{{short description|American bridge player}} '''Louis Edward Bluhm''' (March 22, 1940 – April 5, 1990) was an American bridge player.<ref name=ACBLhof/><ref name=OEB>{{OEB|5|578}}</ref> He played bridge professionally and was an expert at both poker and gin rummy, according to the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL).<ref name=ACBLhof/> <ref name="obit">{{cite news|title=Obituaries: Louis Bluhm|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/177559384/?terms=Louis%2BBluhm|work=Florida Today|date=April 6, 1990|page=19|language=en}}</ref>

Bluhm, an accountant, was born in Muskegon Heights, Michigan, but lived in Atlanta, Georgia for 25 years. He attended Valparaiso University. He served in the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War and was stationed at Myrtle Beach Air Force Base, South Carolina.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/652062887/ "North State Tournament Convenes"], ''The News and Observer'', Raleigh, North Carolina, volume CCII, number 92, April 2, 1966, page 9.</ref>{{cn|date=January 2021}}

He died at Williamson Medical Center in Franklin, Tennessee in 1990, at age 50.<ref name="obit"/>

Bluhm was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2000.<ref name=HOFby/> The ACBL Distinguished Player Award{{clarify|date=December 2014}} had been "originated for him".<ref name=ACBLhof/>

==Bridge accomplishments== ===Honors=== *ACBL Hall of Fame, 2000<ref name=HOFby>[http://www.acbl.org/about-acbl/hall-of-fame/induction-by-year "Induction by Year"]. ''Hall of Fame''. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-12-22.</ref>

===Wins=== *North American Bridge Championships (9) **Silodor Open Pairs (1) 1984 <ref>{{cite news |title=Silodor Open Pairs Previous Winners |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 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163800/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db7.pdf |archivedate=2014-10-21 }}</ref> **Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 1977 <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) 1987 <ref>{{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> **Vanderbilt (2) 1979, 1989 <ref name="Vanderbilt Previous Winners">{{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> **Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1977 <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) 1972 <ref>{{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) 1974, 1977 <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 **Grand National Teams (1) 1983 <ref>{{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> **Vanderbilt (2) 1978, 1986 <ref name="Vanderbilt Previous Winners"/> **Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (3) 1973, 1983, 1987 <ref name="Mitchell BAM Winners"/> **Spingold (1) 1988 <ref name="Spingold Previous Winners"/>

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

<ref name=ACBLhof> [http://www.acbl.org/about-acbl/hall-of-fame/members/bluhm-lou "Bluhm, Lou"]. ''Hall of Fame''. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-12-22.</ref>

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==External links== *{{ACBLhof|bluhm-lou}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20160307115709/http://web5.acbl.org/about-acbl/hall-of-fame/members/bluhm-lou/ archived] *{{WBFpeople}} *[https://billiongraves.com/grave/Louis-E-Bluhm/4943434 Louis E. Bluhm gravesite]

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