{{short description|American bridge player}} '''Frank T.''' "'''Nick'''" '''Nickell''' (born 1947) is an American bridge player. He graduated from the University of North Carolina, and lived in Raleigh, North Carolina, as of 1994.<ref name=OEB>{{OEB|5|702}}</ref>

Nickell was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2008.<ref name=HOFby/> At the time he lived in New York City and led the private equity investment firm Kelso & Company.<ref name=ACBLhof/>

Nickell has created one of the most dominant bridge teams of all time, winning four world championships and multiple North American Bridge Championships. He formed a successful partnership with Richard Freeman until Freeman's death and has since partnered with Ralph Katz. He has won both team events and pair events.

Nickell is an ACBL Grand Life Master.

==Bridge accomplishments==

===Honors===

* ACBL Hall of Fame, 2008<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) 1995

===Wins===

* Bermuda Bowl (4) 1995, 1999, 2003, 2009 * North American Bridge Championships (24) ** von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (2) 2003, 2022 <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> ** Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 1991 <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> ** Vanderbilt (4) 2000, 2003, 2014, 2017, 2024<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> ** Reisinger (7) 1993, 1994, 1995, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009 <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 (9) 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2007 <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> ** Senior Knockout Teams (1) 2016 * United States Bridge Championships (9) ** Open Team Trials (9) 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2017

===Runners-up===

* Bermuda Bowl (2) 1997, 2005 * Rosenblum Cup 2010 * North American Bridge Championships (15) ** 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 (4) 1996, 2002, 2018, 2019 <ref name="Vanderbilt Previous Winners"/> ** Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (3) 1998, 1999, 2012 <ref>{{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> ** Spingold (2) 2011, 2012 <ref name="Spingold Previous Winners"/> ** Roth Open Swiss Teams (2) 2015, 2018 <ref name="2018NABC">{{cite journal |last1=Linxwiler |first1=Paul |last2=Monday |first2=Sue |title=ACBL Daily Bulletin |date=6 August 2018 |volume=90 |issue=11 |pages=2 |url=http://cdn.acbl.org/nabc/2018/02/bulletins/db11.pdf |accessdate=15 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title = Roth Open Swiss Teams Winners |publisher = American Contract Bridge League |url = http://cdn.acbl.org/nabc/2018/02/bulletins/db8.pdf |page = 6 |date = 2018-08-03 |accessdate = 2018-11-15 }}</ref> ** Senior Knockout Teams (2) 2017, 2018 ** Reisinger (1) 2014 * United States Bridge Championships (1) ** Open Team Trials (1) 1997

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

<ref name=ACBLhof> [http://web5.acbl.org/about-acbl/hall-of-fame/members/nickell-nick "Nickell, Nick"]. ''Hall of Fame''. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-12-21.</ref>

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==External links== * {{ACBLhof|nickell-nick}} * {{WBFpeople}} * [https://web3.acbl.org/nabcwinnersbyname?name=Nick+Nickell ACBL NABC Winners -Nick Nickell]

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