- There is not a football player or a football fan who does not know this name. Lev Yashin was born in Moscow, in 1929. His parents worked long hours.
- Lev Yashin never left Moscow before he joined the Dynamo team.
- But alongside the legendary forward was another man who earned revered status as part of the same generation – the late, great Lev Yashin.
- Very often, he was approached for the most varied assistance — both familiar people associated with sports and those whom Yashin had never seen before.
- 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.
- “The joy of seeing Yuri Gagarin flying in space is only superseded by the joy of a good penalty save” – Lev Yashin.
- Lev Yashin was born in Moscow on the 22 of October 1929, to a family of industrial workers. The family lived at 15 Millionnaya Street.
- Russia Beyond looks back at one of the world’s finest keepers Lev Yashin (1929 – 1990). 1. The most celebrated goalkeeper in footballing history.Bulunamadı: left
- The ‘Black Octopus’ saves his side again: Lev Yashin in action, USSR v Argentina, Buenos Aires 1961 (Photo: Wikimedia Commons).Bulunamadı: left
