| Youngest
Coach to Win a Super Bowl Barely older than
the players he coaches at age 39, Jon Gruden led the
Tampa Bay Bucs to victory in Super Bowl XXXVI.
Youngest Starting Quarterback to Win a Super
Bowl
Tom Brady of the New England Patriots, who
won Super Bowl XXXV at age 24.
Youngest Player to win the MVP award in a Super
Bowl
This record still stands 26 years after Lynn
Swann took home the award in 1976 at the age of 23.
Youngest NBA Drafted Player
Jermaine O'Neal took the court for the Portland
Trail Blazers in 1996, just days after turning 18.
Youngest Man To Win The US Open Singles Title
Pete Sampras served up the first of his record 13 grand
slam titles when he won the US Open Singles Tennis Championship
in 1990 at the age of 19.
Youngest Formula 1 Championship Points Winner
Speeding past the competition at the age of 20, the
UK’s Jenson Button, claimed his first points with
a sixth place finish in the Brazilian Grand Prix in
the 2000 Formula One World Championship. |
Youngest
Major League Baseball Player
Not even old enough to drive himself to the
game, 15-year-old Joseph Henry pitched one game for
the Cincinnati Reds in June 1944.
Youngest Starting Pitcher in an All-Star Game
New York Mets hurler Dwight Gooden was 21
when pitched his first fastball in a Major League Baseball
All-Star game in 1986.
Youngest Starting Player in an All-Star Game
Hall of Famer Al Kaline was 20 years old when he hit
the field in 1955.
Youngest Scorer in The World Cup Finals
Soccer legend Pelé, had yet to celebrate his
eighteenth birthday when he scored for Brazil against
Wales, in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1958.
Youngest Winston Cup Champion
Jeff Gordon raced to the finish line when he became
the youngest NASCAR driver to win the Winston Cup Rookie
of the Year and the Winston Cup champion. |
Youngest
Player to Win the NHL Conn Smythe Trophy Patrick
Roy skated his way into the record books when he won the
Conn Smythe Trophy, an honor awarded to the winning team’s
most valuable player in the playoffs.
Youngest Player to Win The Masters
Beating records set by golf legends Jack Nicklaus and
Raymond Floyd, Tiger Woods won his first Masters with
a 72-hole, 270 score at 21 years of age.
Youngest Female and Male Wimbledon Champion
Martina Hingis of Switzerland was 15 years old when she
won the women’s doubles in 1996, and Germany's Boris
Becker, was only 17 when he aced his opponents to win
the men's singles title in 1985.
Youngest Individual Olympic Champion
The USA's Marjorie Gestring was only 13 years old when
she won the springboard diving title at the Olympic Games
in Berlin, Germany in 1936. |
