Not at all. Although a “traditional” club sandwich (circa 1970) was constructed as a “tower” with three toasted slices of white sandwich bread, the classic clubhouse sandwich started out with only two pieces. The Union Club used only two slices of graham bread, and the Saratoga Club used two pieces of buttered bread.  It wasn’t until James Beard published his 1974 Beard on Food: The Best Recipes and Kitchen Wisdom from the Dean of American Cooking that the clubhouse sandwich had morphed into a layered “triple-decker.” From then on, it became widely accepted that three pieces of bread were the standard for a classic club sandwich.