Richard L. Frey Explained

Richard L. Frey
Birth Name:	Richard Lincoln Frey
Birth Date:	February 12, 1905
Birth Place:	New York City, US
Death Place:	New York City, US
Other Names:	Dick Frey
Known For:	Bridge Player in Four Aces and Ely Culbertson

Richard Lincoln Frey (February 12, 1905 – October 17, 1988) was an American contract bridge player, writer, editor and commentator. From New York City, he died of cancer there in 1988.

An original member of the championship Four Aces team in 1932, Frey left in 1935 to join Ely Culbertson's many bridge enterprises. He was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 1997.

Bridge accomplishments

Honors

ACBL Hall of Fame, 1997^[1]

Wins

North American Bridge Championships (6)
- von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (1) 1934 ^[2]
- Vanderbilt (2) 1934, 1942 ^[3]
- Spingold (1) 1933 ^[4]
- Masters Team of 4 (1) 1934 ^[4]
- Spingold (1) 1942 ^[5]

Runners-up

North American Bridge Championships
- Masters Individual (1) 1931 ^[6]
- Vanderbilt (3) 1932, 1933, 1944 ^[3]
- Reisinger (1) 1935 ^[7]

Notes and References

http://www.acbl.org/about-acbl/hall-of-fame/induction-by-year "Induction by Year"
News: von Zedtwitz LM Previous Winners . American Contract Bridge League . 6 . 2014-06-18 . 2014-10-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163438/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db1.pdf . 2014-10-21.
News: Vanderbilt Previous Winners . American Contract Bridge League . 6 . 2014-03-24 . 2014-10-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163636/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db4.pdf . 2014-10-21.
News: List of Previous Winners . American Contract Bridge League . 12 . 2014-07-21 . 2014-10-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163711/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db4.pdf . 2014-10-21.
News: Spingold Previous Winners . American Contract Bridge League . 12 . 2014-07-21 . 2014-10-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163711/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db4.pdf . 2014-10-21.
News: List of Previous Winners . American Contract Bridge League .
News: Reisinger Winners . American Contract Bridge League . 6 . 2013-12-06 . 2014-10-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163719/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db8.pdf . 2014-10-21.