Born in 1937, John Swanson is a
Californian adoption bridge player who saw his greatest brilliance in the
1970s.
John, who learned to play as a boy in 1952 by his mother who taught his sisters at the same time to be able to make a home table, attended the State University of Oklahoma.
He was part of the Aces and won the 1977 World Team Championships after arriving two years earlier.
John also won 5 NABCs including the 1974 and 1976 GNTs, the 1969 and 1977 Vanderbilt, and the 1970 Mitchell.
A well-known writer and contributor to the ACBL Bulletin and other prestigious specialized journals is also remembered as a theoretician by taking part in the innovative bid method called Walsh System.