- Yashin's iconic all-black attire, a stark departure from the conventional goalkeeper's uniform, symbolized his enigmatic and imposing aura on the field.
- In his early career, Yashin not only played football, but he was also an accomplished goalkeeper in hockey, helping the Dynamo team win the Soviet cup in 1953.
- Lev Yashin died on March 20, 1990 after the surgery complications. The first known photo of Lev Yashin (second from the left).
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- 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.
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- Fortunately, the boy's relationship with his stepmother Alexandra Petrovna was warm. And in 1940, Yashin had a younger brother, Boris.
- Lev Yashin led his last match for Dynamo Moscow on May 27, 1971, at the Grand Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium (present-day Luzhniki Stadium) in Moscow.
- Chilean manager Fernando Riera selected Yashin as one of his goalkeepers. The previously written off Yashin played one of his most memorable matches...