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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.: j' [6 _( K6 h9 i0 I
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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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Clipper 有快马之意。lieutenant-governor 字面意思是副总督,意译可以是省督。
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, Z" r" G# i+ J5 QKwong may have been the only Asian in North American professional sports when he joined the Canadian Football League in 1948 at age 18.
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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.
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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. - H/ ?( b5 W% L2 Z
8 w: K7 ~. d2 Y8 ~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. 6 R) V w) y7 z' Q1 o0 M1 @6 ~* i
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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。
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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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Saskatchewan Roughriders Winnipeg Blue Bombers6 }( U: b& y- W6 H* ?7 Z
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Ottawa Renegades Montreal Alouettes
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+ G9 q% c5 L o2 Z( u+ Z; i% i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。) I/ O3 W- @8 k+ H3 ^* Q+ X7 N
- e$ ?( C8 q1 H! FIn 1998, he was named a member of the Order of Canada.
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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。$ F( b W* J8 ~4 u
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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' W- I- f; C7 @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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