Nancy Gruver
American contract bridge player

Nancy Gruver

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American contract bridge player
Gender:
Female
Places:
United States of America
Is:
Bridge player
Work field:
Sports
Birth:
12 August 1931
Death:
28 January 1990
Star sign:
Leo
Education:
University of Maryland
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Nancy Lois Gordon Gruver (August 12, 1931 – January 28, 1990) was an American bridge player. She won more than a dozen American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) "national" championships and finished second in two world championships.

Gruver graduated from the University of Maryland and lived for some time in Ellicott City, Maryland. She died of a heart attack at Howard County General Hospital in Columbia, survived by her husband John A. Gruver, one daughter and one son.

In World Bridge Federation (WBF) competition, her second-place finishes were in 1966, playing with Sue Sachs in the second quadrennial World Women Pairs Championship, and in 1981 Venice Cup, playing with Edith Kemp on the 6-person USA women team.

Bridge accomplishments

Wins

  • North American Bridge Championships (14)
    • Rockwell Mixed Pairs (1) 1977
    • Whitehead Women's Pairs (2) 1965, 1986
    • Smith Life Master Women's Pairs (3) 1967, 1979, 1981
    • Machlin Women's Swiss Teams (1) 1982
    • Wagar Women's Knockout Teams (6) 1966, 1973, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984
    • Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 1975

Runners-up

  • North American Bridge Championships
    • Rockwell Mixed Pairs (1) 1976
    • Smith Life Master Women's Pairs (2) 1975, 1980
    • Wagar Women's Knockout Teams (1) 1969