Alan F. Truscott

Alan F. Truscott’s Followers

None yet.

Alan F. Truscott


Born
in Brixton, London, The United Kingdom
April 14, 0599

Died
September 04, 2005


Alan Fraser Truscott (April 16, 1925 – September 4, 2005) 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.
Truscott was born in Brixton, London, and showed early prowess at chess as well as bridge. He attended Whitgift School, and served in the Royal Navy towards the end of World War II. He studied at the University of Oxford from 1947, playing for the university at both chess and bridge. He was a member of the British team (along with Terence Reese and Boris Schapiro) that won a bronze medal at the European bridge championships in 1951, aged only 26. In 1958 he was a member of the British team that finished second, and in 1961 his team won the gold medal in t
...more

Average rating: 3.8 · 70 ratings · 10 reviews · 20 distinct works
The New York Times Bridge B...

by
3.83 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2002 — 4 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Great Bridge Scandal: T...

3.08 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2004 — 4 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Basic Bridge in Three Weeks

3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1987 — 2 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Contract Bridge for Beginne...

4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1995
Rate this book
Clear rating
Contract Bridge

4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings7 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Bridge In 3 Weeks

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
NYT BRIDGE SERIES: GRAND SL...

4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1985 — 2 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Bidding Dictionary

0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1996 — 3 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Intermediate Bridge in Thre...

0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1990
Rate this book
Clear rating
Doubles and Redoubles (The ...

0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1987
Rate this book
Clear rating
More books by Alan F. Truscott…