Merwin Maier

Merwin D. "Jimmy" Maier (August 14, 1908 – February 15, 1942)^[1][2] was an American attorney and bridge player from New York City.^[3][1] He was a member of the Four Aces from 1937 until his death from an unknown virus in New York in 1942.^[3][4]

Maier was born into a Jewish family in Manhattan,^[5][6] the son of Julius Maier and Lydia B. Maier. All four of his grandparents emigrated from Germany.^[7] He attended Columbia Law School and was an editor on the Columbia Law Review.^[8]

He died at age 33 after suffering from an illness for two months.^[1] Maier was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2004.^[9]

Bridge accomplishments

Honors

• ACBL Hall of Fame, 2004^[9]

Wins

• North American Bridge Championships (9)
  • Masters Individual (1) 1939 ^[10]
  • von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (1) 1941 ^[11]
  • Wernher Open Pairs (1) 1940 ^[12]
  • Vanderbilt (2) 1937, 1938 ^[13]
  • Spingold (2) 1935, 1937 ^[14]
  • Spingold (2) 1938, 1939 ^[15]

Runners-up

• North American Bridge Championships
  • Masters Individual (1) 1936 ^[10]
  • Vanderbilt (2) 1935, 1941 ^[13]
  • Masters Team of 4 (1) 1936 ^[14]
  • Reisinger (2) 1934, 1939 ^[16]
  • Spingold (1) 1941 ^[15]

See also

• Four Aces