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Robert  JORDAN

Robert Franklin Jordan nacque a New York City il 31 ottobre del 1927 e, dopo aver servito brevemente nell'esercito al termine della seconda Guerra Mondiale, si spostò a Philadelphia dove passò la maggior parte della sua vita professionale.

 Sposatosi tre volte, ha avuto tre figli e viene ricordato per la sua partner-ship con Arthur Robinson che ne fece una delle prime coppie del suo Paese negli scorsi anni sessanta.

 Ritiratosi dalle competizioni bridgistiche di alto livello, si spostò prima a Cincinnati e poi in Florida.

 Word Life Master, oltre ad aver vinto diversi titoli nazionali e 7 NABC tra i quali ricordiamo la Reisinger del 1966 e del 1967, la Vanderbilt del 1961 e del 1968 ed il Silodor del 1960 e del 1962, sul piano internazionale conquistò l'argento nella Bermuda Bowl del 1963 e nelle Olimpiadi del 1964 e del 1968.

 Robert, che fu anche un forte tennista, assistito dall'ultima moglie Lorraine scomparve a Palm Beach in Florida il 10 gennaio del 2004 dopo una lunga battaglia con un cancro.

  Mr. Jordan was born in New York City but spent all his bridge-playing life in Philadelphia. 

 He served briefly in the Army at the end of World War II and then became a businessman, dealing in cemetery lots. After retiring from tournament bridge he moved from Philadelphia to Cincinnati, and eventually to Florida.

On three occasions, Mr. Jordan came close to winning the world team title. In 1963, in St. Vincent, Italy, he represented North America in the Bermuda Bowl. The team led almost throughout the final against Italy, but was narrowly defeated, partly because the non playing captain made a strange decision to split two partnerships. A year later, in Manhattan, he lost again to Italy in the final of the World Team Olympiad. 

In the 1968 World Team Olympiad, in Deauville, France, he and his teammates lost once more to Italy, by a small margin. His partner on all three occasions was Arthur Robinson.

Mr. Jordan's successes at the national level included the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams in 1961 and 1968, the Reisinger Board-a-Match teams in 1966 and 1967, the Master Mixed Teams in 1959 and the Open Pairs in 1960 and 1962.

In 1960 he won the McKenney Trophy for the best American performance in a calendar year.