{{Short description|American Contract Bridge League trophy}} {{About|the American Contract Bridge League trophy|the college soccer trophy|Hermann Trophy}} The '''Goren Trophy''' (formerly the Herman Trophy) is awarded to the player who wins the greatest number of masterpoints at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).

==History==

The Herman Trophy was donated in 1951 by Sally Lipton, formerly Mrs. Lou Herman, in memory of Lou Herman (1908–1950), a Houston jeweler who was ACBL Life Master #218. Mrs. Lipton was a member of the ACBL office staff in New York and an ACBL tournament director. In 2008, the trophy was renamed the Goren Trophy to honor one of the game's greatest contributors, Charles Goren.

==Herman Trophy winners==

'''Boldface''' numerals represent a record-breaking number of masterpoints.

{| class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Herman Trophy<ref>List of previous Herman Trophy winners, {{Citation |title=Daily Bulletin |volume=81 |issue=6 |date=November 26, 2008 |url=http://cdn.acbl.org/nabc/2008/03/bulletins/db6.pdf |format=PDF }}, pages 16–17.</ref> |- ! Year !! Winner !! Masterpoints |- ! 1952 || Al Roth || n/a |- ! 1953 || John Crawford || n/a |- ! 1954 || Paul Hodge || n/a |- ! 1955 || Milton Ellenby || n/a |- ! 1956 || Paul Hodge || n/a |- ! 1957 || Lew Mathe || n/a |- ! 1958 || Sylvia Stein || n/a |- ! 1959 || Mort Rubinow || n/a |- ! 1960 || Oswald Jacoby || n/a |- ! 1961 || Phil Feldesman || n/a |- ! 1962 || Marshall Miles || n/a |- ! 1963 || Eric Murray || 211 |- ! 1964 || Harold Rockaway || 180 |- ! 1965 || Mike Lawrence || 211 |- ! 1966 || Charles Coon || 144 |- ! 1967 || Sami Kehela || 155 |- ! 1968 || Henry Bethe || 144 |- ! 1969 || Sylvia Stein || 150 |- ! 1970 || Ira Rubin, Chuck Burger || 154 |- ! 1971 || John Grantham || 150 |- ! 1972 || Steve Robinson || 181 |- ! 1973 || Larry T. Cohen || 207 |- ! 1974 || Fred Hamilton || 202 |- ! 1975 || Walt Walvick || 171 |- ! 1976 || Paul Soloway || 199 |- ! 1977 || John Mohan || 160 |- ! 1978 || Bob Hamman || 165 |- ! 1979 || Bobby Levin || '''233''' |- ! 1980 || Jeff Meckstroth || 225 |- ! 1981 || Chip Martel || 225 |- ! 1982 || Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell || 191 |- ! 1983 || Marty Bergen || '''233''' |- ! 1984 || Grant Baze || 200 |- ! 1985 || Eric Rodwell || '''364.75''' |- ! 1986 || Kit Woolsey, Ed Manfield || 211.55 |- ! 1987 || Jill Meyers || 176.00 |- ! 1988 || Bob Hamman || 269.55 |- ! 1989 || Mark Molson || 253.71 |- ! 1990 || Eddie Wold || 276.26 |- ! 1991 || David Berkowitz || 356.65 |- ! 1992 || Haig Tchamitch || 201.66 |- ! 1993 || Bob Hamman || 355.13 |- ! 1994 || Mark Lair || '''365.06''' |- ! 1995 || Jeff Meckstroth || '''407.77''' |- ! 1996 || Michael Rosenberg || '''445.77''' |- ! 1997 || Bart Bramley, Sidney Lazard || 320.31 |- ! 1998 || Eric Rodwell || 328.59 |- ! 1999 || Geir Helgemo || '''449.37''' |- ! 2000 || George Jacobs || 365.22 |- ! 2001 || &nbsp;George Jacobs, Alfredo Versace&nbsp; || 333.75 |- ! 2002 || Dan Morse || 388.81 |- ! 2003 || Geoff Hampson || 374.79 |- ! 2004 || Jeff Meckstroth || 381.16 |- ! 2005 || Zia Mahmood || 416.88 |- ! 2006 || Drew Casen, Jim Krekorian || 334.13 |- ! 2007 || Lew Stansby || 375.28 |}

==Goren Trophy winners== '''Boldface''' numerals represent a record-breaking number of masterpoints. {| class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Goren Trophy |- ! Year !! Winner !! Masterpoints |- ! 2008 | Eric Rodwell<ref>2008 winner.{{Citation| title = ACBL official website| url = http://cdn.acbl.org/nabc/2008/03/FinalResults.html#1}}</ref> | '''623.75''' * |- ! 2009 | Jeff Meckstroth<ref>2009 winner.{{Citation| title = ACBL official website| url = http://cdn.acbl.org/nabc/2009/03/FinalResults.html#1}}</ref> | 377.66 |- ! 2010 | Steve Garner<ref>2010 winners.{{Citation| title = ACBL official website| url = http://cdn.acbl.org/nabc/2010/03/FinalResults.html#1}}</ref> | 326.20 |- ! 2011 | James Cayne, Michael Seamon<ref>2011 winners.{{Citation| title = ACBL official website| url = http://cdn.acbl.org/nabc/2011/03/FinalResults.html#1}}</ref> | 378.63 |- ! 2012 | Zia Mahmood<ref>2012 winner.{{Citation| title = ACBL official website| url = http://cdn.acbl.org/nabc/2012/03/FinalResults.html#1}}</ref> | 348.08 |- ! 2013 |Agustin Madala<ref>2013 winner. {{Citation| title = ACBL official website| url = http://live.acbl.org/masterpoint-winners/NABC133}}</ref> | 402.22 |- ! 2014 |Allan Graves, Richard Schwartz<ref>2014 winners. {{Citation| title = ACBL official website| url = http://live.acbl.org/masterpoint-winners/NABC143}}</ref> | 377.02 |- ! 2015 |Boguslaw Gierulski, Ron Pachtmann, Jerzy Skrzypczak, Piotr Zatorski<ref>2015 winners. {{Citation| title = ACBL official website| url = http://live.acbl.org/masterpoint-winners/NABC153}}</ref> |375.94 |- ! 2016 |Eric Greco<ref>2016 winner. {{Citation| title = ACBL official website| url = http://live.acbl.org/masterpoint-winners/NABC163}}</ref> |382.88 |- ! 2017 |Joe Grue<ref>2017 winner. {{Citation| title = ACBL official website | url = http://live.acbl.org/masterpoint-winners/NABC173}}</ref> |266.10 |- ! 2018 |Joe Grue<ref>2018 winner. {{Citation| title = ACBL official website | url = http://live.acbl.org/masterpoint-winners/NABC183}}</ref> |422.31 |- ! 2019 |Sjoert Brink, Bas Drijver, Jacek Kalita, Michal Nowosadzki, Jacek Pszczoła<ref>2019 winner. {{Citation| title = ACBL official website | url = http://live.acbl.org/masterpoint-winners/NABC193}}</ref> |400.00 |- ! 2020 |no winner (cancelled due to COVID-19) | |- ! 2021 |Geoff Hampson<ref>2021 winner. {{Citation| title = ACBL official website | url = http://live.acbl.org/masterpoint-winners/NABC213}}</ref> |356.88 |- ! 2022 | Simon Cope, Kevin Rosenberg<ref>2022 winners. {{Citation| title = ACBL official website | url = http://live.acbl.org/masterpoint-winners/NABC223}}</ref> |404.00 |}

==See also== *Mott-Smith Trophy *Fishbein Trophy

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[https://www.acbl.org/tournaments_page/nabcs/past-nabcs/past-nabc-results/ NABC results at the ACBL official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003185527/http://www.acbl.org/tournaments_page/nabcs/past-nabcs/past-nabc-results/ |date=2018-10-03 }}

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