Mark Lair

thumb {{short description|American bridge player (born 1947)}} '''Mark Lair''' (born 1947) is a professional American bridge player from Canyon, Texas.<ref name=OEB>{{OEB|7CD|31}}</ref>

Lair is ranked 5th all-time on the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) Top 500 listings with over 77,000 masterpoints (as of January 18 2025).<ref>[https://web3.acbl.org/mpraces/?year=2018&race=500&showDeceased=Y ACBL Top 500 listing at the ACBL official website]</ref> He is an ACBL Grand Life Master and World Bridge Federation (WBF) World Life Master; he was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2009.<ref name=HOFby/>

==Bridge accomplishments==

===Honors===

* ACBL Hall of Fame, 2009<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 2014-12-16.</ref> * Honorary lifetime appointment to the ACBL Goodwill Committee, 1997

===Awards===

* Fishbein Trophy (1) 1986 * Barry Crane Trophy (1) 1990<ref>Awarded annually to the winner of the ACBL total masterpoint race. Reference: {{OEB|7CD|350}}</ref> * Herman Trophy (1) 1994<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>

===Wins===

* World Championships (2) ** The d'Orsi Seniors Trophy - Seniors Teams, 2015, Chennai, India<ref>[http://www.worldbridge.org/competitions/wbf-championships/world-bridge-teams-championships/dorsi-seniors-trophy/#2015-chennai-india World Bridge Federation (WBF) 2015 tournament results]</ref> ** The Rand Cup - Seniors Teams, 2018, Orlando, FL, USA <ref>[http://championships.worldbridge.org/orlandows18 World Bridge Federation (WBF) 2018 tournament results]</ref>

* North American Bridge Championships (22) ** Blue Ribbon Pairs (2) 1984, 1994 <ref name="Blue Ribbon Winners">{{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 |access-date=2014-10-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021164044/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db5.pdf |archive-date=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 |access-date=2014-10-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163719/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db8.pdf |archive-date=2014-10-21 }}</ref> ** Spingold (2) 1986, 1989 <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 |access-date=2014-10-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163711/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db4.pdf |archive-date=2014-10-21 }}</ref> ** Vanderbilt (3) 1979, 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 |access-date=2014-10-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163636/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db4.pdf |archive-date=2014-10-21 }}</ref> ** Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (2) 1991, 2000 <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 |access-date=2014-10-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163816/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db9.pdf |archive-date=2014-10-21 }}</ref> ** Truscott Senior Swiss Teams (1) 2008 <ref>{{cite news |title=Trustcott/USPC Swiss Previous Winners |publisher=American Contract Bridge League |url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db5.pdf |page=7 |date=2014-07-22 |access-date=2014-10-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021050535/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db5.pdf |archive-date=2014-10-21 }}</ref> ** Senior Knockout Teams (1) 2009 <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 |access-date=2014-10-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021045907/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db1.pdf |archive-date=2014-10-21 }}</ref> ** Keohane North American Swiss Teams (1) 1998 <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 |access-date=2014-10-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163719/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db8.pdf |archive-date=2014-10-21 }}</ref> ** Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (4) 1986, 1988, 1993, 2024 <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 |access-date=2014-10-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163618/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db3.pdf |archive-date=2014-10-21 }}</ref> ** Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (4) 1977, 1978, 1979, 1990 <ref name="Mixed BAM Previous Winners">{{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 |access-date=2014-10-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163650/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db7.pdf |archive-date=2014-10-21 }}</ref>

===Runners-up=== *World Championships (1) ** The Rand Cup - Seniors Teams, 2022, Wroclaw, Poland * North American Bridge Championships (12) ** Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 1972 <ref name="Blue Ribbon Winners"/> ** Reisinger (6) 1978, 1980, 1990, 1993, 1994, 2000 <ref name="Reisinger Winners"/> ** Spingold (1) 1994 <ref name="Spingold Previous Winners"/> ** Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (2) 1984, 2005 <ref name="Mixed BAM Previous Winners"/> ** Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1995 <ref name="Mitchell BAM Winners"/> ** Truscott Senior Swiss Teams (1) 2025

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==External links== * {{ACBLhof|lair-mark}} – with video interview

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lair, Mark}} Category:1947 births Category:American contract bridge players Category:People from Canyon, Texas Category:Living people Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:Date of birth missing (living people)