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Victor  GOLDBERG

 

 Victor Goldberg è nato nel 1923 ed è stato un importatore di giocattoli ed una delle più eminenti figure del bridge scozzese.

 Sposato con Ann, ha avuto tre figli ed ha fatto più volte parte delle rappresentative Open di Scozia e di Gran Bretagna.

 Sul piano internazionale ha vinto un argento ai Campionati del MEC a Squadre del 1979 giocando per la Gran Bretagna, e sul piano interbritannico ha vinto 4 volte la prestigiosa Gold Cup.

 Si spense nel 2009 al termine di una breve malattia.

   Victor Goldberg of Glasgow, who has died in the 2009 aged 86 after a short illness, represented Scotland in six successive decades and was their most-capped player when appearing in his last match in 2004.

He won the Scottish Trials for the 2008 season only to find his partner was unable to play when selected.

Goldberg’s international career began in 1956 and he had more than fifty Camrose matches for Scotland.

In 1964 he was on the first Scottish squad to win the Camrose Trophy, the Home International series, a success he repeated the following year and
on five subsequent occasions.

Goldberg represented Great Britain in the 1969 European Championships in Oslo, partnering Sam Leckie, and in 1979 partnering Barnet Shenkin in
the Europeans and the Common Market Championships, where they took silver.

After Scotland was upgraded to a National Federation, Goldberg had a further Europeans in 2002 partnering Miroslav Dragic.

Goldberg won the Gold Cup, the British knockout championship, on four occasions.

Goldberg ran a toy importing business in Glasgow.

He leaves a widow, Ann, and three children.

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