• 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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  • Discover everything you need to know about Lev Yashin in this complete article that covers fundamental aspects of the subject.
  • Yashin's Dynamo Moscow jersey (middle), next to Platini’s (left) and Kahn’s (right) in the San Siro museum. Yashin’s debut for Dynamo Moscow came in 1950 in...
  • 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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