• 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.
  • Discover everything you need to know about Lev Yashin in this complete article that covers fundamental aspects of the subject.
  • Never a Party stooge nor ever regarded as subversive, Lev Yashin was a truly great footballer who knew there was more to life than football.
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  • Lev Yashin, the impregnable Spider
    • Today marks the 30th anniversary of Lev Yashin’s passing
    • He is widely regarded as the greatest goalkeeper ever
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  • Yashin was born in Moscow to a family of industrial workers. When he was 12, World War II forced him to work in a factory to support the war effort.
  • A bronze statue of Lev Yashin was raised at the Dynamo Stadium in Moscow. In 1986, after a thrombophlebitis contracted while he was in Budapest, Yashin...
  • I never wanted two things: money or to live outside Soviet Union. ... Lev Yashin was first-class, a real super goalkeeper. Everything he did was top-class.
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  • Lev Yashin was born in 1929, in the family of a Moscow worker. He worked as a mechanic at one of the Tushino plants. Played in the factory team.
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  • Russian goalkeeper Lev Yashin arriving in Budapest for a training session before the World Cup. Lev Yashin, Dynamo Moscow and Soviet Union Goalkeeper...
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