The Rockwell Mixed Pairs national bridge championship is held at the spring American Contract Bridge League

American Contract Bridge League

The American Contract Bridge League is the largest contract bridge organization in North America. It promotes the game of bridge in the United States, Mexico, Bermuda, and Canada, and is a member of the World Bridge Federation...

 (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship

North American Bridge Championships

North American Bridge Championships are three annual bridge conventions sponsored by the American Contract Bridge League . The "Spring", "Summer", and "Fall" NABCs are usually scheduled in March, July, and November for about eleven days. They comprise both championship and side contests of...

 (NABC).

The Rockwell Mixed Pairs is a four-session matchpoint (MP) pairs event with two qualifying and two final sessions. The event typically starts on the Tuesday of the NABC. The event is open, one of the pairs must be male, the other must be female.

History

The Rockwell Mixed Pairs is a four-session event with two qualifying and two final sessions. Each pair must consist of a male and female partnership. The Rockwell Trophy, donated by Helen Rockwell in 1946, is presented to the winners. It was contested at the Fall NABC until 1985. It moved to the Spring NABC in 1986, where it has remained ever since.

The record-holders in the Rockwell Mixed Pairs are Sidney Silodor, John Crawford

John R. Crawford

John Randolph Crawford was an American bridge and backgammon player...

 who won in 1948 and 1949 with Margaret Wagar and in 1959 with Dorothy Hayden

Dorothy Hayden Truscott

Dorothy Hayden Truscott was the top-ranked woman in bridge for many years and authored or co-authored books on the game.-Career:...

, the first time they had ever played together, and Barry Crane

Barry Crane

Barry Crane, born Barry Cohen, was a prolific television producer and director, and a champion bridge player....

 and Kerri Sanborn (then Shuman) with three wins as a partnership.

Winners

For Mixed Pairs champions 1931 to 1945, see Hilliard Mixed Pairs

Hilliard Mixed Pairs

The Hilliard Mixed Pairs national bridge championship was last held at the spring American Contract Bridge League North American Bridge Championship .-History:...

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Winners of Rockwell Mixed Pairs, Fall NABCs, 1946–1985

Year	Winners	Runners-up
1946	Anne Burnstein, Alvin Roth Alvin Roth Alvin L. Roth was an American bridge player, considered one of the greatest of all time. He wrote several books on the game, and invented various bridge conventions that have become commonplace, including five-card majors, negative doubles, forcing notrump, and the unusual notrump.-Biography:Roth...	Charlotte Sidway, Herbert H. Sherman
1947	Evelyn Ansin, Charles Goren Charles Goren Charles Henry Goren was a world champion American bridge player and bestselling author who contributed significantly to the development and popularization of the game following upon the heels of Ely Culbertson in the 1940s and rising to prominence in the 1950s to the early 1960s.-Early years:Goren...	John R. Crawford John R. Crawford John Randolph Crawford was an American bridge and backgammon player... , Margaret Wagar
1948	John R. Crawford John R. Crawford John Randolph Crawford was an American bridge and backgammon player... , Margaret Wagar	Charles Johnson, Mrs. Frank Myer
1949	John R. Crawford John R. Crawford John Randolph Crawford was an American bridge and backgammon player... , Margaret Wagar	Paula Bacher, Peter Leventritt
1950	Peter Leventritt, Ruth Sherman	William Thiemann, Mrs. William Thiemann
1951	Edith Rosenbloom, Sidney Silodor	Edward Burns, Shirley Fairchild
1952	Anne Burnstein, Alvin Roth Alvin Roth Alvin L. Roth was an American bridge player, considered one of the greatest of all time. He wrote several books on the game, and invented various bridge conventions that have become commonplace, including five-card majors, negative doubles, forcing notrump, and the unusual notrump.-Biography:Roth...	Ella Tilles, Jules Tilles
1953	Jewel Hodge, Paul Hodge	John Gerber, Celeste Mounce
1954	Said Haddad, Betty Windley	Zenobia Allen, John Moran
1955	Sidney Silodor, Helen Sobel Helen Sobel Smith Helen Sobel Smith was an American bridge player. She is said to have been the "greatest woman bridge player of all time". She won 35 North American Bridge Championships, and was the first woman to play in the Bermuda Bowl...	Alicia Kempner, George Rapée
1956	Sidney Silodor, Helen Sobel Helen Sobel Smith Helen Sobel Smith was an American bridge player. She is said to have been the "greatest woman bridge player of all time". She won 35 North American Bridge Championships, and was the first woman to play in the Bermuda Bowl...	Donald Farquaharson, Agnes Gordon
1957	Bee Gale, Howard Schenken Howard Schenken Howard Schenken was an American bridge player, writer, and long-time columnist. In his career, Schenken won three Bermuda Bowl titles, and set several North American records: he won the Life Master Pairs five times, and the Spingold and Vanderbilt Trophy twelve and ten times, respectively...	Frances Carter, David Warner
1958	Carol Ross, Edwin Smith	Louis Cohen, Sylvia Stein
1959	John Crawford John R. Crawford John Randolph Crawford was an American bridge and backgammon player... , Dorothy Hayden Dorothy Hayden Truscott Dorothy Hayden Truscott was the top-ranked woman in bridge for many years and authored or co-authored books on the game.-Career:...	Sidney Lazard, Stella Rebner
1960	Elsie Abrams, William Passell	Peter Johnson, Gladys Kransberg
1961	Art Comstock, Margaret Muirhead	Charles Solomon, Peggy Solomon
1962	Clarice Holt, Paul Levitt	Peggy Jean Berry, John Sutherlin
1963	Agnes Gordon, Eric Murray Eric Murray Eric Claude Murray was a South African cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire in 1911 and for Transvaal between 1912 and 1923....	Barbara Brier, Jerry Brier
1964	Dan Morse, Mary Margaret Swan	Margaret Alcorn, Peter Pender
1965	Betty Kaplan, Edgar Kaplan Edgar Kaplan Edgar Kaplan was an American bridge player and one of the principal contributors to the game. His career spanned six decades and covered every aspect of bridge. He was a teacher, author, editor, administrator, champion player, theorist, expert Vugraph commentator, coach/captain and authority on...	Malvine Klausner, Morris Portugal
1966	Robert Sharp, Louise Sharp	Gertrude Blasband, Sylvester Lowery
1967	Gertrude Machlin, Kit Woolsey Kit Woolsey Kit Woolsey is an American bridge and backgammon player. He graduated from Oberlin College in 1964. He earned a master's degree in mathematics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1965....	Kathie Cappelletti, Mike Cappelletti Mike Cappelletti A. Michael Cappelletti is an American bridge player and poker authority. Amongst poker players he is known as the author of the books Cappelletti on Omaha, The Best of Cappelletti on Omaha, Poker at the Millennium and How to Win at Omaha High-Low Poker, and also as columnist for the poker...
1968	Marilyn Johnson, Peter Rank	John Gerber, Carol Klar
1969	Peggy Parker, Steve Parker	Evelyn Levitt, Dave Treadwell
1970	George Dawkins, Carolyn Flournoy	Mary Chilcote, Larry Weiss
1971	Eugenie Mathe, Lew Mathe	Barry Crane Barry Crane Barry Crane, born Barry Cohen, was a prolific television producer and director, and a champion bridge player.... , Kerri Davis
1972	John Mohan, Peggy Sutherlin	Leland Ferer, Gratian Goldstein
1973	Bernie Chazen, Marilyn Johnson	Kenneth Cohen, Helen Smith
1974	Gerald Caravelli, Helen Utegaard	Barry Crane Barry Crane Barry Crane, born Barry Cohen, was a prolific television producer and director, and a champion bridge player.... , Kerri Shuman
1975	Barry Crane Barry Crane Barry Crane, born Barry Cohen, was a prolific television producer and director, and a champion bridge player.... , Kerri Shuman	Sandi Leavitt, Paul Sugar
1976	Peggy Lipsitz, Steve Parker	Nancy Gruver, Lee Rautenberg
1977	1/2. Joel Friedberg, Nancy Gruver 1/2. Barry Crane Barry Crane Barry Crane, born Barry Cohen, was a prolific television producer and director, and a champion bridge player.... , Kerri Shuman
1978	Ahmed Hussein, Gail Moss	Dave McClintock, Janet McClintock
1979	Juanita Skelton, Mike Smolen	Carol Sanders, Tom Sanders
1980	Jeff Meckstroth Jeff Meckstroth Jeffrey John Meckstroth is a multiple world champion in contract bridge, winning the Bermuda Bowl representing the U.S. five times. He is one of only ten players who have won the so-called triple crown of bridge: the Bermuda Bowl, the World Open Pairs and the World Team Olympiad... , Patty Meckstroth	Hemant Lall, Jan Lall
1981	Esta Van Zandt, Jim Zimmerman	2/3. Charlie Dorn, Bonnie LaRochelle 2/3. Bart Bramley, Judy Wadas
1982	Barry Crane Barry Crane Barry Crane, born Barry Cohen, was a prolific television producer and director, and a champion bridge player.... , Kerri Shuman	Mike Passell, Nancy Passell
1983	John Gustafson, Helen Gustafson	Benito Garozzo Benito Garozzo Benito Garozzo is one of the most famous bridge players in the history of the game. He has won 13 world championship titles with the Italian Blue Team, playing with Pietro Forquet and later Giorgio Belladonna... , Lea Dupont
1984	Kathy Sulgrove, Larry Rock	Audrey Rennels, Ron Von der Porten
1985	Beth Palmer, Steve Robinson	Patricia Hassett, Steve Garner

Winners of Rockwell Mixed Pairs, Spring NABCs, 1986–

Year	Winners	Runners-up
1986	Lisa Berkowitz, David Berkowitz	Laurie Kranyak, Phil Becker
1987	Lisa Berkowitz, David Berkowitz	Juanita Chambers, Jim Robison
1988	Claire Tornay, Michael Moss	Susan Green, Mike Cappelletti Mike Cappelletti A. Michael Cappelletti is an American bridge player and poker authority. Amongst poker players he is known as the author of the books Cappelletti on Omaha, The Best of Cappelletti on Omaha, Poker at the Millennium and How to Win at Omaha High-Low Poker, and also as columnist for the poker...
1989	Dorothy Truscott Dorothy Hayden Truscott Dorothy Hayden Truscott was the top-ranked woman in bridge for many years and authored or co-authored books on the game.-Career:... , Alan Truscott Alan Truscott Alan Fraser Truscott was a bridge player, author and columnist. He wrote the daily bridge column for The New York Times for 41 years, from 1964 to 2005 and served as Executive Editor for all six editions of The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge, 1964 to 2002.- Britain :Truscott was born in Brixton,...	Sandra Low, Marc Low
1990	JoAnn Manfield, Ken Cohen	Adair Gellman, Ravindra Murthy
1991	JoAnn Manfield, Danny Sprung	Judy Tucker, Jim Becker
1992	Kitty Bethe, Larry Mori	Linda Lee Linda Lee (bridge) Linda Lee is a Canadian bridge player and co-owner of Master Point Press, the world's leading publisher of books on bridge. After a lengthy absence from women's bridge, Linda won back-to-back Canadian Women's Teams titles in 2004 and 2005, and represented Canada in the Women's World Championship in... , Ray Lee
1993	Libby Fernandez, Happoldt Neuffer	Sabine Zenkel, Ron Andersen
1994	Jill Blanchard, Geoff Hampson	Kay Schulle, John Sutherlin
1995	Cindy Bernstein, Bob Bernstein	Kay Larsen, Chris Larsen
1996	Margery Tamres, Joseph Brady	Anne Simon, Arnie Fisher
1997	Phyllis Quinn, Wafik Abdou	Shirley Blum, George Whitworth
1998	Joan Eaton, Leslie Amoils	Craig Jacobson, Barbara Lehman
1999	Shannon Lipscomb, Mike Cappelletti Jr.	Anne Arndt, Godfrey Chang
2000	Linda Gordon, Bernie Chazen	Frederick Hamilton, Rhoda Walsh
2001	Barbara Shaw, Mark Shaw	Terry Michaels, Gary Roberts
2002	Linda Webb, Richard Ekstrum	Gary Cohler, Barbara Kasle
2003	Jim Kirkham, Corinne Kirkham	Jay Baum, Kathy Baum
2004	Peggy Kaplan, Bill Kent	Marty Fleisher Martin Fleisher Martin Fleisher is an American bridge player, employee benefits attorney, manager of investments in life insurance policies and investment advisor.... , Rozanne Pollack
2005	John Kranyak, Laurie Kranyak	Lynn Deas, Alan Stout
2006	Karen Walker, Tom Kniest	Kitty Cooper, Steven Cooper
2007	Mildred Breed, Richard Zeckhauser Richard Zeckhauser Richard Jay Zeckhauser is an American economist and the Frank P. Ramsey Professor of Political Economy at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University....	Jane Teel, Robert Teel Jr.
2008	Gail Greenberg, Jeffrey Hand	Kerri Sanborn, Stephen Sanborn
2009	Karen Walker, Tom Kniest	Craig Robinson, Elaine Landow
2010	Scott Levine, Judi Radin	Dan Jacob, Brenda Keller
2011	Lloyd Arvedon, Carolyn Sessler	Gail Greenberg, Jeff Hand

Sources

List of previous winners, Page 9
2009 winners, Page 1