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History
7 April 2000
Vanderbilt winners since
1928
The Vanderbilt Trophy for the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams was donated
in 1928 by Harold S. Vanderbilt, who won the event in 1932 and
1940. The Vanderbilt was contested annually in New York as a separate
championship until 1958 when it became part of the Spring North American
Championships.
Vanderbilt winners receive
replicas of the trophy a practice initiated by Vanderbilt from the first
running of the event and perpetuated by a $100,000 trust fund administered
by ACBL under the terms of Vanderbilt's will. On display at ACBL Headquarters
in Memphis are replicas donated by the families of Caroline
Taylor, who won the Vanderbilt in 1928, and Helen Sobel Smith,
a Vanderbilt winner in 1944 and 1945.
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