Peggy Sutherlin

Peggy Sutherlin née Berry (born 1937) is an American bridge player from Dallas, Texas.^[1]

Peggy Sutherlin
Born	1937
Nationality	American

Sutherlin earned a B.A. from San Francisco State University and worked as an airline flight attendant. "When I applied for the job, I told them I wanted to be a stewardess so I could go to bridge tournaments. The plan worked! I was a stewardess for 37 years."^[2] She has been a member of several contract bridge governing committees and the ACBL Board of Governors.^[3]

Sutherlin was Inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2014^[3] as a recipient of the Blackwood Award for contributions to the game "without necessarily being world class player".

Bridge accomplishments

Awards and honors

• ACBL Hall of Fame, Blackwood Award 2014^[3]

Wins

• World Team Olympiad Women's Teams (1) 2000 ^[4]

• North American Bridge Championships (9)
  • Rockwell Mixed Pairs (1) 1972 ^[5]
  • Grand National Teams (1) 2006 ^[6]
  • Machlin Women's Swiss Teams (2) 1999, 2004 ^[7]
  • Wagar Women's Knockout Teams (2) 1986, 2004 ^[8]
  • Sternberg Women's Board-a-Match Teams (2) 1998, 2000 ^[9]
  • Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 1976 ^[10]

Runners-up

• World Mixed Pairs (1) 1982
• North American Bridge Championships
  • Whitehead Women's Pairs (1) 1986 ^[11]
  • Smith Life Master Women's Pairs (1) 2011 ^[12]
  • Machlin Women's Swiss Teams (2) 2002, 2005 ^[7]
  • Wagar Women's Knockout Teams (3) 2000, 2006, 2009 ^[8]
  • Sternberg Women's Board-a-Match Teams (1) 2004 ^[9]

References

1. Francis, Henry G.; Truscott, Alan F.; Francis, Dorthy A., eds. (1994). The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (5th ed.). Memphis, TN: American Contract Bridge League. p. 752. ISBN 0-943855-48-9. LCCN 96188639.
2. "Sutherlin, Peggy". Hall of Fame. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-12-16.
3. "Induction by Year" Archived 2014-12-05 at the Wayback Machine. Hall of Fame. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-11-10.
4. "11th WORLD TEAM OLYMPIAD". World Bridge Federation. 2000-09-09. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
5. "Rockwell Mixed Pairs Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-03-25. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
6. "GNT Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2009-07-24. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
7. "Machlin Swiss Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-03-29. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
8. "Wagar Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-07-21. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
9. "Women's BAM Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2013-12-01. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
10. "Mixed BAM Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-07-24. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
11. "Whitehead Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-03-27. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
12. "Smith Women's Pairs Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2013-11-29. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.

External links

• Citation at the ACBL Hall of Fame (archived)
• "International record for Peggy Sutherlin". World Bridge Federation.