Peggy Sutherlin Explained

Peggy Sutherlin
Birth Date:	1937
Nationality:	American

Peggy Sutherlin née Berry (born 1937) is an American bridge player from Dallas, Texas.

Sutherlin earned a B.A. from San Francisco State University and worked as an airline flight attendant. "When I applied for the job, I told them I wanted to be a stewardess so I could go to bridge tournaments. The plan worked! I was a stewardess for 37 years." She has been a member of several contract bridge governing committees and the ACBL Board of Governors.

Sutherlin was Inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2014 as a recipient of the Blackwood Award for contributions to the game "without necessarily being world class player".

Bridge accomplishments

Awards and honors

• ACBL Hall of Fame, Blackwood Award 2014^[1]

Wins

• World Team Olympiad Women's Teams (1) 2000 ^[2]
• North American Bridge Championships (9)
  • Rockwell Mixed Pairs (1) 1972 ^[3]
  • Grand National Teams (1) 2006 ^[4]
  • Machlin Women's Swiss Teams (2) 1999, 2004 ^[5]
  • Wagar Women's Knockout Teams (2) 1986, 2004 ^[6]
  • Sternberg Women's Board-a-Match Teams (2) 1998, 2000 ^[7]
  • Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 1976 ^[8]

Runners-up

• World Mixed Pairs (1) 1982
• North American Bridge Championships
  • Whitehead Women's Pairs (1) 1986 ^[9]
  • Smith Life Master Women's Pairs (1) 2011 ^[10]
  • Machlin Women's Swiss Teams (2) 2002, 2005 ^[5]
  • Wagar Women's Knockout Teams (3) 2000, 2006, 2009 ^[6]
  • Sternberg Women's Board-a-Match Teams (1) 2004 ^[7]

Notes and References

1. http://www.acbl.org/about-acbl/hall-of-fame/induction-by-year "Induction by Year"
2. Web site: 11th WORLD TEAM OLYMPIAD . World Bridge Federation . 2000-09-09 . 2022-07-22.
3. News: Rockwell Mixed Pairs Previous Winners . American Contract Bridge League . 8 . 2014-03-25 . 2014-10-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163529/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db5.pdf . 2014-10-21.
4. News: GNT Previous Winners . American Contract Bridge League . 8 . 2009-07-24 . 2014-10-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163644/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2009/02/bulletins/db1.pdf . 2014-10-21.
5. News: Machlin Swiss Previous Winners . American Contract Bridge League . 10 . 2014-03-29 . 2014-10-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163816/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db9.pdf . 2014-10-21.
6. News: Wagar Previous Winners . American Contract Bridge League . 10 . 2014-07-21 . 2014-10-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163711/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db4.pdf . 2014-10-21.
7. News: Women's BAM Winners . American Contract Bridge League . 4 . 2013-12-01 . 2014-10-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163618/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db3.pdf . 2014-10-21.
8. News: Mixed BAM Previous Winners . American Contract Bridge League . 14 . 2014-07-24 . 2014-10-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163650/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db7.pdf . 2014-10-21.
9. News: Whitehead Previous Winners . American Contract Bridge League . 5 . 2014-03-27 . 2014-10-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163800/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db7.pdf . 2014-10-21.
10. News: Smith Women's Pairs Previous Winners . American Contract Bridge League . 7 . 2013-11-29 . 2014-10-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141021045907/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db1.pdf . 2014-10-21.