Bob Hamman

Bob Hamman
BornAugust 6, 1938
NationalityAmerican

Robert David "Bob" Hamman[1] (born August 6, 1938 in Pasadena, California)[2] is an American professional bridge player, among the greatest players of all time.[3][4] He is from Dallas, Texas.[5]

Hamman and Bobby Wolff played as partners for nearly three decades on teams that challenged for major trophies in North America and often for world championships. Representing the United States (from about 1980, previously North America) they won eight world championships for national teams, the 1988 World Team Olympiad and seven Bermuda Bowls spanning 1970 to 1995. For the last they were members of Nick Nickell's professional team, where Hamman remained a fixture through the current two-year cycle[a] and won three more Bermuda Bowls in partnership with Paul Soloway and Zia Mahmood.

Beginning 2012/2013,[a] Nickell has replaced Bob Hamman and Zia Mahmood with Bobby Levin–Steve Weinstein.[6] A new pairing for Hamman with Bart Bramley was announced in July[7] but never secured, according to a November report that Hamman will play with Justin Lall.[8] Justin was a silver medalist in the 2011 Bermuda Bowl[9] and is the son of Hemant Lall, Hamman's partner in 2007.[10]

Bob Hamman is known to promote young talent. He played with Finn Kolesnik and Jacob Freeman playing the NABC[11] with them.

Bob Hamman also played with a very young player 13-year old World Champion from India Anshul Bhatt and had great things to say about the young man saying in humor “Well done. I am glad that my opponents are not as tough as Anshul.[12]”. Bhatt also quoted Bob Hamman in his TED talk "Bridge-A Game for Life[13]"

  1. ^ The 1st World Mind Sports Games. info.2008wmsg.chinaqiyuan.com Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Mr. Bridge" Archived November 27, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. Paul Barka. Texas Monthly, May 2010. 6 pages.
  3. ^ Hasenson, Peter (2004). The British Bridge Almanack. London: 77 Publishing. p. 486. ISBN 0-9549241-0-X.
  4. ^ Smith, Marc (1999). World Class, Conversations with the Bridge Masters. Toronto: Master Point Press. ISBN 1-894154-15-0.
  5. ^ Francis, Henry G.; Truscott, Alan F.; Francis, Dorthy A., eds. (1994). The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (5th ed.). Memphis, TN: American Contract Bridge League. p. 642. ISBN 0-943855-48-9. LCCN 96188639.
  6. ^ Levin-Weinstein Joining Nickell in 2012 (2011-07-05). Bridge Winners. Retrieved 2011-07-15.
  7. ^ Hamman Joins New Team for Next Cycle (2011-07-22). Bridge Winners. Retrieved 2011-07-23.
  8. ^ Justin Lall to Play With Bob Hamman (2011-11-27). Bridge Winners. Retrieved 2011-11-27.
  9. ^ Team USA 2. 40th World Team Championship. 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-29.
  10. ^ Team USA 2 (Nickell). 38th World Team Championship. 2007. Retrieved 2011-11-29.
  11. ^ Ellin, Abby (2020-10-30). "'It's Like Playing With Kobe': An Unlikely Intergenerational Bridge Team". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
  12. ^ "India's Anshul Bhatt Wins Triple Gold at the U-16 World Youth Bridge Championships; Becomes the Youngest World Champion". www.newsvoir.com. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
  13. ^ TEDx Talks (2021-06-01). Bridge: A Game for Life | Anshul Bhatt | TEDxShooliniUniversity. Retrieved 2024-05-20 – via YouTube.


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