• The great Soviet football goalkeeper Lev Yashin, in the beginning of his athletic career has also successfully played ice hockey, as a goalkeeper.
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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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  • In 1950, Lev Yashin made his debut for Dynamo in a friendly match. His next appearance in a senior match was in 1953. He played for the Dynamo ice hockey...
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  • In 1967 he was given the Order of Lenin, the highest award in the USSR, and in 1994 Fifa established the Lev Yashin Award for the best keeper at the World Cup.
  • Lev Yashin Image source, Getty Images. The greatest goalkeeper of them all, Lev Yashin revolutionised his position and became a hero of the Soviet Union.
  • Lev Yashin (center) plays hockey with famous Soviet footballers Gennadi Gusarov and Viktor Anichkin. Photo from the family archive.
  • Loyalty and perseverance. Yashin played ice-hockey alongside his footballing pursuits whilst trying to get his first team break again.
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  • Lev Yashin (1929 - 1990), the best goalkeeper of the 20th century, portrayed during a play. Viktor Shandrin/TASS.
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  • I didn't realise that he had played ice hockey in his younger days. There would have been good goal-keepers before him but he took the role to a greater level.