- 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 remained loyal throughout his career to Dynamo Moscow. He only played for the then giants of Russian football and his national team, winning 78 caps.Bulunamadı: never
- One of the few pictures of a young Yashin. He is number two from the left. Even though Yashin was a promising goalkeeper, his life was not a walk in the park.Bulunamadı: never
- You can list everyone: there were no weak links in that team. But I will name only one more player who appeared in the world team that day: Lev Yashin.
- Lev Ivanovich Yashin was born in 1929 and due to his height was called ‘Eiffel Tower’ by classmates when he first went to school, aged seven.
- Club career. Yashin's Dynamo Moscow jersey (middle), next to Platini’s (left) and Kahn’s (right) in the San Siro museum.