- There is not a football player or a football fan who does not know this name. Lev Yashin was born in Moscow, in 1929. His parents worked long hours.
- Yashin was born in Moscow, in a Russian family of industrial workers. When he was 12, World War II forced him to work in a factory to support the Soviet war effort.
- But alongside the legendary forward was another man who earned revered status as part of the same generation – the late, great Lev Yashin.
- 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.
- Even today many rate Soviet player Lev Yashin as the greatest goalkeeper in the history of soccer. Nicknamed “The Black Spider” for his incredible...
- However, he is far from the greatest вратарь (goalkeeper) in football history. That honour goes to Lev Yashin, the Black Spider. ... Leave a Reply Cancel reply.Bulunamadı: never
- Lev Yashin never left Moscow before he joined the Dynamo team.
- The story of Lev Yashin began on the 22 nd of October 1929 in Moscow when he was born into a poor working family.
- From many biographical tapes and sports films the tape “Lev Yashin. The goalkeeper of my dreams ”is distinguished, perhaps, by the lack of pathos.
- His mom worked at the Krasny Bogatyr plant (Shoe factory), his dad worked at the aircraft factory in Tushino. The area which Lev Yashin spent his childhood.
- In 1997 a statue of Lev Yashin was installed at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow and in 1999 another monument.Bulunamadı: never
