• 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.
  • Lev Yashin Profile. Throughout his 21-year career Yashin represented Dynamo Moscow, the club he joined in 1949.
    Bulunamadı: before
  • Buenos Aires, 1961. Six feet two, a flat cap, head to toe in black, with a Dynamo Moscow pin — Lev Yashin, also known as “The Black Spider”.
    Bulunamadı: joined, left
  • However, Yashin liked football much more, and having received a place in Dynamo's starting line-up at 1953, Lev Ivanovich left hockey forever.
  • The ‘Black Octopus’ saves his side again: Lev Yashin in action, USSR v Argentina, Buenos Aires 1961 (Photo: Wikimedia Commons).
    Bulunamadı: joined, left
  • 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.
  • During the following four years, Yashin won three league titles with Dynamo (1954, 1955, 1957) and led his national team to the gold medal at the 1956 Olympics.
    Bulunamadı: never, before
  • 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.
    Bulunamadı: never
  • Lev Ivanovich Yashin was born in 1929 and due to his height was called ‘Eiffel Tower’ by classmates when he first went to school, aged seven.