Giorgio Belladonna

Giorgio Belladonna (7 June 1923 – 12 May 1995)[1] was an Italian bridge player, one of the greatest of all time.

[2] He won 16 world championship titles with the Blue Team, playing with Walter Avarelli from 1956 to 1969[2] and later with Benito Garozzo.

A leading theoretician, he was the principal inventor of the Roman Club bidding system, from 1956, and with Benito Garozzo after 1969 created Super Precision, a complex strong club based method.

[4] He had been "a potential soccer star, but World War II interrupted that career path".

[2] Belladonna won 16 world championships, all as a member of the Italy open team-of-four.