- On October 22, 1929 in Moscow, Lev Ivanovich Yashin was born. 12 years later and World War II forced him to go to work in a military factory.
- He is remembered as a brilliant goalkeeper and a true sportsman. FIFA established Lev Yashin Award for the best goalkeeper of the World Cup finals.
- He is remembered as a brilliant goalkeeper and a true sportsman. FIFA established Lev Yashin Award for the best goalkeeper of the World Cup finals.
- Lev Yashin. Though the game of football has seen many great goalkeepers over the years, but one name still stands head and shoulders above everyone else.
- After the football ball, learn how to catch the puck was not easy, but in the fall of 1950 Yashin took a place in the main composition of the hockey "Dynamo".
- Lev Yashin, The 'Black Spider' is for many the best goalkeeper in history. ... The last years of life were very hard for the ‘Black Spider’.
- Lev Yashin's goalkeeping in the inaugural European Championship in 1960 was instrumental in winning USSR the title.
- Football player Lev Yashin is a famous Soviet athlete, who was one of the few list of the best goalkeepers of the twentieth century.
- In 1954, Lev Yashin finally got in touch and was called up to the National Team, having played 78 matches for his country.