HOCKEY PLAYER

Taffy Abel

1900 - 1964

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Clarence John "Taffy" Abel (May 28, 1900 – August 1, 1964) was an American professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League with the New York Rangers and Chicago Black Hawks between 1926 and 1934. Born in 1900 in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, United States, as a Native American Ojibwe, he was forced to hide his Native American ancestry until 1939. He was a silver medalist in ice hockey at the 1924 Winter Olympics and the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Taffy Abel has received more than 47,800 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Taffy Abel is the 194th most popular hockey player (down from 144th in 2019), the 15,752nd most popular biography from United States (down from 13,824th in 2019) and the 8th most popular American Hockey Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 48k

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  • 34.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Taffy Abel ranks 194 out of 676. Before him are Mark Howe, Hannu Virta, Alexander Galimov, Martin Ručinský, Milan Hejduk, and František Kaberle. After him are Daniel Sedin, Håkan Algotsson, Glenn Anderson, Dmitri Mironov, Jan Čaloun, and Fredrik Norrena.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Taffy Abel ranks 342. Before him are Frederica Sagor Maas, Rattanbai Jinnah, Alan Bush, Bill Aston, Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt, and Helen Morgan.  Among people deceased in 1964, Taffy Abel ranks 219. Before him are Montgomery Wilson, Art Ross, Timmy Mayer, Mehboob Khan, H. Beam Piper, and Eddie Sachs.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Taffy Abel ranks 15,752 out of 20,380. Before him are Brian Lewis (1974), Michelle Johnson (1965), Antonio Pettigrew (1967), Emily Rose (1981), Monica Keena (1979), and Michael De Luca (1965). After him are Jeff Kaplan (1972), Steven Swanson (1960), Fred Brown (1948), Marisa Ramirez (1977), Michael McCaul (1962), and Cynthia McKinney (1955).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In United States

Among hockey players born in United States, Taffy Abel ranks 8. Before him are Art Langley (1896), Irving Small (1891), Chris Chelios (1962), Ryan Miller (1980), Mike Modano (1970), and Mark Howe (1955). After him are Keith Tkachuk (1972), Pat LaFontaine (1965), Patrick Kane (1988), Brian Leetch (1968), Tom Barrasso (1965), and Jim Craig (1957).

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