He is best known as nonplaying captain, or npc, of the 1965 Great Britain Bermuda Bowl team.
During that World Bridge Federation championship tournament in Buenos Aires, the British pair Terence Reese and Boris Schapiro were accused of cheating.
[citation needed] Decades later, his NYT bridge column in obituary of Swimer featured the affair.
"In England", Truscott summarised, "Swimer was hailed as a hero by some but targeted as a villain by others.
[b] His partner there was Jeremy Flint, who also played on the 1965 Bermuda Bowl team that Swimer led as npc.