The Whitehead Trophy was donated in 1930 by Mr. Wilbur C. Whitehead of New York, who was a great bridge authority and a member of the team that won the Vanderbilt Cup in 1928, the first year it was in play.

	1928	1-2. Ralph Richards, Gratz Scott, Edwin Wetzlar, Wilbur Whitehead;
		1-2. Abraham Brown, Mrs. Sidney Lovell, Caroline Taylor, Nils Wester

Mr. Wilbur Whitehead, born in 1866 and died in 1931 was President of the Simplex Automobile Company, but bridge held such a fascination for him that he retired from business in 1910 to devote his life to the game of bridge or Whist as it was known at that time of the evolution of the game. He was the inventor of many bidding and play conventions, the Quick-Trick Table of Card Values, the Whitehead system of requirements for original bids and responses and the Whitehead Table of Preferential Leads.

Mr. Wilbur Whitehead was instrumental in standardizing procedures in auction bridge and later in contract bridge.

During the 1910s he was living in France, where he wrote his first book, Royal Spades. A second book was published in London in 1913. His first book to appear in America was Whitehead's Convention of Auction Bridge in 1914.

The Whitehead Trophy was played at the North American Championship Women's Pairs and the contest was held annually at the Summer North American Bridge Championships until 1962. This was changed in that year and subsequently contested at the Spring North American Bridge Championships.

The Whitehead Trophy is contested as a Women's Pairs event for partnerships consisting of two female players. There are two qualifying sessions, followed by two final sessions.

 

		Winners and Runners-Up
	1930	1. Olive Peterson, Maud Zontlein
		2. Josephine Culbertson, Elinor Murdoch
	1931	1. Vivi Hanson, Elinor Murdoch
		2. Mary Clement, Olga Hilliard
	1932	1. Mrs. Jay S. Jones, Olive Peterson
		2. Florence Fitch, Maud Zontlein
	1933	1. Doris Fuller, Mrs. Courtand Smith
		2. Marie Black, Mary Clement
	1934	1. Helen Bonwit, Helen White
		2. Ruth Sherman, Mrs. Thomas Stern
	1935	1. Bertine Teichman, Mable Ulbrich
		2. Doris Fuller, Olive Peterson
	1936	1. Mrs. Jay S. Jones, Sally Young
		2. Mable Ervin, Doris Fuller
	1937	1. Mable Ervin, Doris Fuller
		2. Martha Lemon, Mrs. Martin R. West
	1938	1. Helen Sobel, Sally Young
		2. Phyllis Gardner, Dorothy Roberts
	1939	1. Helen Sobel, Sally Young
		2. Doris Fuller, Millicent Tansill
	1940	1. Edith Atkinson, Mrs. John Waidlich
		2. Estelle Drescher, Gussie Planco
	1941	1. Mae P. Rosen, Edith Seligman
		2. Ruth Horn, Gussie Planco
	1942	1. Mae P. Rosen, Edith Seligman
		2 Helen Bonwit, Mrs. D. P. Hanson
	1943	1. Mae P. Rosen, Edith Seligman
		2. Olga Hilliard, Evelyn Lebhar
	1944	1. Ruth Sherman, Margaret Wagar
		2. Paula Bacher, Kay Rhodes
	1945	1. Peggy Golder, Olive Peterson
		2. Ruth Sherman, Margaret Wagar
	1946	1. Edith Seligman, Sally Young
		2. Anne Burnstein, Mrs. G. Rosenbaum
	1947	1. Gratian Goldstein, Josephine Gutman
		2. Ruth Sherman, Helen Sobel
	1948	1. Gratian Goldstein, Josephine Gutman
		2. Mildred Cunningham, Mrs. Harry Mason Smith
	1949	1. Kay Rhodes, Ruth Sherman
		2. Mildred Cunningham, Mrs. Harry Mason Smith
	1950	1. Mrs. John Kelly, Dorothy Thompson
		2. Reba Buck, Mrs. George P. Ryan
	1951	1. Alwina M. Dunphy, Mrs. Edward Minear
		2. Mrs. Frank Fooshe, Mrs. Henry C. Wolfe
	1952	1. Shirley Fairchild, Elaine Lee
		2. Mildred Betzler, Mrs. Michael Hoffman
	1953	1. Mrs. Harold P. Swearingen, Barbara Weiner
		2. Gretchen Feldstein, Gratian Goldstein
	1954	1. Margaret Alcorn, Sally Neely
		2. Paula Levin, Mrs. Max Ritter
	1955	1. Kay Rhodes, Margaret Wagar
		2. Mrs. Carl I. Conklin, Paula Nevins
	1956	1. Kay Rhodes, Margaret Wagar
		2. Wynne Ecker, Mrs. P. Halbestadt
	1957	1. Kay Rhodes, Margaret Wagar
		2. Edith Kemp, Terry Michaels
	1958	1. Betty Nail, Phyllis Novak
		2. Alberta Albersheim, Mrs. M. J. Root
	1959	1. Betty Adler, Dorothy Hayden
		2. Agnes Gordon, Sylvia Schwartz
	1960	1. Mary Jane Farell, Peggy Solomon
		2. Mabel Mahoney, Mrs. James Welch
	1961	1. Agnes Gordon, Betty Haddad
		2. Mrs. Seymour Keith, Rita Seamon
	1962	1. Carol Sanders, Sylvia Stein
		2. Betty Kaplan, Jacqui Mitchell
		The event was changed and contested at the Spring North American Bridge Championships. However, a similar event was held at the Spring NABC 1958-1962 with the following winners:
	1958	1. Kay Rhodes, Margaret Wagar
		2. Mrs. N. L. Cassibry, Ann Smith
	1959	1. Bert Epstein, Blossom Grossblatt
		2. Betty Coombs, Malvine Klausner
	1960	1. Gretchen Feldstein, Jane Mueller
		2. Gertrude Eberson, Mrs. M. Jones
	1961	1. May Belle Long, Effie Woods
		2. Dorothy Hayden, Helen Portugal
	1962	1. Clarice Holt, Mrs. Greeley Warner
		2. Kay Carter, Mrs. G. M. Sharum
	1963	1. Mrs. K. L. Sargent, Mrs. Ray Tobin
		2. Garner McDaniel, Terry Michaels
	1964	1. Margaret Alcorn, Lucille Patterson
		2. Ruth Ballantyne, Mrs. Lloyd Scott
	1965	1. Nancy Gruver, Sue Sachs
		2. Alicia Kempner, Helen Sobel
	1966	1. Virginia Heckel, Edith Kemp
		2. Garner McDaniel, Terry Michaels
	1967	1. Garner McDaniel, Terry Michaels
		2. Hermine Baron, Marilyn Johnson
	1968	1. Hermine Baron, Rhoda Walsh
		2-3. Emma Jean Hawes, Dorothy Hayden
		2-3. Gloria Cohen, Belle Kauffman
	1969	1. Gale Clarke, Gloria Noszka
		2. Sallie Johnson, Bee Schenken
	1970	1. Robin Klar, Tina Rockaway
		2. Jacqui Mitchell, Gail Moss
	1971	1. Amalya Kearse, Jacqui Mitchell
		2. Barbara Brier, Betsey Wolff
	1972	1. Kerri Davis, Rhoda Walsh
		2. Gail Moss, Judi Solodar
	1973	1. Ann Economidy, Vivian Williamson
		2. Mary Anderson, Pamela Eckard
	1974	1. Pat Leary, Jan Stansby
		2. Jacqui Mitchell, Gail Moss
	1975	1. Jacqui Mitchell, Gail Moss
		2. Hermine Baron, Carol Greenhut
	1976	1. Gail Schaab, Barbara Staton
		2. Emma Jean Hawes, Dorothy Hayden Truscott
	1977	1. Jacqui Mitchell, Gail Moss
		2. Hermine Baron, Beverly Rosenberg
	1978	1. Babs Charney, Flo Rotman
		2. Edith Kemp, Barbara Rappaport
	1979	1. Anne Burnstein, Edith Kemp
		2. Ann Roberts, Genne Winter
	1980	1. Mildred Boyce, Barbara Norwood
		2. Hermine Baron, Beverly Rosenberg
	1981	1. Emma Jean Hawes, Dorothy Hayden Truscott
		2. Roberta Epstein, Rozanne Marel
	1982	1. Hermine Baron, Beverly Rosenberg
		2. Nancy Alpaugh, Betsey Wolff
	1983	1. Evelyn Levitt, Jo Morse
		2. Lynne Pollenz, Sue Picus
	1984	1. Judy Tucker, Jacqui Mitchell
		2. Mildred Breed, Barbara Norwood
	1985	1. Dale Dermer, JoAnne Caplan
		2. Nadine Wood, Robin Taylor
	1986	1. Edith Freilich, Nancy Gruver
		2. Peggy Sutherlin, Sharon Osberg
	1987	1. Tobi Deutsch, Kay Schulle
		2. Carlyn Steiner, Janet Daling
	1988	1. Sally Wheeler, Georgiana Gates
		2. Jan Martel, Dorothy Truscott
	1989	1. Nadine Wood, Jeanne Elkner
		2. Janice Seamon, Rita Seamon
	1990	1. Tobi Deutsch, June Deutsch
		2. Carol Sanders, Betty Ann Kennedy
	1991	1. Leslie Paryzer, Nancy Widman
		2. Claire Tornay, Kathie Walvick
	1992	1. Cheri Bjerkan, Janice Seamon
		2. Carol Sanders, Betty Ann Kennedy
	1993	1. Carol Sanders, Betty Ann Kennedy
		2. Shawn Womack, Jan Cohen
	1994	1. Corinne Kirkham, Ann Kluewer
		2. Bernace DeYoung, Ellasue Chaitt
	1995	1. Lila Perlstein, Juanita Chambers
		2. Ayako Amano, Miho Sekizawa
	1996	1. Nancy Widman, Leslie Paryzer
		2. Susan Wexler, Margie Gwozdzinsky
	1997	1. Susan Wexler, New York, New York and Margie Gwozdzinsky, New York, New York
		2. Suzy Burger, W. Bloomfield, Minnesota and Barbara Sion, Las Vegas, Nevada
		List of Participating Pairs in .pdf file format.
	1998	1. Judi Radin, New York, New York, and Valerie Westheimer, New York, New York
		2. Carol Simon, Las Vegas, Nevada, and Kitty Munson, Jersey City, New Jersey
		List of Participating Pairs in .pdf file format.
	1999	1. Harriet Eaton, Miami, Florida and Ellen Crawford, Lauderhill, Florida
		2. Mildred Breed, Bryan, Texas and Shawn Quinn, Katy, Texas
		List of Participating Pairs in .pdf file format.
	2000	1. Joan Stein, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Eunice Rosen, Highland Park, Illinois
		2. Marilyn Hemenway, Omaha, Nebraska, and Barbara Fellows, Omaha, Nebraska
		List of Participating Pairs in .pdf file format.
	2001	1. Judi Radin, New York, New York, and Sylvia Moss, New York, New York
		2. Tobi Sokolow, Austin, Texas, and Janice Seamon-Molson, Miami, Florida
		List of Participating Pairs in .pdf file format.
	2002	1. Sue Weinstein, Las Vegas, Nevada and Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst, Illinois
		2. Kerri Sanborn, Stony Point, New York, and Karen McCallum, Exeter, New Hampshire
		List of Participating Pairs in .pdf file format.
	2003	1. Joan Eaton, Candace Griffey
		2.
	2004	1. Jacqui Mitchell, Amalya Kearse
		2.
	2005	1. Gail Greenberg, Laurie Vogel
		2.
	2006	1. Sylvia Moss, Judy Radin
		2.
	2007	1. Irina Ladyzhensky, Kamla Chawla
		2.

 

 

 

 

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