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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.
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fullback 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。
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$ c( {6 q7 v# d$ H% z0 |Clipper 有快马之意。lieutenant-governor 字面意思是副总督,意译可以是省督。0 y; ] D3 A8 U, @' `$ ]8 Y( M
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5 p8 x6 O" ?. c7 x2 ?1 `Kwong may have been the only Asian in North American professional sports when he joined the Canadian Football League in 1948 at age 18.2 l- q. v4 g, J% ^' I6 L
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Kwong won his first Grey Cup with the Calgary Stampeders, then joined the Edmonton Eskimos and helped them win three championships in a row.+ m m i2 C0 x" X+ t) P- ?
4 Q _6 {6 F* J. u3 L7 ^The 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. 7 h* Q5 |8 Q# V9 }0 `2 h \, T
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Kwong, 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. : [% R" x, h( q
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Grey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。* p3 [9 Y( U; b) n
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CFL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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; S1 g3 B9 |# O+ P& n S0 p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。
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5 O0 e5 ~! ^2 ?- V- W& VIn 1998, he was named a member of the Order of Canada.0 \: V! @- ]3 H; \: V6 ?: O% c
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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 h% @1 x+ f5 h2 q0 M
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. 4 D4 y/ K( w* U

% |* \1 @: ~. x! z& H"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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