• There is not a football player or a football fan who does not know this name. Lev Yashin was born in Moscow, in 1929. His parents worked long hours.
  • Lev Yashin never left Moscow before he joined the Dynamo team.
  • But alongside the legendary forward was another man who earned revered status as part of the same generation – the late, great Lev Yashin.
  • Yashin was born in Moscow, in a Russian family of industrial workers. When he was 12, World War II forced him to work in a factory to support the Soviet war effort.
  • Lev Yashin never wanted to be a goalkeeper. In fact he never even wanted to be a footballer. But the young man who first tried boxing and then went through...
  • “The joy of seeing Yuri Gagarin flying in space is only superseded by the joy of a good penalty save” – Lev Yashin.
  • Lev was born in Moscow 1929, to two industrial workers Ivan Yashin and Anna Yashina. His childhood would be fraught with difficulty, born into poverty, and losing...
  • Russia Beyond looks back at one of the world’s finest keepers Lev Yashin (1929 – 1990). 1. The most celebrated goalkeeper in footballing history.
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  • Lev Yashin was born in Moscow on October 22nd 1929 when Stalin ruled the roost and the country was experiencing unparalleled economic upheavals, young...
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  • Very often, he was approached for the most varied assistance — both familiar people associated with sports and those whom Yashin had never seen before.
  • There appears to be a consensus amongst experts on the game that Lev Yashin ( Dynamo Moscow & CCCP) was the greatest goalkeeper of all time.
  • Lev Yashin Soviet Union goalkeeper Lev Yashin was a true football revolutionary, who transformed the way people viewed his position and became a shining...
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  • “None of the football players agreed to leave, but Lev Yashin, for example, had been invited many times. He was in Spain.
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