Contract bridge writer, publisher, organizer and player; advocate of world peace
Spouses
Josephine Culbertson
(m. 1923; div. 1938)
Dorothy Renata Baehne
Children
4
Elie Almon Culbertson (July 22, 1891 – December 27, 1955), known as Ely Culbertson, was an American contract bridge entrepreneur and personality dominant during the 1930s. He played a major role in the popularization of the new game and was widely regarded as "the man who made contract bridge". He was a great showman who became rich, was highly extravagant, and lost and gained fortunes several times over.
^"United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925," Almon Culbertson, 1916; National Archives and Records Administration
Elie Almon Culbertson (July 22, 1891 – December 27, 1955), known as ElyCulbertson, was an American contract bridge entrepreneur and personality dominant...
given to a celebrated 1931–1932 contract bridge challenge match between ElyCulbertson and Sidney Lenz and their partners. The match pitted Culberson's bidding...
hearts or the black lady. American author and leading bridge exponent, ElyCulbertson, describes it as "essentially hearts with the addition of the queen...
1895-1954," database with images, ElyCulbertson, 1932; National Archives and Records Administration "Culbertson, Josephine". Hall of Fame. ACBL. Retrieved...
13 years in Philadelphia. The growing fame of contract bridge player ElyCulbertson, however, prompted Goren to abandon his original career choice to pursue...
bridge trophy competed for in 1933 and 1934 between UK and U.S.A.; see ElyCulbertson Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, law firm Schwob, a surname This disambiguation...
monthly magazine, established by ElyCulbertson in 1929, named nine members of its bridge hall of fame including Culbertson from 1964 to 1966, but it never...
emperor of bridge, ElyCulbertson, as Ted Lightner... For a part of the celebrated Battle of the Century match he was ElyCulbertson's partner - it was...
both played on a 1933 team that hosted an American foursome led by ElyCulbertson in a long match at "plafond, the French parent of contract bridge, which...
Catcher in the Rye. Boston: Back Bay Books. ISBN 9780316769174. Culbertson, Ely, Culbertson on Canasta: a Complete Guide for Beginners and Advanced Players...
stoppers needed for a notrump game. Culbertson four-five notrump A slam-seeking convention devised by ElyCulbertson, in which a player bids 4NT or 5NT...
continuously published magazine about contract bridge, was founded in 1929 by ElyCulbertson. It has since been regarded as the game's principal journal, publicizing...
asking bids and notrump asking bids. Constructed by bridge pioneer ElyCulbertson in the 1940s, they have been superseded by other methods; however, one...
between teams led by ElyCulbertson and Sidney Lenz. A total of 150 rubbers were played, and was ultimately won by the Culbertson team by a margin of 8...
Madeleine Bartlett. ElyCulbertson, edited by Hubert Phillips 1932. Contract Bridge Blue Book. Faber and Faber. London. ElyCulbertson, Foreword by Hubert...
Century", the Culbertson-Lenz match of 1931–32. This match, in the heyday of contract bridge's golden age of popularity, pitted ElyCulbertson (the greatest...
Ernest Howard Culbertson, also known as E. H. Culbertson and Howard Culbertson, (April 29, 1886, New York – July 1972, New York City) was an American newsreel...
limit. "Medals". European Bridge League (EBL). Retrieved 2018-07-28. Culbertson, Ely (1935). The Encyclopedia of Bridge. The Bridge World, Inc. (New York)...
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