- Over the course of his illustrious career, he had appeared in four World Cups. Yashin was very well known for his positioning, stature, and acrobatic reflex saves.
- 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.
- Football player Lev Yashin is a famous Soviet athlete, who was one of the few list of the best goalkeepers of the twentieth century.
- It is one of the hardest lessons to learn as a goalkeeper, and one that keeps many people from trying the position. Lev Yashin Main Image.
- 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".
- 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.