Chuck Burger

{{Short description|American bridge player (1936–2021)}} '''Charles (Chuck) Frederick Burger''' (November 15, 1936 - March 25, 2021)<ref>[https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/detroitnews/name/charles-burger-obituary?id=6902158 Charles Frederick Burger obituary published by The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press from Mar. 27 to Mar. 28, 2021.]</ref><ref name=ACBL>{{OEB|5|584}}</ref> was an American bridge player. Burger was from West Bloomfield, Michigan, and was an attorney.<ref name=ACBL/>

==Bridge accomplishments== Burger was an 11-time national bridge champion and elected to the American Contract Bridge League Hall of Fame in 2020 as a recipient of the Von Zedtwitz Award. ===Awards=== * ACBL Hall of Fame 2020 * Herman Trophy (1) 1970

===Wins===

* North American Bridge Championships (11) ** Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 1970 <ref>{{cite news |title=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 |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> ** Nail Life Master Open Pairs (1) 1969 <ref name="Life Master Open Pairs Winners">{{cite news |title=Life Master Open Pairs Winners |publisher=American Contract Bridge League |url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db1.pdf |page=4 |date=2013-11-29 |accessdate=2014-10-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021045907/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db1.pdf |archivedate=2014-10-21 }}</ref> ** Grand National Teams (1) 2005 <ref name="GNT Previous Winners">{{cite news |title=GNT Previous Winners |publisher=American Contract Bridge League |url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2009/02/bulletins/db1.pdf |page=8 |date=2009-07-24 |accessdate=2014-10-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163644/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2009/02/bulletins/db1.pdf |archivedate=2014-10-21 }}</ref> ** Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (1) 1996 <ref>{{cite news |title=Jacoby Open Swiss Previous Winners |publisher=American Contract Bridge League |url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db9.pdf |page=9 |date=2014-03-29 |accessdate=2014-10-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163816/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db9.pdf |archivedate=2014-10-21 }}</ref> ** Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (2) 1969, 1988 <ref name="Mitchell BAM Winners">{{cite news |title=Mitchell BAM Winners |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 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163618/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db3.pdf |archivedate=2014-10-21 }}</ref> ** Reisinger (2) 1988, 1992 <ref name="Reisinger Winners">{{cite news |title=Reisinger Winners |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 |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 (3) 1985, 1989, 1990 <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===

* North American Bridge Championships ** von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (2) 1969, 1973 <ref>{{cite news |title=von Zedtwitz LM Previous Winners |publisher=American Contract Bridge League |url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db1.pdf |page=6 |date=2014-06-18 |accessdate=2014-10-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163438/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db1.pdf |archivedate=2014-10-21 }}</ref> ** Nail Life Master Open Pairs (1) 2000 <ref name="Life Master Open Pairs Winners"/> ** Grand National Teams (3) 1974, 1982, 1996 <ref name="GNT Previous Winners"/> ** Vanderbilt (3) 1971, 1997, 1998 <ref>{{cite news |title=Vanderbilt Previous Winners |publisher=American Contract Bridge League |url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db4.pdf |page=6 |date=2014-03-24 |accessdate=2014-10-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163636/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db4.pdf |archivedate=2014-10-21 }}</ref> ** Senior Knockout Teams (1) 2000 <ref>{{cite news |title=Baze Seniors Swiss Previous Winners |publisher=American Contract Bridge League |url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db1.pdf |page=8 |date=2013-11-29 |accessdate=2014-10-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021045907/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db1.pdf |archivedate=2014-10-21 }}</ref> ** Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (2) 1989, 1995 <ref name="Mitchell BAM Winners"/> ** Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 1996 <ref>{{cite news |title=Mixed BAM Previous Winners |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 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163650/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db7.pdf |archivedate=2014-10-21 }}</ref> ** Reisinger (4) 1981, 1993, 1994, 1996 <ref name="Reisinger Winners"/> ** Spingold (2) 1994, 1997 <ref name="Spingold Previous Winners"/>

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==External links== * {{WBFpeople}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Burger, Chuck}} Category:1936 births Category:2021 deaths Category:American contract bridge players Category:Place of birth missing Category:American lawyers Category:People from West Bloomfield, Michigan