- 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.
- MOSCOW, December 14. / ... Lev Yashin (October 22, 1929 - March 20, 1990) was a goalkeeper for Dynamo Moscow FC and the Soviet national team.
- Commemorative coin of Lev Yashin, the legendary goalkeeper of the team. Dynamo Moscow has its roots in the football Club Sokolniki Moscow...
- Although separated the Soviet team in the quarter- final against hosts Sweden, but Yashin was voted the best goalkeeper of the tournament.Bulunamadı: never
- After retiring, Yashin joined the Soviet Ministry of Sports and also worked in the administrative and managerial departments of Dynamo Moscow.
- Also a bronze statue of Lev Yashin was erected at the Dynamo Stadium in Moscow, which shows the goalkeeper jumping high in order to catch a ball.Bulunamadı: never