John R. Crawford


John Yocum Randolph Crawford was an American bridge and backgammon player.
In bridge, he was a member of United States teams that won the first three Bermuda Bowls, or world championships, in 1950, 1951 and 1953; a wholly new team represented the US in 1954. In backgammon, Crawford is known as the inventor of the "Crawford rule", a regulation that restricts use of the doubling die in match play.

Life

Of Scots descent, the younger son of Andrew Wright Crawford Sr., a town planner, he was born at Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, and died in Manhattan aged 60. He was married to Carol Stolkin, née Ross, also a celebrated backgammon player.

Books

Canasta Samba, three-deck canasta How to be a consistent winner in the most popular card games ; revised 1961Contract bridge, Crawford assisted by Fred L. Karpin Calypso: how to play and win the fascinating new card game The backgammon book, Oswald Jacoby and Crawford
The latter was soon translated.Das Backgammonbuch, German transl. by Jens Schmidt-Prange and Suzanne Gangloff Le livre du backgammon, French transl. by René Orléan, 1975

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