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    Easley Blackwood Sr.

    American bridge player (1903–1992)

    Easley Rutland Blackwood (June 25, 1903 – March 27, 1992) was an American contract bridge player and writer, best known for the Blackwood convention used in bridge bidding.

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    • Biography

    Blackwood was born in Birmingham, Alabama, but lived most of his life in Indianapolis, Indiana. From 1968 to 1971 he was executive secretary of the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL).[1] He was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 1995.[2]

    His son was Easley Blackwood Jr.

    (1933–2023), a noted composer of music.

    Publications

    Books[3][4]
    • Bridge Humanics: How to Play People as well as the Cards (Indianapolis: Droke House, 1949); UK title, 1951, The Human Element in Bridge [same subtitle]
    • Blackwood on Bidding: Dynamic Point Count (Bobbs-Merrill, 1956)
    • Blackwood on Slams (Prentice-Hall, 1970); later title, Bidding Slams with Blackwood
    • Spite & Malice: The Complete Rules