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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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1 f3 o! X/ D( A% `2 W4 t0 _. v【片解】
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。

  b% d# e! B8 S+ L, Z* d. kClipper 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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! K, I$ }* B) M  Y0 \! h& v% PKwong 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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6 n1 s' K) r7 {# `; ~% q, eKwong won his first Grey Cup with the Calgary Stampeders, then joined the Edmonton Eskimos and helped them win three championships in a row.

+ F. A6 H1 v# t3 L3 W, V2 g+ _+ lThe 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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2 Z& Q$ p4 L8 \7 V4 R" o6 ~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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2 ^% g/ G" i( O8 L3 \$ FGrey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：
BC Lions Edmonton Eskimos Calgary Stampeders
Saskatchewan Roughriders Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Hamilton Tiger Cats Toronto Argonauts
2 r9 d) |% r: t Ottawa Renegades Montreal Alouettes

# v- u- p# _  m3 g* c  E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。

( b3 ~8 z. [' a5 o% W0 x) P& BIn 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。
0 T: o2 X3 d" r6 q( k; U/ {The Order of Canada奖章有三种，分别是Member, Officer 和 Companion，算是金银铜牌吧。

  

/ U7 J6 S* r# m( G4 Y8 P' 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.
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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."