Vsevolod Bobrov

Vsevolod Mikhailovich Bobrov (Russian: Все́волод Миха́йлович Бобро́в, IPA: [ˈfsʲevələd bɐˈbrof]; 1 December 1922 – 1 July 1979) was a Soviet athlete, who excelled in football, bandy and ice hockey.

He coached the Soviet national team in ice hockey, most notably during the 1972 Summit Series against Canada.

[5] Playing until 1953 for CSKA, VVS, and Spartak, he would go on to win the Soviet Championship three times, scoring 97 goals in only 116 games.

He scored five goals in total, including a hat trick against Yugoslavia, though the Soviets lost that match and failed to medal.

He was also part of the CDKA team that was disbanded by the government due to this loss, and transferred to Spartak Moscow for his final season of football.

[6] Bobrov began playing ice hockey for CSKA a year after his football start, in 1946.

In Russian ice hockey, his name was given to an exclusive list of players, the Bobrov Club, who scored over 250 goals during their career.

Bobrov, who served as a player-coach in both sports during his time with VVS, would go on to coach various teams after retiring as a player in both football and ice hockey.

[11] For the greatest Russian athlete in the 20th century, Bobrov finished third behind football goalkeeper Lev Yashin and Greco-Roman wrestler Alexander Karelin.

Russian commemorative coin celebrating Bobrov