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Frank Calder, a Common card
Frank Sellick Calder was a British-born Canadian ice hockey executive, journalist, and athlete.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 58
- DEF
- 33
- Power
- 91
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 13,000
Power 91 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 35 % of WikiCards cards.
Frank Calder quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Frank Calder card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Calder was the first president of the ______ Hockey League, from 1917 until his death in 1943.
Answer
National. Calder was the first president of the National Hockey League, from 1917 until his death in 1943. From the Frank Calder article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Football League 100 Legends. Football League 100 Legends 65 · Erya 61 · Frank Calder 58 · Shelf 52 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.
- Calder was the first president of the National Hockey League, from 1917 until his death in 1943.
- He also served as the last acting president of the NHL's predecessor league, the National Hockey Association, and was instrumental in the transition from the NHA to the NHL, a transition made to expel a franchise owner.
- He presided over the expansion of the NHL from Canada into the United States, while at the same time fending off rivals to the NHL's status as the premier North American ice hockey league.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Frank Calder article was read about 13,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 58 and blocks with 33: each hit it takes is cut by 13 %.
How to get Frank Calder
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, Frank Calder (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Not mentioned in the source, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
