• During this time of absence from the Dynamo squad, Yashin would take up bandy, an 11-a-side version of Ice Hockey played with a Ball.
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  • However, he is far from the greatest вратарь (goalkeeper) in football history. That honour goes to Lev Yashin, the Black Spider.
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  • In addition to football and hockey, Lev Yashin also played many other sports such as fencing, basketball, boxing, tennis and water polo.
  • In the half century since Lev Yashin was awarded the Golden Ball in European soccer, no goalkeeper has managed to achieve equal greatness.
  • It will not seem surprising that Yashin also played hockey professionally, if you recall who brought him to Dynamo football.
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  • One was Lev Yashin, the other was the German boy who played for Manchester (Bert) Trautmann." "Yashin plays football better than me".
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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.
  • Loyalty and perseverance. Yashin played ice-hockey alongside his footballing pursuits whilst trying to get his first team break again.
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  • Lev Yashin (center) plays hockey with famous Soviet footballers Gennadi Gusarov and Viktor Anichkin. Photo from the family archive.