- There is not a football player or a football fan who does not know this name. Lev Yashin was born in Moscow, in 1929. His parents worked long hours.
- Lev Yashin never left Moscow before he joined the Dynamo team.
- Yashin was born in Moscow, in a Russian family of industrial workers. When he was 12, World War II forced him to work in a factory to support the Soviet war effort.
- “The joy of seeing Yuri Gagarin flying in space is only superseded by the joy of a good penalty save” – Lev Yashin.
- Lev Yashin never wanted to be a goalkeeper. In fact he never even wanted to be a footballer. But the young man who first tried boxing and then went through...
- Lev was born in Moscow 1929, to two industrial workers Ivan Yashin and Anna Yashina. His childhood would be fraught with difficulty, born into poverty, and losing...
- So just who was the 'Black Spider' and what legacy has he left? Lev Ivanovich Yashin was born in Moscow in October 1929.Bulunamadı: never
- He resisted, saying: "Why should I need this medal when I am already dying?". Just two days later, Yashin was gone.(1200x675).Bulunamadı: never
- The ‘Black Octopus’ saves his side again: Lev Yashin in action, USSR v Argentina, Buenos Aires 1961 (Photo: Wikimedia Commons).Bulunamadı: left
- Very often, he was approached for the most varied assistance — both familiar people associated with sports and those whom Yashin had never seen before.
- There appears to be a consensus amongst experts on the game that Lev Yashin ( Dynamo Moscow & CCCP) was the greatest goalkeeper of all time.