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Lev Ivanovich Yashin: Quick Facts

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Born October 22, 1929 • Moscow • Russia
Died March 21, 1990 (aged 60) • Moscow • Russia
Awards And Honors Olympic Games • Order of Lenin (1968)

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Lev Yashin holds the Golden Ball trophy above his head while standing with Soviet soccer teammates in uniforms marked CCCP, in a stadium, 1964.
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