- Lev Yashin, the only goalkeeper ever awarded the prize, is an icon of the Soviet Union, the empire that fell in 1991, a year after his death at the age of 60.
- Yashin also played goalie for the Dynamo ice hockey team during those early years of trying to break into the senior squad.
- In winter they played hockey and Lev was good at both games. ... In fact, being a talented football player, Lev Yashin played hockey very well.
- In the early 1990’s FIFA named Soviet soccer player Lev Yashin as one of the best soccer players of the 20th century, and even today he is considered to be...Bulunamadı: hockey
- He is remembered as a brilliant goalkeeper and a true sportsman. FIFA established Lev Yashin Award for the best goalkeeper of the World Cup finals.
- Yashin also played goalie for the Dynamo ice hockey team during those early years of trying to break into the senior squad.
- Football player Lev Yashin is a famous Soviet athlete, who was one of the few list of the best goalkeepers of the twentieth century.