Norman Kwong

Norman Kwong (2010)

Norman ("Normie") Lim Kwong , CM , AOE (born October 24, 1929 in Calgary as Lim Kwong Yew , chin.林佐民, Pinyin Lín Zuǒmín ; † September 3, 2016 ) was a Canadian entrepreneur , sports official and Canadian football - Player. As a four-time winner of the Gray Cup , he is one of the most successful players of the 1950s. He later appeared as co-owner of the Calgary Flames ice hockey team and manager of the Calgary Stampeders football team . From 2005 to 2010, Kwong was Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Alberta .

biography

Norman Kwong's parents emigrated to Canada from Taishan in the Chinese province of Guangdong at the beginning of the 20th century . He attended Western Canada High School in Calgary, where he discovered his talent for Canadian football. In 1948 he began his career in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as the first professional player of Chinese descent. The fullback was initially under contract with the Calgary Stampeders , from 1951 to the end of his career in 1960 with the Edmonton Eskimos .

Knwong's coat of arms as Lieutenant Governor of Alberta with Canadian football balls

In 13 seasons, Kwong (nickname: The China Clipper ) scored a total of 78 touchdowns . He won the Gray Cup , the CFL championship trophy, four times : in 1948 with the Stampeders and in 1954, 1955 and 1956 with the Eskimos. He was in the final three more times (1949, 1952, 1960). In 1951, 1955 and 1956 he received the Eddie James Memorial Trophy as the best attacking player in the league. In 1955 and 1956 he was named the best Canadian player in the CFL, and in 1955 as Canada's Sportsman of the Year. In 1969 he was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame, and in November 2006 the television station The Sports Network selected him as one of the 50 best CFL players of all time.

After his resignation in 1960, Kwong was successful in real estate trading. In 1971 he stood as a candidate for the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta in the elections for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta , but achieved only the second-best result in the Calgary Millican constituency . In 1980 he was one of those group of businessmen that the NHL - Franchise Atlanta Flames took to Calgary; until 1994 he was co-owner of the Calgary Flames . From 1988 to 1991 he was President and Executive Director of the Calgary Stampeders. He is one of the few people to have won both the Gray Cup and the Stanley Cup as a player, manager or owner.

At the suggestion of Prime Minister Paul Martin , Kwong was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Alberta on January 20, 2005 by Governor General Adrienne Clarkson . He replaced Lois Hole , who had died in office two weeks earlier. In this office he represented the head of state Queen Elizabeth II at the provincial level . On May 11, 2010, he resigned.

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Individual evidence

↑ Phil Heidenreich: Alberta's former Lt.-Gov. and football star Norman Kwong dead at 86 . Global News , September 3, 2016, accessed September 4, 2016.

personal data
SURNAME	Kwong, Norman
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Kwong, Norman Lim (full name); Kwong, Yew Lim (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Canadian entrepreneur, sports official and Canadian football player
DATE OF BIRTH	October 24, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH	Calgary , Alberta
DATE OF DEATH	3rd September 2016

[1] Phil Heidenreich: Alberta's former Lt.-Gov. and football star Norman Kwong dead at 86 . Global News , September 3, 2016, accessed September 4, 2016.