The best goalkeeper of the 20th century Lev Yashin is known to the whole world. He was the winner of the Olympic Games, became the champion of Europe, young football players still equal to it. In 2019, Yashin would noted the anniversary - 90 years. He became famous not only by the game in Dynamo. Lion Ivanovich has a lot of achievements outside of football.
Factory worker
The Great Patriotic War began when Yashina was 11 years old. To save children, they were taken to Voskresensk and their whole school. Later he left with his family to Ulyanovsk, there was a factory for the manufacture of aviation parts. There was a father of Lion, and the son joined later.
At the age of 13, he became a fiction figure of the third category. He unloaded echelons with aircraft for the plant. He began smoking to interrupt the dream and not suffer during work at the machine. He received his first award on football, and in 1945 for helping the country in wartime.
Hockey player
After the war, the goalkeeper carried away the game in hockey. He began to play with a stick in his hands thanks to Coacher Arkady Chernyshev, who showed interest in this lesson in him. Chernyshev removed the lion in winter on the ice and put on the defense of the little gate. The future football player was not easy, because he was already playing football at that time. Yashin caught the puck with his hands, because of what he beat off his fingers and received serious injuries.
After 3 years, he won the bronze medal and the USSR Cup hockey. Thanks to Lev, Dynamo Winned in that year. He could go as part of the team for the first world championship, but refused. He became a master of sports before he was seriously engaged in football.
Ski jumper
In childhood, Yashin was fond of jumping from a springboard and did progress in this. He could become successful in this sport. He trained with friends, jumping on skiing with wooden sheds in pre-war Moscow. The footballer confessed that it was a painful occupation. They fell with friends, stuck, stuffed bumps and bruises. But this experience helped him work out excellent coordination. He was not afraid of pain, so he felt calmly and confidently on the field.
In the biography of Yashin, in addition to football awards, there are other, equally important achievements: the Order of the Red Banner, the Silver Olympic Order, the Order of Lenin and others. He received the last reward on March 18, 1990, 2 days before death. Russia is proud of Lvy Yashin, who made a lot for the country not only in sports, but also wartime.