- 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
- However, Yashin liked football much more, and having received a place in Dynamo's starting line-up at 1953, Lev Ivanovich left hockey forever.
- 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.Bulunamadı: never
- Not only Russia – the world remembers Yashin as well. He’s still included in all-star teams (FIFA 2018, for instance, has Yashin in its FUT ICONS team).Bulunamadı: left
- 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.