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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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7 ?) j- X S/ {% e8 b- lfullback 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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( s! r& J- L+ W" d6 K, J0 r1 s3 gClipper 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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9 I9 R; a! b( B& }* c# a: L2 Y. A2 AKwong may have been the only Asian in North American professional sports when he joined the Canadian Football League in 1948 at age 18.0 V' w1 {) A* o3 g
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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.
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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.
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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。, g, c2 M6 p# y F5 |4 m
' @& j7 g l" ~+ y. QCFL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:$ Q b i: g% m
BC Lions Edmonton Eskimos Calgary Stampeders + r# n* u* B2 j1 S4 n7 ^" u; b2 Q) d
Saskatchewan Roughriders Winnipeg Blue Bombers; ]( P0 o6 U2 ~
Hamilton Tiger Cats Toronto Argonauts
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# C, `+ O2 o: G) B6 x2 R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。( C) j) h/ j! {8 _7 O
- C7 B; t& _) {. p8 i. s _) P. LIn 1998, he was named a member of the Order of Canada.+ \! Q9 ~: z( d7 ~- B4 L
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The Order of Canada奖章有三种,分别是Member, Officer 和 Companion,算是金银铜牌吧。9 e- L) F T6 o' v/ I3 k6 p- E
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0 F, x# _) o8 {% {$ S! F- BKwong, 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. $ y6 l, }4 x# k- S! Z
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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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