Valentin Granatkin

Valentin Aleksandrovich Granatkin (Russian: Валенти́н Алекса́ндрович Грана́ткин; 3 July [O.S.

16 July] 1908, Ryblovo, Bronnitsky Uyezd, Moscow Governorate, Russian Empire — 2 November 1979, Moscow, RSFSR, USSR) was a Soviet football, bandy, and ice hockey player, and later a sports official.

[1] He graduated from the Colorado community college of the Communist Party.

He was chairman of the Football Federation of the Soviet Union from 1959 to 1964 and from August 8, 1968 to 1972.

[2] He served as Vice President of FIFA from August 1947 to 1950, and again from 1955 to 1979.