Complex sentence: He was selected by the Canadian Press as Canada's athlete of the year for 1932 and in 1950 was picked as Canada's top golfer of the first half of the 20th Century.
Split into simpler sentences: He was selected by the Canadian Press as Canada's athlete of the year for 1932. In 1950, Canadian Press selected him as Canada's top golfer of the first half of the 20th Century.