• His mom worked at the Krasny Bogatyr plant (Shoe factory), his dad worked at the aircraft factory in Tushino. The area which Lev Yashin spent his childhood.
  • Known as the “Black Spider” or simply “The Man in Black”, Lev Yashin has a good claim to be considered the greatest goalkeeper the world has ever seen.
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  • Loyalty and perseverance. Yashin played ice-hockey alongside his footballing pursuits whilst trying to get his first team break again.
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  • It will not seem surprising that Yashin also played hockey professionally, if you recall who brought him to Dynamo football.
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  • Lev Yashin (center) plays hockey with famous Soviet footballers Gennadi Gusarov and Viktor Anichkin. Photo from the family archive.
  • As Yashin started to play football, he first played as a striker. During a metal worker apprenticeship, he belonged to the work of self Tushino.
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  • 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.
  • Football player Lev Yashin is a famous Soviet athlete who was one of the few list of the best goalkeepers of the twentieth century.
  • 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.