• 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.
  • His father was put to work at the local munitions factory and Yashin soon joined him, spending his early teens on the production line.
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  • The Greatest XI: Lev Yashin – USSR – GK. The only goalkeeper to win the Ballon d’Or, Yashin was a one-club man for Dynamo Moscow but it was on the...
  • But Yashin's success was far from instantaneous and he struggled to break into the first team, choosing instead to play in goal for ice hockey team HC Dynamo...
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  • Yashin also played goalie for the Dynamo ice hockey team during those early years of trying to break into the senior squad.
  • Leaving the pitch humiliated he joined the sports club’s ice-hockey side. With Dynamo Moscow, Yashin won the 1953 Soviet title and put himself in contention...
  • From many biographical tapes and sports films the tape “Lev Yashin. The goalkeeper of my dreams ”is distinguished, perhaps, by the lack of pathos.
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  • and Regarded as one of the best goalkeepers in the world during 1980s, he's considered the second best Russian goalkeeper behind Lev Yashin.
  • And the third footballer to make Putin’s list was none other than Dynamo Moscow legend Lev Yashin, who starred on the official poster for the 2018 World Cup.
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