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ACBL Youngest Life Master

The ACBL Youngest Life Master is a record set by the youngest person to achieve the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) rank of Life Master. The requirements of this rank have been raised several times.

Records

ACBL Youngest Life Master
Year Record Setter Age
1939 John Crawford 23 years
1952 Richard Freeman 18 years 10 months 7 days
1961 Dianne Barton-Paine 18 years 12 days
1965 Kyle Larsen 15 years 11 months
1968 Joseh Livezey 15 years 5 months
1973 Bobby Levin 15 years 4 months
1975 Michael Freed 15 years 20 days
1976 Regina Barnes 14 years 11 months
1977 Steve Cochran 14 years 5 months 20 days
1980 Billy Hsieh 13 years 7 months 15 days
1981 (June) Andrew Kaufman 13 years 4 months 15 days
1981 (September) Doug Hsieh 11 years 10 months 4 days
1988 Sam Hirschman 11 years 9 months 5 days
1990 Joel Wooldridge 11 years 4 months 13 days
1994 Dan Hirschman 10 years 2 months 20 days
2006 Adam Kaplan 10 years 43 days
2009 Richard Jeng 9 years 6 months 12 days
2012 Zach Garrison 9 years 2 months 7 days
ACBL Female Youngest Life Master
Year Record Setter Age
1961 Dianne Barton-Paine 18 years 12 days
1973 Connie McGinley 17 years 5 months
1976 Regina Barnes 14 years 11 months
1982 Adair Gellman 14 years 6 months 4 days
1982 (12 days later) Tricia Thomas 14 years 26 days
1999 Meredith Beck 13 years 6 months 11 days
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