15 Facts About Charles Goren

Charles Henry Goren was an American bridge player and writer who significantly developed and popularized the game.

Charles Goren was the leading American bridge personality in the 1950s and 1960s – or 1940s and 1950s, as "Mr Bridge" – as Ely Culbertson had been in the 1930s.

Charles Goren was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Russian Jewish immigrants.

Charles Goren earned a law degree at McGill University in Montreal in 1923.

Work hired Charles Goren to help with his bridge articles and columns, and eventually Charles Goren began ghostwriting Work's material.

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Charles Goren became an extraordinarily successful lecturer and writer on the game and perhaps the first who came to be called its "Grand Old Man".

Charles Goren "became Mr Work's technical assistant at the end of the decade".

Charles Goren dominated the competitive bridge circuit until about 1962 after which he focused on writing and teaching bridge.

Charles Goren's books have sold millions of copies ; by 1958 his daily bridge column was appearing in 194 American newspapers.

Charles Goren had a monthly column in McCall's and a weekly column in Sports Illustrated.

Charles Goren worked to continue the practice of opening four-card suits, with an occasional three-card club suit when the only four-card suit was a weak major.

Charles Goren died on April 3,1991, in Encino, California, at the age of 90.

Charles Goren had lived with his nephew Marvin Goren for 19 years.

Charles Goren appeared on the Groucho Marx radio and television game show You Bet Your Life in March 1958.

Charles Goren Dies at 90 He was Mr Bridge to millions of players and readers who adopted his simplified bidding system.