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Ernie Davis, an Uncommon card
Ernest R. Davis was an American college football player who was a halfback for the Syracuse Orangemen and won the Heisman Trophy in 1961.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 67
- DEF
- 51
- Power
- 118
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 140,000
Power 118 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Ernie Davis quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Ernie Davis card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was the award's first black ______.
Answer
recipient. He was the award's first black recipient. From the Ernie Davis article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Ernest R. Davis was an American college football player who was a halfback for the Syracuse Orangemen and won the Heisman Trophy in ____.
Answer
1960s. Ernest R. Davis was an American college football player who was a halfback for the Syracuse Orangemen and won the Heisman Trophy in 1961. From the Ernie Davis article on Wikipedia.
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 was the award's first black recipient.
- Davis was selected first overall by the Washington Redskins in the 1962 NFL draft but was almost immediately traded to the Cleveland Browns.
- He was diagnosed with leukemia that same year, and died shortly after at age 23 without ever playing in a professional game.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ernie Davis article was read about 140,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 67 and blocks with 51: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
How to get Ernie Davis
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Ernie Davis (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Wikimedia Commons, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
