biography
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Whitehead, Wilbur C(herrier)
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| male
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| lived:
| (1866–1931)
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| biography:
| Bridge player and authority, born in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. President of the Simplex Automobile Co, he turned to bridge in 1910 and played with the 1928 Vanderbilt Cup winners. He helped popularize bridge by competing in games described on radio and invented many standard conventions of bidding and play. |
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