• Lev Yashin was born in Moscow, in 1929. His parents worked long hours. ... Soon he was noticed by football coaches and invited to the Dynamo team.
  • Lev Yashin never left Moscow before he joined the Dynamo team.
  • After retiring from playing, Yashin spent almost 20 years in various administrative positions at Dynamo Moscow. A bronze statue of Lev Yashin was erected at the...
  • But, a year later, Yashin led Dynamo Moscow to victory in the All-Union championship - in 27 matches, he concededonly six goals.
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  • Yashin’s rise to fame began when he joined the Dynamo Moscow club in 1950. His exceptional goalkeeping skills quickly garnered attention...
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  • However, Yashin liked football much more, and having received a place in Dynamo's starting line-up at 1953, Lev Ivanovich left hockey forever.
  • In an attempt to deal with his mental health issues, Yashin joined the military. However, football, and not the service, would be his “salvation”.
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  • In danger of being blamed for dodging work, Yashin joined the army. ... In 1949 he joined the youth team of the football club Dynamo Moscow.
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  • During this time of absence from the Dynamo squad, Yashin would take up bandy, an 11-a-side version of Ice Hockey played with a Ball.
  • You can list everyone: there were no weak links in that team. But I will name only one more player who appeared in the world team that day: Lev Yashin.
  • Lev Yashin Image source, Getty Images. The greatest goalkeeper of them all, Lev Yashin revolutionised his position and became a hero of the Soviet Union.
  • Yashin’s breakthrough moment came in the early 1950s when he was finally given the chance to prove himself in Dynamo Moscow’s first team.
  • Yashin remained loyal throughout his career to Dynamo Moscow. He only played for the then giants of Russian football and his national team, winning 78 caps.
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  • One of the few pictures of a young Yashin. He is number two from the left. Even though Yashin was a promising goalkeeper, his life was not a walk in the park.
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