- Known as the “Black Spider” or simply “The Man in Black”, Lev Yashin has a good claim to be considered the greatest goalkeeper the world has ever seen.
- Lev Ivanovich Yashin was a Russian football player often considered to be the greatest goalkeeper in the history of football.
- Lev Yashin. The title of the greatest goalkeeper of the 20th century is a subject of debate among football fans and experts.
- Football legend Lev Yashin was a Soviet-Russian football goalkeeper, considered by many to be one of the greatest goalkeepers in the history of the game...
- Football. ... Lev Ivanovich Yashin (October 22, 1929 - March 20, 1990) was a Soviet soccer goalkeeper, arguably the best ever in the sport.
- He was a brilliant goalkeeper. Yashin was awarded his country's highest honor, the Order of Lenin, in 1968. Lev Yashin died in 1990.
- The Fédération Internationale de Football Association awards the best goalkeeper Lev Yashin Award at the final stage of the FIFA World Cup.
- Home ⇒ World Football ⇒ Legendary Players. ... Lev Yashin was the first choice goalkeeper for the Soviet Union from 1954 to 1967.
- Lev Ivanovich Yashin is one of the most beloved football figures in the Soviet Union (Russia) and the wider football world.
- Lev Yashin. Though the game of football has seen many great goalkeepers over the last century, one name still stands head and shoulders above everyone else.