P. Hal Sims, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

P. Hal Sims

American bridge player

Date of Birth: 08-Nov-1886

Date of Death: 26-Feb-1949

Profession: bridge player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About P. Hal Sims

  • Philip Hal Sims (November 8, 1886 – February 26, 1949) was an American bridge player.
  • In 1932 he was ranked by Shepard Barclay, bridge commentator of the New York Herald Tribune, the second best player in the US during the preceding year.
  • (Barclay ranked Sims's regular partner Willard Karn first, the other two members of his Four Horsemen team third and fourth.) According to his obituary in The New York Times, Sims was "a colorful person and a sportsman who excelled in almost whatever intellectual or athletic competition he pursued." Beside bridge and golf it mentioned "tennis, backgammon, billiards, chemin-de-fer and racing".
  • He stood about 6 feet, 4 inches, and weighed about 300 pounds.

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