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'''Lewis L. Mathe''' is an [[United States|American]] [[Contract bridge|bridge]] player.
{{short description|American bridge player}}
'''Lewis Lawrence Mathe''' (March 27, 1915 – March 10, 1986)<ref>''U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010''</ref> was an American world champion [[Contract bridge|bridge]] player and administrator from [[Canoga Park, California]].<ref name=ACBLhof/><ref name=OEB>{{OEB|5|687}}</ref><ref name=truscott/>

Mathe, a native of New York, served in the Army during World War II; he enlisted two days before the attack on [[Pearl Harbor]].<ref> ''U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946.'' Department of Veterans Affairs.</ref> He died in [[Los Angeles]] in 1986.<ref>State of California. ''California Death Index, 1940-1997.'' State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics.</ref> He was inducted into the [[ACBL Hall of Fame]] in 1997.<ref name=HOFby/>


==Bridge accomplishments==
==Bridge accomplishments==

===Honors===

* ACBL Hall of Fame, 1997<ref name=HOFby>[http://www.acbl.org/about-acbl/hall-of-fame/induction-by-year "Induction by Year"]. ''Hall of Fame''. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-12-20.</ref>

===Awards===

* [[Herman Trophy]] (1) 1957
* [[Mott-Smith Trophy]] (3) 1959, 1964, 1967


===Wins===
===Wins===


* [[Bermuda Bowl]] (1) 1954 <ref name="World Team Championship Winners">[http://www.worldbridge.org/world-team-championships.aspx World Team Championship Winners]</ref>
* [[North American Bridge Championships]] (19)
* [[North American Bridge Championships]] (19)
** [[von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs]] (2) 1963, 1967 <ref>{{cite news
** [[von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs]] (2) 1963, 1967 <ref>{{cite news
| title = von Zedtwitz LM Previous Winners
|title=von Zedtwitz LM Previous Winners
|publisher=American Contract Bridge League
| author =
|url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db1.pdf
| publisher = American Contract Bridge League
|page=6
| url = http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db1.pdf
|date=2014-06-18
| page = 6
| date = 2014-06-18
|accessdate=2014-10-17
|url-status=dead
| accessdate = 2014-10-17 }}</ref>
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163438/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db1.pdf
|archivedate=2014-10-21
}}</ref>
** [[Rockwell Mixed Pairs]] (1) 1971 <ref>{{cite news
** [[Rockwell Mixed Pairs]] (1) 1971 <ref>{{cite news
| title = Rockwell Mixed Pairs Previous Winners
|title=Rockwell Mixed Pairs Previous Winners
|publisher=American Contract Bridge League
| author =
|url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db5.pdf
| publisher = American Contract Bridge League
|page=8
| url = http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db5.pdf
|date=2014-03-25
| page = 8
| date = 2014-03-25
|accessdate=2014-10-17
|url-status=dead
| accessdate = 2014-10-17 }}</ref>
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163529/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db5.pdf
** [[Silodor Open Pairs]] (1) 1959 <ref>{{cite news
|archivedate=2014-10-21
| title = Silodor Open Pairs Previous Winners
}}</ref>
| author =
| publisher = American Contract Bridge League
** [[Silodor Open Pairs]] (1) 1959 <ref name="American Contract Bridge League">{{cite news
|title=Silodor Open Pairs Previous Winners
| url = http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db7.pdf
|publisher=American Contract Bridge League
| page = 11
|url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db7.pdf
| date = 2014-07-27
|page=11
| accessdate = 2014-10-17 }}</ref>
|date=2014-07-27
** [[Blue Ribbon Pairs]] (1) 1964 <ref>{{cite news
|accessdate=2014-10-17
| title = Blue Ribbon Winners
| author =
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163800/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db7.pdf
| publisher = American Contract Bridge League
|archivedate=2014-10-21
| url = http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db5.pdf
}}</ref>
| page = 5
** [[Blue Ribbon Pairs]] (1) 1964 <ref name="Blue Ribbon Winners">{{cite news
| date = 2013-12-03
|title=Blue Ribbon Winners
| accessdate = 2014-10-17 }}</ref>
|publisher=American Contract Bridge League
** [[Open Pairs (1928-1962)]] (1) 1957 <ref>{{cite news
|url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db5.pdf
|page=5
|date=2013-12-03
|accessdate=2014-10-17
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021164044/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db5.pdf
|archivedate=2014-10-21
}}</ref>
** Open Pairs (1928-1962) (1) 1957 <ref>{{cite news
| title = Open Pairs Previous Winners
| title = Open Pairs Previous Winners
| author =
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** [[Vanderbilt Trophy|Vanderbilt]] (3) 1964, 1966, 1967 <ref>{{cite news
** [[Vanderbilt Trophy|Vanderbilt]] (3) 1964, 1966, 1967 <ref name="Vanderbilt Previous Winners">{{cite news
| title = Vanderbilt Previous Winners
|title=Vanderbilt Previous Winners
|publisher=American Contract Bridge League
| author =
|url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db4.pdf
| publisher = American Contract Bridge League
|page=6
| url = http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db4.pdf
|date=2014-03-24
| page = 6
| date = 2014-03-24
|accessdate=2014-10-17
|url-status=dead
| accessdate = 2014-10-17 }}</ref>
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163636/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db4.pdf
** [[Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams]] (3) 1957, 1962, 1970 <ref>{{cite news
|archivedate=2014-10-21
| title = Mitchell BAM Winners
}}</ref>
| author =
** [[Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams]] (3) 1957, 1962, 1970 <ref name="Mitchell BAM Winners">{{cite news
| publisher = American Contract Bridge League
|title=Mitchell BAM Winners
| url = http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db3.pdf
|publisher=American Contract Bridge League
| page = 8
|url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db3.pdf
| date = 2013-12-01
|page=8
| accessdate = 2014-10-17 }}</ref>
|date=2013-12-01
** [[Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match]] (1) 1970 <ref>{{cite news
|accessdate=2014-10-17
| title = Mixed BAM Previous Winners
| author =
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163618/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db3.pdf
| publisher = American Contract Bridge League
|archivedate=2014-10-21
| url = http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db7.pdf
}}</ref>
| page = 14
** [[Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match]] (1) 1970 <ref name="Mixed BAM Previous Winners">{{cite news
| date = 2014-07-24
|title=Mixed BAM Previous Winners
| accessdate = 2014-10-17 }}</ref>
|publisher=American Contract Bridge League
** [[Reisinger]] (4) 1959, 1960, 1962, 1971 <ref>{{cite news
|url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db7.pdf
| title = Reisinger Winners
| author =
|page=14
|date=2014-07-24
| publisher = American Contract Bridge League
|accessdate=2014-10-17
| url = http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db8.pdf
| page = 6
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163650/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db7.pdf
| date = 2013-12-06
| accessdate = 2014-10-17 }}</ref>
|archivedate=2014-10-21
}}</ref>
** [[Spingold]] (2) 1953, 1954 <ref>{{cite news
** [[Reisinger]] (4) 1959, 1960, 1962, 1971 <ref name="Reisinger Winners">{{cite news
| title = Spingold Previous Winners
|title=Reisinger Winners
| author =
| publisher = American Contract Bridge League
|publisher=American Contract Bridge League
| url = http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db4.pdf
|url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db8.pdf
| page = 12
|page=6
| date = 2014-07-21
|date=2013-12-06
| accessdate = 2014-10-17 }}</ref>
|accessdate=2014-10-17
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163719/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db8.pdf
|archivedate=2014-10-21
}}</ref>
** [[Spingold]] (2) 1953, 1954 <ref name="Spingold Previous Winners">{{cite news
|title=Spingold Previous Winners
|publisher=American Contract Bridge League
|url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db4.pdf
|page=12
|date=2014-07-21
|accessdate=2014-10-17
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163711/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db4.pdf
|archivedate=2014-10-21
}}</ref>


===Runners-up===
===Runners-up===


* [[Bermuda Bowl]] (3) 1955, 1962, 1966 <ref name="World Team Championship Winners"/>
* [[North American Bridge Championships]]
* [[North American Bridge Championships]]
** [[Silodor Open Pairs]] (2) 1964, 1967 <ref>{{cite news
** [[Silodor Open Pairs]] (2) 1964, 1967 <ref name="American Contract Bridge League"/>
| title = Silodor Open Pairs Previous Winners
| author =
| publisher = American Contract Bridge League
| url = http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db7.pdf
| page = 11
| date = 2014-07-27
| accessdate = 2014-10-17 }}</ref>
** [[Wernher Open Pairs]] (1) 1961 <ref>{{cite news
** [[Wernher Open Pairs]] (1) 1961 <ref>{{cite news
| title = Wernher Open Pairs Winners
|title=Wernher Open Pairs Winners
|publisher=American Contract Bridge League
| author =
|url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db5.pdf
| publisher = American Contract Bridge League
|page=4
| url = http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db5.pdf
|date=2014-07-22
| page = 4
| date = 2014-07-22
|accessdate=2014-10-17
|url-status=dead
| accessdate = 2014-10-17 }}</ref>
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021050535/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db5.pdf
** [[Blue Ribbon Pairs]] (1) 1967 <ref>{{cite news
|archivedate=2014-10-21
| title = Blue Ribbon Winners
}}</ref>
| author =
** [[Blue Ribbon Pairs]] (1) 1967 <ref name="Blue Ribbon Winners"/>
| publisher = American Contract Bridge League
| url = http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db5.pdf
| page = 5
| date = 2013-12-03
| accessdate = 2014-10-17 }}</ref>
** [[Hilliard Mixed Pairs]] (1) 1959 <ref>{{cite news
** [[Hilliard Mixed Pairs]] (1) 1959 <ref>{{cite news
| title = Mixed Pairs Previous Winners
| title = Mixed Pairs Previous Winners
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| page =
| page =
| date =
| date =
| accessdate = 2014-10-17 }}</ref>
}} {{full|date=December 2014}}</ref>
** [[Nail Life Master Open Pairs]] (1) 1982 <ref>{{cite news
** [[Nail Life Master Open Pairs]] (1) 1982 <ref>{{cite news
| title = Life Master Open Pairs Winners
|title=Life Master Open Pairs Winners
|publisher=American Contract Bridge League
| author =
|url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db1.pdf
| publisher = American Contract Bridge League
|page=4
| url = http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db1.pdf
|date=2013-11-29
| page = 4
|accessdate=2014-10-17
| date = 2013-11-29
|url-status=dead
| accessdate = 2014-10-17 }}</ref>
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021045907/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db1.pdf
** [[Vanderbilt Trophy|Vanderbilt]] (1) 1963 <ref>{{cite news
|archivedate=2014-10-21
| title = Vanderbilt Previous Winners
}}</ref>
| author =
** [[Vanderbilt Trophy|Vanderbilt]] (1) 1963 <ref name="Vanderbilt Previous Winners"/>
| publisher = American Contract Bridge League
** [[Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams]] (1) 1972 <ref name="Mitchell BAM Winners"/>
| url = http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db4.pdf
** [[Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match]] (2) 1953, 1975 <ref name="Mixed BAM Previous Winners"/>
| page = 6
** [[Reisinger]] (1) 1966 <ref name="Reisinger Winners"/>
| date = 2014-03-24
** [[Spingold]] (2) 1971, 1974 <ref name="Spingold Previous Winners"/>
| accessdate = 2014-10-17 }}</ref>

** [[Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams]] (1) 1972 <ref>{{cite news
==References==
| title = Mitchell BAM Winners
{{reflist |25em |refs=
| author =
| publisher = American Contract Bridge League
| url = http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db3.pdf
| page = 8
| date = 2013-12-01
| accessdate = 2014-10-17 }}</ref>
** [[Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match]] (2) 1953, 1975 <ref>{{cite news
| title = Mixed BAM Previous Winners
| author =
| publisher = American Contract Bridge League
| url = http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db7.pdf
| page = 14
| date = 2014-07-24
| accessdate = 2014-10-17 }}</ref>
** [[Reisinger]] (1) 1966 <ref>{{cite news
| title = Reisinger Winners
| author =
| publisher = American Contract Bridge League
| url = http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db8.pdf
| page = 6
| date = 2013-12-06
| accessdate = 2014-10-17 }}</ref>
** [[Spingold]] (2) 1971, 1974 <ref>{{cite news
| title = Spingold Previous Winners
| author =
| publisher = American Contract Bridge League
| url = http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db4.pdf
| page = 12
| date = 2014-07-21
| accessdate = 2014-10-17 }}</ref>


<ref name=ACBLhof>
==Notes==
[http://www.acbl.org/about-acbl/hall-of-fame/members/mathe-lewis "Mathe, Lewis"]. ''Hall of Fame''. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-12-20.</ref>
{{reflist}}
<ref name=truscott>
[https://www.nytimes.com/1986/03/12/obituaries/lewis-mathe-bridge-player-who-was-world-champion.html "Lewis Mathe, Bridge Player who was world champion"]. ''The New York Times''. March 12, 1986. Retrieved 2014-12-20. Quote: "died Monday at his home in Canoga Park".</ref>

}}


==External links==
==External links==
* {{ACBLhof|mathe-lewis}}
* {{WBFpeople|XXXX|Lewis L. Mathe}}
* {{WBFpeople|name=Lewis Mathe}}
{{WPCBIndex}}


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Latest revision as of 15:28, 25 July 2022

Lewis Lawrence Mathe (March 27, 1915 – March 10, 1986)[1] was an American world champion bridge player and administrator from Canoga Park, California.[2][3][4]

Mathe, a native of New York, served in the Army during World War II; he enlisted two days before the attack on Pearl Harbor.[5] He died in Los Angeles in 1986.[6] He was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 1997.[7]

Bridge accomplishments

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Honors

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  • ACBL Hall of Fame, 1997[7]

Awards

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Wins

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Runners-up

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References

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  1. ^ U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
  2. ^ "Mathe, Lewis". Hall of Fame. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-12-20.
  3. ^ Francis, Henry G.; Truscott, Alan F.; Francis, Dorthy A., eds. (1994). The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (5th ed.). Memphis, TN: American Contract Bridge League. p. 687. ISBN 0-943855-48-9. LCCN 96188639.
  4. ^ "Lewis Mathe, Bridge Player who was world champion". The New York Times. March 12, 1986. Retrieved 2014-12-20. Quote: "died Monday at his home in Canoga Park".
  5. ^ U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946. Department of Veterans Affairs.
  6. ^ State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics.
  7. ^ a b "Induction by Year". Hall of Fame. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-12-20.
  8. ^ a b World Team Championship Winners
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "Rockwell Mixed Pairs Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-03-25. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  11. ^ a b "Silodor Open Pairs Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-07-27. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  12. ^ a b "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.
  13. ^ "Open Pairs Previous Winners". American Contract Bridge League. [full citation needed]
  14. ^ a b "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.
  15. ^ a b "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.
  16. ^ a b "Mixed BAM Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-07-24. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  17. ^ a b "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.
  18. ^ a b "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.
  19. ^ "Wernher Open Pairs Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-07-22. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  20. ^ "Mixed Pairs Previous Winners". American Contract Bridge League. [full citation needed]
  21. ^ "Life Master Open Pairs Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2013-11-29. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
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