• His mom worked at the Krasny Bogatyr plant (Shoe factory), his dad worked at the aircraft factory in Tushino. The area which Lev Yashin spent his childhood.
  • In addition to football and hockey, Lev Yashin also played many other sports such as fencing, basketball, boxing, tennis and water polo.
  • Known as the “Black Spider” or simply “The Man in Black”, Lev Yashin has a good claim to be considered the greatest goalkeeper the world has ever seen.
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  • Loyalty and perseverance. Yashin played ice-hockey alongside his footballing pursuits whilst trying to get his first team break again.
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  • It will not seem surprising that Yashin also played hockey professionally, if you recall who brought him to Dynamo football.
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  • Lev Yashin (1929 - 1990), the best goalkeeper of the 20th century, portrayed during a play. Viktor Shandrin/TASS. Follow Russia Beyond on Instagram.
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  • İlginç bir gerçek, 1953'te bu özel sporda Sovyetler Birliği'nin şampiyonu olması. Yine de Lev Yashin, yalnızca futbola odaklanmaya karar verdi.
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  • Lev Yashin (center) plays hockey with famous Soviet footballers Gennadi Gusarov and Viktor Anichkin. Photo from the family archive.
  • Buenos Aires, 1961. Six feet two, a flat cap, head to toe in black, with a Dynamo Moscow pin — Lev Yashin, also known as “The Black Spider”.