- 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.
- 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.
- Yashin’s rise to fame began when he joined the Dynamo Moscow club in 1950. His exceptional goalkeeping skills quickly garnered attention...Bulunamadı: never
- At that time I felt nothing except emptiness.” ‘He never missed a training session’- Lev Yashin’s widow on her husband’s peerless career.
- Post-playing career[edit]. After retiring from playing, Yashin spent almost 20 years in various administrative positions at Dynamo Moscow.
- But, a year later, Yashin led Dynamo Moscow to victory in the All-Union championship - in 27 matches, he concededonly six goals.Bulunamadı: never
- 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”.Bulunamadı: never
- Yashin also played goalie for Dynamo ice hockey team during his first years trying to make a break into the senior squad of the football team.Bulunamadı: joined
- 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, 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.
- There appears to be a consensus amongst experts on the game that Lev Yashin ( Dynamo Moscow & CCCP) was the greatest goalkeeper of all time.Bulunamadı: joined
- 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.