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Althea Gibson, an Uncommon card
Althea Neale Gibson was an American tennis player and professional golfer, and one of the first Black athletes to cross the color line of international tennis.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 81
- DEF
- 98
- Power
- 179
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 130,000
Ranked #967 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Althea Gibson quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Althea Gibson card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In 1956, she became the first Black ______ to win a Grand Slam event.
Answer
player. In 1956, she became the first Black player to win a Grand Slam event. From the Althea Gibson article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The following year she won both Wimbledon and the US Nationals, then won both again in ____ and was voted Female Athlete of the Year by the Associated Press in both years.
Answer
1950s. The following year she won both Wimbledon and the US Nationals, then won both again in 1958 and was voted Female Athlete of the Year by the Associated Press in both years. From the Althea Gibson article on Wikipedia.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- In 1956, she became the first Black player to win a Grand Slam event.
- The following year she won both Wimbledon and the US Nationals, then won both again in 1958 and was voted Female Athlete of the Year by the Associated Press in both years.
- In all, she won 11 Grand Slam titles: five singles titles, five doubles titles, and one mixed doubles title.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Althea Gibson article was read about 130,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 81 and blocks with 98: each hit it takes is cut by 39 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Althea Gibson (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Adam Cuerden, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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