• 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.
  • For some time he coached minor league and youth soccer teams in Finland. Bronze statue of Lev Yashin was erected at Dinamo Central Stadium in Moscow.
  • In addition to football and hockey, Lev Yashin also played many other sports such as fencing, basketball, boxing, tennis and water polo.
  • Lev Ivanovich Yashin (Russian: Лев Иванович Яшин) (October 22, 1929 - March 20, 1990) was a Soviet soccer goalkeeper, arguably the best ever in the sport.
  • Lev Yashin (1929 - 1990), the best goalkeeper of the 20th century, portrayed during a play. Viktor Shandrin/TASS.
    Bulunamadı: hockey
  • Buenos Aires, 1961. Six feet two, a flat cap, head to toe in black, with a Dynamo Moscow pin — Lev Yashin, also known as “The Black Spider”.
  • Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Lev Yashin, 1929-10-22 Moskva, RUS Russia. Most recently in the undefined with Dynamo Moskva.
    Bulunamadı: well, very
  • İlginç bir gerçek, 1953'te bu özel sporda Sovyetler Birliği'nin şampiyonu olması. Yine de Lev Yashin, yalnızca futbola odaklanmaya karar verdi.
    Bulunamadı: hockey, played
  • Loyalty and perseverance. Yashin played ice-hockey alongside his footballing pursuits whilst trying to get his first team break again.
    Bulunamadı: very