This presentation summarizes the life and career of Soviet football goalkeeper Lev Yashin. It notes that Yashin is considered the greatest goalkeeper in history, winning numerous championships with Dynamo Moscow and the Soviet national team between 1950-1970. Yashin was renowned for his athleticism, reflexes, and inventing the goalkeeper sweep. He is the only goalkeeper to win European Footballer of the Year and served as an inspiration for many young footballers around the world.

1. Lev Yashin.
The best goalkeeper
of the 20th century.
This presentation is made by
the pupil of the 4th form
Moscow school #1256
Oleg Yarovoy
Teacher Elena Stanislavovna
Ulichkina
Moscow-2013

2. Lev Ivanovich Yashin,
nicknamed as "The Black Spider"
or
"The Black Panther", was
a Soviet-Russian football
goalkeeper, considered to be the
greatest goalkeeper in the history
of the game.

3. He was known for his superior
athleticism in goal, imposing
stature, amazing reflex saves and
inventing the concept of
goalkeeper sweeping. Yashin was
voted the best goalkeeper of the
20th century by the IFFHS.

4. Lev Yashin was devoted to his Dynamo football team.
He was a goalie there from 1950 till 1970.
But his universal sportive nature brought him
even into the ice hockey
and he managed to win a USSR ice hockey cup in 1953
and was third in the USSR
ice hockey championship as goalkeeper.

5. He won the USSR football championship five times and the USSR CUP three times.
With the national team he won the 1956 Summer Olympics
and the 1960 European Championship.
He also played in three World Cups in 1958, 1962 and 1966.
Lev Yashin is the only goalkeeper to win
the European Footballer of the Year,
which he did in 1963.

6. Lev Yashin is also believed to have
stopped around 150 penalty kicks during
his career.
A Bronze statue of Lev Yashin
was erected at the Dynamo Stadium in Moscow.
In 1994, FIFA established the Lev Yashin
Award for the best goalkeeper at the
World Cup finals. FIFA polls named
Yashin as the sole goalkeeper in World
Team of the 20th Century.

7. Lev Yashin has become a great example of the football mastery
to people from different countries of different ages,
both to professionals and amateurs.
A lot of boys all over the world are influenced
by the outstanding way of Yashin`s playing. So am I.
I play football together with my classmates on my PE
lessons and with my friends after school.
I like to be a goalkeeper and a field player either.
I give all myself to this game and
I can say for sure that I love football very much.
Thank you for the attention.