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Louis H. Watson (1907—1936) of New York City was a highly ranked American contract bridge player and author who rose to prominence in the 1930s. A popular personality, he was considered by Ely Culbertson to be his most likely successor. Born in 1907, he died suddenly at an early age in 1936.

Watson was a contributing editor of The Bridge World' and bridge columnest for the New York Evening Post. As an author, his book, Watson on the Play of the Hand at Contract Bridge published in 1934 and which was enlarged and modernized by Sam Fry, Jr. in 1958 as Watson's Classic Book on the Play of the Hand at Bridge is still considered a classic by experts and other bridge readers of today.

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