In memory of him, the Torpedo stadium in Moscow was renamed, and a number of films and books were released about the life and death of this person. He was called the best football striker of the USSR, but the millstones of the backstage nomenclature intrigues were not passed and this pet of the public. In 2020, it turned 40 years since the sad moment, as Edward Streltsov left this mortar world.
On the curious details of the labor biography and the personal life of the athlete - in the material 24cm.
1. Do not pele a single
"Soviet Pele" - so called talented, if not to say - ingenious, young football player fans and journalists of sports publications around the world. However, Eduard Streltsov and other nicknames: Russian tank, Sagittarius, Football Chaliapin and Babby.2. Doubles two
Eduard Streltsov became the youngest Soviet football player who received the title of Honored Master of Sports. At the time of assignment, he was only 20 years old. After the trial in 1958, the title of an athlete was deprived of, never returning after early liberation. However, Streltsov did not lower his hands and in 1967 re-received "deserved".
3. Bad premonitions
At the party that became for Streltsov's fateful, on the memories of his acquaintances, the athlete went extremely reluctantly, as if he simpened trouble. I was going to even go home, because pleasants were delayed, not arriving at the agreed period to the store "Russian Wines" on Gorky Street in the center of the capital, where the meeting was appointed.The reason why the famous footballer did not go home was still home, it turned out to be surprised - Edward did not want to upset his friends with whom he had a persuasion.
4. Three versions of one "stand"
Among the numerous versions of the tragic history with Arrest, Edward Streltsov allocate three most likely.
- The first - false accusation followed after the failure of the football player to go to the clubs "Dynamo" and CSKA, the patronage of which had power structures.
- The second - the reason was a quarrel with Catherine Furtsev, allegedly walked after the Springs in extremely rough form spoke about her daughter Svetlana, in love with an athlete.
- The third - the Soviet authorities suspected that a football player who had repeatedly expressed his own discontent due to the fact that after a foreign tour had to return to the USSR, going to leave abroad. The benefit of interest in acquiring this sporting talent Western football clubs showed without hiding.
5. On places not so remote
The process over Streltsov overseed by Nikita Khrushchev, who made rumors, his own prescription on the accompanying papers of the prisoner that it is recommended to "use exclusively on hard work".When Sagittarov served a sentence, his own popularity served athlete a good service - a football celebrity practically did not touch. However, sometimes drying. So, in Vyatlage, Edward was very beaten because of the conflict that arose between him and local authority.
6. Family question
Streltsova has two children - one from each of the wives. The first wife, Edward, was the girl named Alla, for the sake of a wedding with which a football player abandoned the Union with the daughter of Catherine Furtsev Svetlana. The marriage, in which the daughter of Mila appeared on the world, fell apart immediately after the condemnation of Edward - Alla filed for divorce. Next time, the athlete married after liberation. The second spouse Raisa gave her husband to her son Igor.
7. Final
Edward Sagittarov died at the age of 53, the day after his birthday. The cause of death was the lung cancer, whose development was a lot of smoking contributed. And the prison opinion is unlikely to beneficially affected the health of the best Soviet football striker.