Billy Eisenberg
William Eisenberg is an American bridge and backgammon professional. In bridge, Eisenberg has won five Bermuda Bowl world team titles and he won the backgammon world title in 1975. Eisenberg is World Bridge Federation and American Contract Bridge League Grand Life Master. He lived in Boca Raton, Florida, as of 1994 and 1998.
Eisenberg was from New York City in 1968, when the Dallas businessman Ira Corn hired him as an original member of the first full-time professional bridge team, the Dallas Aces. He left the team and moved from Texas to California in 1971.
Bridge accomplishments
Honors
- ACBL Hall of Fame, 1998
Wins
- Bermuda Bowl 1970, 1971, 1976, 1977, 1979
- North American Bridge Championships
- * Vanderbilt 1971, 1978
- * Spingold 1969, 1973
- * Reisinger 1970, 1976
- * Grand National Teams 1974, 1976
- * Men's Board-a-Match Teams 1968
- * North American Swiss Teams 2001
- * Senior Knockout Teams 1995, 1996, 1999
- * Life Master Pairs 1968
- United States Bridge Championships
- * Open Team Trials 1969, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1979
- * Senior Team Trials 2005, 2008
- Other notable wins:
- * Cap Gemini Pandata World Top Invitational Pairs 1991
- * Maccabiah Games 1981
Runners-up
- Bermuda Bowl 1975
- World Senior Teams 1994
- North American Bridge Championships
- * Vanderbilt 1966, 1970, 1973, 1976, 1983, 1989
- * Spingold 1970, 1999
- * Reisinger 1968, 1981, 1983
- * Men's Board-a-Match Teams 1969
- * Jacoby Open Swiss Teams 1993
- * Senior Knockout Teams 2001
- * Men's Pairs 1981
- United States Bridge Championships
- * Open Team Trials 1973
- * Open Pair Trials 1968
- * Senior Team Trials 2001
- Other notable 2nd places:
- * Cavendish Invitational Teams 1985
- * Cavendish Invitational Pairs 1976
