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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 42,125 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Taffy Abel is the 144th most popular hockey player (down from 61st in 2019), the 13,858th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,928th in 2019) and the 4th most popular American Hockey Player.

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  • 42k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 34.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Taffy Abel ranks 144 out of 364. Before him are Martin Straka, Jan Marek, Sergei Gonchar, Vladimir Malakhov, Evgeni Nabokov, and Mikhail Shtalenkov. After him are Tomáš Plekanec, Vyacheslav Kozlov, Hooley Smith, Kimmo Timonen, Jonas Bergqvist, and Marián Gáborík.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Taffy Abel ranks 305. Before him are Beatrix Loughran, Horatio Fitch, Coral Buttsworth, Alastair Sim, Helen Morgan, and Alan Bush. After him is Mony Marc. Among people deceased in 1964, Taffy Abel ranks 201. Before him are Timmy Mayer, William Bendix, Alice Wilson, Adele Goldstine, Mehboob Khan, and Eddie Sachs.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Taffy Abel ranks 13,858 out of 18,182. Before him are Mike Trout (1991), Kenny Chesney (1968), Alexis Cruz (1974), Moisés Arias (1994), Eddie Jones (1971), and Jim Gilmore (1949). After him are John W. Weeks (1860), Everett Dirksen (1896), Jayne Brook (1960), Bonita Friedericy (1961), Jane Bryan (1918), and Matthew J. Holman (1967).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In United States

Among hockey players born in United States, Taffy Abel ranks 4. Before him are Chris Chelios (1962), Mike Modano (1970), and Ryan Miller (1980). After him are Brian Leetch (1968), Tom Barrasso (1965), Patrick Kane (1988), Mike Richter (1966), Jeremy Roenick (1970), Brian Rafalski (1973), John LeClair (1969), and Phil Housley (1964).

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