Lev I. Yashin
(Source: Catalogue "The Golden Book of Russia. The Year 2000", 2000, ASMO-press)
He was born and grew up in Moscow. In war-time 1943 he was barely 14 years old when his father took him to the plant he was working at and made him a fitter's apprentice there. Right away the boy was enrolled in the plant's football team as a goalkeeper. Later on, during his army service, Lev Yashin was noticed by Arkadi Chernyshev, the well-known coach, who invited him to join the "Dynamo" hockey team, also as a goalie. In this role Yashin did not shine right from the start: in an important match he failed to parry four well-aimed shots and was expelled from the team. However, he stayed on with the "Dynamo" club as a self-trained football goalkeeper.
Yashin made a spectacular debut in this capacity in 1953 (he was 24 at the time). Just a year later he was included in the USSR national team, and he tended its goal for 16 years.
Countless books and articles have been written about Lev Yashin in every country of the world. "The goal has four corners," wrote the English striker Kevan, "but with Yashin tending it, you have to find a fifth corner if you want to score..." Fans flocked to watch Yashin in action. He played his farewell match on May 27, 1971.
As a member of the Moscow "Dynamo" team, Yashin won the title of USSR champion in 1954, 1955, 1957, 1959 and 1963. He also had the title of the 1956 Olympic champion and the 1960 European Cup winner. When the first-ever world select team was organized in 1963, Yashin was made its goalkeeper. And he was the first Soviet athlete to be awarded the title of Hero of Socialist Labour.
Lev I. Yashin
Football player
1929—1990
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