• 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Fans flocked to watch Yashin in action. He played his farewell match on May 27, 1971. ... Lev I. Yashin Football player 1929—1990.
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  • “I was in disbelief that I’d scored past the great Lev Yashin,” he recalled years later. “I still am. I was overcome with excitement that all I wanted to do was hug him.
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  • 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.
  • In the early 1990’s FIFA named Soviet soccer player Lev Yashin as one of the best soccer players of the 20th century, and even today he is considered to be...
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  • Before Yashin, the goalkeeper played a largely passive role, reacting to situations as required but rarely being proactive and certainly not vocal.
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  • But Yashin's success was far from instantaneous and he struggled to break into the first team, choosing instead to play in goal for ice hockey team HC Dynamo...
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