- 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.
- I didn't realise that he had played ice hockey in his younger days. There would have been good goal-keepers before him but he took the role to a greater level.
- Yashin also played goalie for the Dynamo ice hockey team during those early years of trying to break into the senior squad.
- Lev Yashin (1929 - 1990), the best goalkeeper of the 20th century, portrayed during a play. Viktor Shandrin/TASS.Bulunamadı: hockey
- In 1963 he was recognized as the best footballer in Europe, Lev Yashin's biography was supplemented with another award - he was awarded the "Golden Ball".
- It is said that Lev Yashin was very good at blocking even shots coming from blind spots. ... Lev Yashin not only had big hands, but he was also very strong.
- In 1967 he was given the Order of Lenin, the highest award in the USSR, and in 1994 Fifa established the Lev Yashin Award for the best keeper at the World Cup.
- Lev Yashin (center) plays hockey with famous Soviet footballers Gennadi Gusarov and Viktor Anichkin. Photo from the family archive.
- In 1963 he was recognized as the best footballer in Europe, Lev Yashin's biography was supplemented with another award - he was awarded the "Golden Ball".