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Billy Cannon, an Uncommon card
Billy Abb Cannon Sr. was an American professional football player who was a halfback and tight end in the American Football League and National Football League.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 77
- DEF
- 89
- Power
- 166
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 87,000
Power 166 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Billy Cannon quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Billy Cannon card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He attended Louisiana State University, where he played college football as a ______, return specialist, and safety for the LSU Tigers.
Answer
halfback. He attended Louisiana State University, where he played college football as a halfback, return specialist, and safety for the LSU Tigers. From the Billy Cannon article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
His punt return against Ole Miss on Halloween night in ____ is considered by fans and sportswriters to be one of the most famous plays in LSU sports history.
Answer
1950s. His punt return against Ole Miss on Halloween night in 1959 is considered by fans and sportswriters to be one of the most famous plays in LSU sports history. From the Billy Cannon article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
G protein-coupled receptor. G protein-coupled receptor 83 · Tyler Breeze 80 · Billy Cannon 77 · Charles Boycott 73 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He attended Louisiana State University, where he played college football as a halfback, return specialist, and safety for the LSU Tigers.
- At LSU, Cannon was twice named a unanimous All-American, helped the 1958 LSU team win a national championship, and received the Heisman Trophy as the nation's most outstanding college player in 1959.
- His punt return against Ole Miss on Halloween night in 1959 is considered by fans and sportswriters to be one of the most famous plays in LSU sports history.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Billy Cannon article was read about 87,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 77 and blocks with 89: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
How to get Billy Cannon
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Billy Cannon (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Topps, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
