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Normie Kwong, a legendary football fullback nicknamed the "China Clipper" after he became the first Chinese-Canadian in the CFL, has been named Alberta's new lieutenant-governor.3 s2 \9 W: O& I5 T$ G
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6 Y3 g* a, X! h* A0 R7 Wfullback 全卫,进攻组成员,位于四分位quarterback和半位halfback之后,和halfback合称为跑卫 (running back, RB) 。在冲锋进攻时,通常是由体型壮硕的全卫跑在前面开路,而由中卫跟在其后持球冲锋。他们必须在接到四分卫的「递球」(handoff) 后立刻抱紧球,看哨锋与其它队友阻挡的情形,来寻找任何的「洞」(hole,缝隙) ,以决定最有利的冲刺路线,并躲避防守球员加诸其身的任何擒抱与撞击。而在抛传进攻时,他们则可以前冲而变成接球员,或是协助「内攻击线锋」的队友们,来保护四分卫。速度与灵敏是跑卫的主要条件。, E9 y9 b, A+ o( O1 x# B
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Clipper 有快马之意。lieutenant-governor 字面意思是副总督,意译可以是省督。' I, I# B. k8 u
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Kwong may have been the only Asian in North American professional sports when he joined the Canadian Football League in 1948 at age 18.0 p* `7 W; U6 o0 W
" d5 O& U/ k, H* q$ H, l. R( DKwong won his first Grey Cup with the Calgary Stampeders, then joined the Edmonton Eskimos and helped them win three championships in a row.
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% z) |3 L! w0 H* Y+ TThe Edmonton Eskimos won six Grey Cup championships during Normie's time with the team. He, himself, was All Canadian Fullback five times; a two-time Schenley Award winner, Most Outstanding Canadian in 1955 and 1956 and Canadian Athlete of the Year in 1955. ! i9 d: i# H7 T2 e, M+ l- y
) w9 r' i# o: [9 y& oKwong, who is five feet seven inches tall and then weighed 170 pounds, racked up more than 30 CFL records before he retired from the sport in 1960. ( f2 h3 x/ u) R& u% {
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* m3 _' ~; ^$ A6 G1 D8 hGrey是加拿大的1904年到1911年的总督,原本想捐个杯给冰球比赛的,可惜让另一位爵士捷足先登了,只好退而求其次捐给并不是很popular的橄榄球了。; q# D- v/ T/ l3 p! U7 q/ J
8 d) e1 \3 {! _$ x) C! M0 yCFL现共有9只球队,东边四只西部五只,每年东西部冠军决赛的胜者捧杯。CFL的9只球队包括:
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Hamilton Tiger Cats Toronto Argonauts
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其中,Edmonton和Montreal成绩最好,经常在总决赛中会师。Edmonton捧回8次Gre杯,一次三连冠(54-56)和一次五连冠(74-79),三连冠就是在Kwong的时代。; V+ g- x1 s2 m3 A0 ]
( z( L( s" c* T, d9 L; RIn 1998, he was named a member of the Order of Canada.) `0 i3 P: E4 ?5 O
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The Order of Canada是对有杰出贡献的Canadian的一种国家奖赏,算是劳模之类的,由总督颁发。从1967年开始至今已有四千人获此殊荣。3 g9 k* z9 _- k' B* X7 f
The Order of Canada奖章有三种,分别是Member, Officer 和 Companion,算是金银铜牌吧。
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Kwong, who lives in Calgary, said he's not sure whether he'll have to move to Edmonton, especially since the province has torn down the lieutenant-governor's official residence.
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"I don't know what they plan to do, except maybe set me up a tent on Jasper Avenue or something." |
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