Eunice Manya Rosen (September 6, 1930 – June 5, 2019) was an American

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player. She was married to fellow bridge champion

William Rosen William Albert Rosen (September 12, 1928, in Chicago, Illinois – April 7, 2019) was an American bridge player, best known for winning the 1954 Bermuda Bowl world championship. He started playing bridge while attending De Paul University. Rosen ...

. In 1958 and in 1966, Eunice and Bill won the Master Mixed Teams, now known as the

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tournament. In 2000, she won the

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playing with Joan Stein. Her impressive defensive bridge skills became widely regarded in the bridge community, resulting in a write-up in ''

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'' column covering one of her remarkable moves. In a 1982 New York Times column,

Alan Truscott Alan Fraser Truscott (16 April 1925 – 4 September 2005) was a British-American bridge player, writer, and editor. He wrote the daily bridge column for ''The New York Times'' for 41 years, from 1964 to 2005, and served as Executive Editor for th ...

called Eunice Rosen "one of the leading players in the game." Her parents were Samuel and Marion Berg. Eunice and William Rosen lived in

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. They had four children: Marc Jeremy Rosen, Marta Jane Freud, James David Rosen and Gary Andrew Rosen. Eunice Rosen died in

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on June 5, 2019, at the age of 88.

Wins

North American Bridge Championships North American Bridge Championships (NABC) are three annual contract bridge, bridge tournaments sponsored by the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL). The "Spring", "Summer", and "Fall" NABCs are usually scheduled in March, July, and November fo ...

(3) ** Master Mixed Teams (2) 1958, 1966 ** Women's Pairs (1) 2000

Runner-up

(1) ** Women's Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1972

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rosen, Eunice 1930 births 2019 deaths American contract bridge players Place of birth missing People from Highland Park, Illinois