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Uncommon card · Society
Red Grange, an Uncommon card
Harold Edward "Red" Grange, nicknamed "the Galloping Ghost" and "the Wheaton Iceman", was an American college and professional football halfback who played for Illinois, the Chicago Bears and the short-lived New York Yankees.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 81
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 181
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 80,000
Power 181 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Red Grange quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Red Grange card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
His signing with the Bears helped legitimize the ______ Football League.
Answer
National. His signing with the Bears helped legitimize the National Football League. From the Red Grange article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Playing college football for the Illinois Fighting Illini, Grange was a three-time consensus All-American and led his team to a national championship in ____.
Answer
1920s. Playing college football for the Illinois Fighting Illini, Grange was a three-time consensus All-American and led his team to a national championship in 1923. From the Red Grange article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Eddie Edwards. Eddie Edwards 92 · Agnieszka Radwańska 87 · List of world champion football clubs 84 · Red Grange 81 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.
- His signing with the Bears helped legitimize the National Football League.
- Grange became a nationally known celebrity in the 1920s and is often cited as one of the most iconic athletes of all time, as well as one of the greatest college football players ever and the biggest star of the early days of the NFL.
- Playing college football for the Illinois Fighting Illini, Grange was a three-time consensus All-American and led his team to a national championship in 1923.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Red Grange article was read about 80,000 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 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Red Grange
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, Red Grange (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : William Earl Snyder, Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
