Nick Nickell
Frank T. "Nick" Nickell is an American bridge player. He graduated from the University of North Carolina, and lived in Raleigh, North Carolina, as of 1994.
Nickell was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2008. At the time he lived in New York City and led the private equity investment firm Kelso & Company. He "now lives in New York most of the time".
Nickell has created one of the most dominant bridge teams of all time, winning 4 world championships and multiple North American Bridge Championships. He formed a successful partnership with Richard Freeman until Freeman's death and has since partnered with Ralph Katz. He has won both team events and pair events.
Nickell is an ACBL Grand Life Master.Bridge accomplishments
Honors
- ACBL Hall of Fame, 2008
Awards
- Fishbein Trophy 1995
Wins
- Bermuda Bowl 1995, 1999, 2003, 2009
- North American Bridge Championships
- * von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs 2003
- * Blue Ribbon Pairs 1991
- * Vanderbilt 2000, 2003, 2014, 2017
- * Reisinger 1993, 1994, 1995, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009
- * Spingold 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2007
- * Senior Knockout Teams 2016
- United States Bridge Championships
- * Open Team Trials 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2017
Runners-up
- Bermuda Bowl 1997, 2005
- North American Bridge Championships
- * Grand National Teams 1983
- * Vanderbilt 1996, 2002, 2018, 2019
- * Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams 1998, 1999, 2012
- * Spingold 2011, 2012
- * Roth Open Swiss Teams 2015, 2018
- * Senior Knockout Teams 2017, 2018
- * Reisinger 2014
- United States Bridge Championships
- * Open Team Trials 1997
