Goldman first played duplicate bridge in 1957 while studying at Drexel University in Philadelphia. He began teaching six months later and taught "a modest number of classes" until he joined the Dallas Aces team in 1968.[4] His early partners with the Aces were Michael Lawrence and Billy Eisenberg; the team won Bermuda Bowls in 1970 and 1971. About that time he began "teaching heavily—15 department classes a week" and some private lessons.[4] His favorite partner was Paul Soloway, with whom he played more than two decades.[1] Goldman was an American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) Grand Life Master with more than 25,000 masterpoints and a World Bridge Federation (WBF) World Grand Master.[2] He was active in ACBL administration, participating in its Competition
and Conventions Committee, Committee for an Open and Improved ACBL, and Women's Forum.[4] On the former committee he contributed to shaping the ACBL alert procedure, convention card, ethics and appeals process, and smoking ban.[2]
Goldman died of a heart attack in Dallas, Texas, at the age of 60.[1]
Works
Books
Aces Scientific (Inglewood, CA: Max Hardy, 1978)
Winners and Losers at the Bridge Table, illustrated by Mary Grace (Hardy, 1979)
