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 Joseph 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 2020 Andrew Chen 8 years 3 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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