- Loyalty and perseverance. Yashin played ice-hockey alongside his footballing pursuits whilst trying to get his first team break again.Bulunamadı: very
- Between penalties saved and the number of clean sheets obtained, Lev Yashin has also built a caliber in numbers that stands out from that of most of his colleagues.
- Lev Yashin (1929 - 1990), the best goalkeeper of the 20th century, portrayed during a play. Viktor Shandrin/TASS.Bulunamadı: hockey
- Central forward Alexei Yashin is known all over the world as a great hockey player. No wonder he was invited to the NHL, where he played for prestigious clubs.
- Football player Lev Yashin is a famous Soviet athlete who was one of the few list of the best goalkeepers of the twentieth century.
- 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 Image source, Getty Images. The greatest goalkeeper of them all, Lev Yashin revolutionised his position and became a hero of the Soviet Union.
- 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.