Many bids and plays have been named after former great players. They may not have invented the bid as such, but they have coined it and made it famous. Names like Samuel Stayman and Easley Blackwood will live on for as long as the game is played.

In 1929, Theodore Lightner gave his name to the ‘Lightner double’, used to request an unusual lead – often against a slam – when we hope to score a ruff or need dummy’s first bid suit led.