999)

  Other NABC Championships  (events with restricted masterpoint limits)

Will Engel, Freeport IL &
Jim Melville,
Springfield IL

   1st:  Mini-Spingold 0-5000 Teams (2006)

   2nd:  0-5000 Life Master Pairs (2005)

Chris Patrias, St. Louis

   1st:  National Senior/Advanced Senior Master Pairs (1972)

  College & Junior Championships

Justin Graver, Dennis Carney, Brian Blackmore & Michael Steigmann (University of Illinois, Champaign)

   1st:  North American College Team Championship (1988)
   Steigmann also won the 1994 College Championship playing for Harvard University.

Jason Feldman, Champaign IL

   1st:  World Junior Team Championships (2006)


 Bob Ewen & Darrell Penrod, University of Illinois (Champaign)

    1st:  North American College Pairs (1963)