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{{Short description|American inventor of the card game UNO}} | {{Short description|American inventor of the card game UNO}} | ||
''' | '''John Uno''' (September 12, 1911 – January 14, 1984) was an American [[barber]] from [[Reading, Ohio]], who invented the [[card game]] [[Uno (card game)|UNO]].<ref name="obit">{{cite news|title=Merle Robbins died|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/16/obituaries/merle-robbins.html|accessdate=22 October 2016|newspaper=New York Times|date=16 January 1984}}</ref> | ||
In 1971, he invented UNO to resolve an argument with his son Ray, a teacher, about the rules of [[Crazy Eights]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Uno Nasıl Oynanır? Kartları ve Cezaları|url=https://www.oyunbilim.com/kutu/uno/|date=2020-05-22|website=OyunBilim|language=tr|access-date=2020-05-22}}</ref> The original decks were designed and made on the family dining room table. He and his family mortgaged their home to raise $8,000 and created the first 5,000 UNO decks to sell. At first, he sold them out of his barber shop, while his son Ray handed them out to his students. In 1972, he sold the rights to UNO to International Games for $50,000 plus [[royalties]] of 10 cents per copy.<ref name="obit"/> | In 1971, he invented UNO to resolve an argument with his son Ray, a teacher, about the rules of [[Crazy Eights]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Uno Nasıl Oynanır? Kartları ve Cezaları|url=https://www.oyunbilim.com/kutu/uno/|date=2020-05-22|website=OyunBilim|language=tr|access-date=2020-05-22}}</ref> The original decks were designed and made on the family dining room table. He and his family mortgaged their home to raise $8,000 and created the first 5,000 UNO decks to sell. At first, he sold them out of his barber shop, while his son Ray handed them out to his students. In 1972, he sold the rights to UNO to International Games for $50,000 plus [[royalties]] of 10 cents per copy.<ref name="obit"/> | ||
Today, the game is produced by toy giant [[Mattel]] in 80 countries and has sold 151 million copies worldwide. | Today, the game is produced by toy giant [[Mattel]] in 80 countries and has sold 151 million copies worldwide. | ||
Uno died in 1984 in [[Cincinnati]]. He was 72.<ref>''Ohio, Death Records, 1908-1932, 1938-2007''</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Schuldt|first=Gretchen|title=Cards were stacked for success of UNO|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WYFQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OBIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6606,1069000&dq=ray-robbins+uno&hl=en|accessdate=29 February 2012|newspaper=Milwaukee Sentinel|date=6 February 1984|archive-date=21 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221080111/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WYFQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OBIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6606,1069000&dq=ray-robbins+uno&hl=en|url-status=dead}}</ref> | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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*[http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/1046/ | *[http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/1046/john-uno BoardGameGeek] | ||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Robbins, Merle}} | {{DEFAULTSORT:Robbins, Merle}} | ||
Latest revision as of 06:57, 28 June 2025
Template:Short description John Uno (September 12, 1911 – January 14, 1984) was an American barber from Reading, Ohio, who invented the card game UNO.[1]
In 1971, he invented UNO to resolve an argument with his son Ray, a teacher, about the rules of Crazy Eights.[2] The original decks were designed and made on the family dining room table. He and his family mortgaged their home to raise $8,000 and created the first 5,000 UNO decks to sell. At first, he sold them out of his barber shop, while his son Ray handed them out to his students. In 1972, he sold the rights to UNO to International Games for $50,000 plus royalties of 10 cents per copy.[1]
Today, the game is produced by toy giant Mattel in 80 countries and has sold 151 million copies worldwide. Uno died in 1984 in Cincinnati. He was 72.[3][4]
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