Merwin Maier

{{short description|American attorney and bridge player}} '''Merwin D. "Jimmy" Maier''' (August 14, 1908 – February 15, 1942)<ref name=NYT/><ref name=ACBLhof/> was an American attorney and bridge player from New York City.<ref name=OEB>{{OEB|5|685}}</ref><ref name=NYT/> He was a member of the Four Aces from 1937 until his death from an unknown virus in New York in 1942.<ref name=OEB/><ref name=truscott/>

Maier was born into a Jewish family in Manhattan,<ref>{{cite news|title=In Memorium|url=http://collections.americanjewisharchives.org/ms/ms0882/00227/ms0882.0227.1947-02-13.pdf|accessdate=July 7, 2017|work=Rodeph Sholom Chronicle|date=February 13, 1947|page=2}}</ref><ref>Merwin D Maier in the ''New York, New York, Birth Index, 1878-1909''</ref> the son of Julius Maier and Lydia B. Maier. All four of his grandparents emigrated from Germany.<ref>New York, New York, Manhattan Assembly District in 1920 United States census.</ref> He attended Columbia Law School and was an editor on the Columbia Law Review.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Editorial Board|url=http://columbialawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1930-CLR-MASTHEAD.pdf|journal=Columbia Law Review|date= January 1930|volume=XXX |number= 1|page=1}}</ref>

He died at age 33 after suffering from an illness for two months.<ref name=NYT/> Maier was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2004.<ref name=HOFby/>

==Bridge accomplishments==

===Honors===

* ACBL Hall of Fame, 2004<ref name=HOFby>[http://www.acbl.org/about-acbl/hall-of-fame/induction-by-year "Induction by Year"]. ''Hall of Fame''. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-11-13. <br>  With linked citations.</ref>

===Wins===

* North American Bridge Championships (9) ** Masters Individual (1) 1939 <ref name="List of Previous Winners">{{cite news | title = List of Previous Winners | author = | publisher = American Contract Bridge League | url = | page = | date = }}</ref> ** von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (1) 1941 <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> ** Wernher Open Pairs (1) 1940 <ref>{{cite news |title=Wernher Open Pairs Winners |publisher=American Contract Bridge League |url=http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db5.pdf |page=4 |date=2014-07-22 |accessdate=2014-10-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021050535/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db5.pdf |archivedate=2014-10-21 }}</ref> ** Vanderbilt (2) 1937, 1938 <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> ** Spingold (2) 1935, 1937 <ref name="acbl.org">{{cite news |title=List of 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> ** Spingold (2) 1938, 1939 <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 ** Masters Individual (1) 1936 <ref name="List of Previous Winners"/> ** Vanderbilt (2) 1935, 1941 <ref name="Vanderbilt Previous Winners"/> ** Masters Team of 4 (1) 1936 <ref name="acbl.org"/> ** Reisinger (2) 1934, 1939 <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 (1) 1941 <ref name="Spingold Previous Winners"/>

==See also== * Four Aces

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

<ref name=ACBLhof> [http://www.acbl.org/about-acbl/hall-of-fame/members/maier-merwyn "Maier, Merwyn"]. ''Hall of Fame''. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-11-13.</ref> <ref name=NYT> "Merwin D. Maier, Bridge Expert, 33". ''The New York Times''. February 16, 1942. Retrieved 2014-11-13. Quote: "died yesterday morning".</ref> <ref name=truscott> "A Long-Delayed Honor for an All-Too-Brief Career". Alan Truscott. ''The New York Times''. August 9, 2004. Page E4.</ref>

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==External links== * {{ACBLhof|maier-merwyn}}

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