Grant Baze

{{short description|American bridge player}} '''Grant Sheridan Baze''' (June 5, 1943 – January 11, 2009)<ref>"[https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VS7G-YT5 United States Social Security Death Index]," Grant Sheridan Baze</ref> was an American bridge player. As of 1994 he lived in San Francisco, California.<ref name=OEB>{{OEB|5|570}}</ref>

Baze died in 2009.<ref name=ACBLhof/><ref name=ACBLbull/>

Baze was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2012.<ref name=HOFby/>

==Bridge accomplishments==

===Honors===

* ACBL Hall of Fame, von Zedtwitz Award 2012<ref name=HOFby>[http://www.acbl.org/about-acbl/hall-of-fame/induction-by-year "Induction by Year"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205191454/http://www.acbl.org/about-acbl/hall-of-fame/induction-by-year/ |date=2014-12-05 }}. ''Hall of Fame''. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-12-21.</ref>

===Awards===

* Fishbein Trophy (1) 1975 * Herman Trophy (1) 1984

===Wins===

* North American Bridge Championships (7) ** Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (1) 1983 <ref name="Jacoby Open Swiss Previous Winners">{{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> ** Keohane North American Swiss Teams (1) 1984 <ref>{{cite news |title=Keohane Swiss Teams Winners |publisher=American Contract Bridge League |url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db8.pdf |page=4 |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> ** Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (2) 1983, 1998 <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 (1) 1970 <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 (2) 1975, 1997 <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 ** Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (3) 1990, 1994, 1999 <ref name="Jacoby Open Swiss Previous Winners"/> ** Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (2) 1972, 2005 <ref name="Mitchell BAM Winners"/> ** Reisinger (1) 1971 <ref name="Reisinger Winners"/> ** Spingold (1) 1998 <ref name="Spingold Previous Winners"/>

==References== {{reflist |25em |refs=

<ref name=ACBLhof> [http://www.acbl.org/about-acbl/hall-of-fame/members/baze-grant "Baze, Grant"]. ''Hall of Fame''. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-12-21.</ref> <ref name=ACBLbull> {{cite web | title= Friends say Goodbye to Grant Baze | date= March 15, 2009 | url= http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2009/01/bulletins/db3.pdf | url-status= dead | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20141129032257/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2009/01/bulletins/db3.pdf | archivedate= November 29, 2014 }}</ref>

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==External links== * {{ACBLhof|baze-grant}} * {{WBFpeople}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Baze, Grant}} Category:1943 births Category:2009 deaths Category:American contract bridge players Category:Sportspeople from San Francisco