Merwin Maier
Merwin D. "Jimmy" Maier was an American attorney and bridge player from New [York City]. He was a member of the Four Aces from 1937 until his death from an unknown virus in New York in 1942.
Maier was born into a Jewish family in Manhattan, the son of Julius Maier and Lydia B. Maier. All four of his grandparents emigrated from Germany. He attended Columbia Law School and was an editor on the Columbia Law Review.
He died at age 33 after suffering from an illness for two months. Maier was inducted into the ACBL [Hall of Fame] in 2004.
Bridge accomplishments
Honors
- ACBL Hall of Fame, 2004
Wins
- North American Bridge Championships
- * Masters Individual 1939
- * von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs 1941
- * Wernher Open Pairs 1940
- * Vanderbilt 1937, 1938
- * Spingold 1935, 1937
- * Spingold 1938, 1939
Runners-up
- North American Bridge Championships
- * Masters Individual 1936
- * Vanderbilt 1935, 1941
- * Masters Team of 4 1936
- * Reisinger 1934, 1939
- * Spingold 1941