Mark Lair (born 1947) is a professional American

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player from

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. Lair is ranked 5th all-time on the

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(ACBL) Top 500 listings with over 77,000 masterpoints (as of January 18 2025). He is an ACBL Grand Life Master and World Bridge Federation (WBF) World Life Master; he was inducted into the

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in 2009.

Bridge accomplishments

Honors

* ACBL Hall of Fame, 2009"Induction by Year"
''Hall of Fame''. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-12-16. * Honorary lifetime appointment to the ACBL Goodwill Committee, 1997

Awards

Fishbein Trophy The Fishbein Trophy is awarded to the player who wins the greatest number of masterpoints at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championships, North American Bridge Championship (NABC). History The Fishbein Tr ...

(1) 1986 * Barry Crane Trophy (1) 1990 * Herman Trophy (1) 1994

Wins

World Championships A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game ...

(2) ** The d'Orsi Seniors Trophy - Seniors Teams, 2015, Chennai, India ** The Rand Cup - Seniors Teams, 2018, Orlando, FL, USA *

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 ...

(22) **

Blue Ribbon Pairs The Edgar Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs (or simply the Blue Ribbon Pairs) is a national bridge championship held at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The event is restricted to those that have wo ...

(2) 1984, 1994 **

Reisinger The Reisinger national bridge championship is held at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Reisinger is a board-a-match event. History The event is contested for the Reisinger Trophy ( ...

(2) 1988, 1992 **

Spingold The Spingold national bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Spingold is a knock-out team event that attracts the top contract bridge players in the world. T ...

(2) 1986, 1989 ** Vanderbilt (3) 1979, 1997, 1998 **

Jacoby Open Swiss Teams The Jacoby Open Swiss Teams national bridge championship is held at the spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Jacoby Open Swiss Teams is a four session Swiss Teams event with two qualifying a ...

(2) 1991, 2000 ** Truscott Senior Swiss Teams (1) 2008 ** Senior Knockout Teams (1) 2009 **

Keohane North American Swiss Teams The Keohane North American Swiss Teams bridge championship is held at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championships, North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Keohane North American Swiss Teams is a six s ...

(1) 1998 **

Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams The Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams national bridge championship is held at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). It is an open four session board-a-match event with two qualifying sessions and two ...

(4) 1986, 1988, 1993, 2024 **

Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match The Mixed Board-a-Match Teams is a bridge competition held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). From 2010 the event is officially the Freeman Mixed Board-a-Match Teams, as it is contested ...

(4) 1977, 1978, 1979, 1990

Runners-up

(1) 1972 **

(6) 1978, 1980, 1990, 1993, 1994, 2000 **

(1) 1994 **

(2) 1984, 2005 **

(1) 1995

References

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* – with video interview {{DEFAULTSORT:Lair, Mark 1947 births American contract bridge players People from Canyon, Texas Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Date of birth missing (living people)