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Wren Blair

Wren Blair, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 2013)

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Born
October 2, 1925
Died
January 2, 2013
Zodiac sign
Libra
Birth year
1925

About Wren Blair

Wren Alvin Blair was a Canadian ice hockey coach, scout and executive in the National Hockey League. He then hired Blair as their first coach and general manager. In 1967, Minnesota was awarded an expansion franchise in the NHL, Minnesota North Stars. He would later go on to own the Saginaw Gears of the International Hockey League, which won two Turner Cups.

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The world when Wren Blair was born

Wren Blair was born in 1925. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1925

  • #1 song"Sweet Georgia Brown"
  • Top movieThe Gold Rush (Charlie Chaplin)
  • Best-selling bookThe Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentRed Grange signs with the Chicago Bears
  • Top headlineThe Scopes Trial captivates America
  • Technology milestoneTelevision demonstrated by John Logie Baird
  • Defining fadCharleston dance craze
  • Notable inventionMasking tape
  • World population1.98 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderCalvin Coolidge
  • Sports championPittsburgh Pirates (World Series)
  • U.S. population115.8M

1925 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Wren Blair's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19252026
Gas$0.22$3.45/gal
Average home$5,900$435,000
Average income$3,600$67,500
Movie ticket$0.25$11.95
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population115.8M341 million

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