Vsevolod Bobrov

Vsevolod Bobrov
Vsevolod Bobrov with the Soviet Team in the 1956 Olympic Ice Hockey Tournament in Olympics in Cortina-d'Ampezzo, Italy
Born	(1922-12-01)1 December 1922 Morshansk, Tambov, Russian SFSR
Died	1 July 1979(1979-07-01) (aged 56) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Association football career Position(s) Striker Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 1944 Aviauchilische Moscow ? 1945–1949 CDKA Moscow 79 (82) 1950–1952 VVS Moscow 32 (14) 1953 FC Spartak Moscow 4 (3) International career 1952 USSR 3 (5) Managerial career 1952 VVS Moscow 1957 CSK MO Moscow (director) 1958–1960 CSKA Moscow (assistant) 1963 FC Chornomorets Odesa 1967–1969 CSKA Moscow 1975 FC Kairat 1977–1978 CSKA Moscow *Club domestic league appearances and goals
Ice hockey player Ice hockey career Weight 79 kg (174 lb; 12 st 6 lb) Position Left wing Shot Right Played for CSKA Moscow VVS Moscow (USSR) National team  Soviet Union Playing career 1946–1957 Medal record Representing  Soviet Union 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Team

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 is considered one of the best Soviets ever in each of those sports.^[1]

Originally a football player, he played for CDKA Moscow, VVS Moscow, and Spartak Moscow, and represented the Soviet Union internationally at the 1952 Summer Olympics. After he quit football in 1953 he turned to ice hockey, which he had taken up when it was started in the Soviet Union in 1946. He was one of the first ice hockey players in the Soviet Union, and joined CDKA Moscow, playing for them and VVS Moscow before retiring in 1957. A leading scorer in the Soviet League, Bobrov was one of three players to average more than two goals per game over their career, with the other two players (Alexei Guryshev and Viktor Shuvalov) his linemates. Internationally he participated with the Soviet national team at several World Championships, including their first tournament in 1954, as well as the 1956 Winter Olympics, where the Soviets won the gold medal.^[2]

After his playing career, Bobrov coached both football and ice hockey. He coached the Soviet national team in ice hockey, most notably during the 1972 Summit Series against Canada. A renowned athlete, he was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame when it was founded in 1997. The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), a Russian-based league, has one of its four divisions named after Bobrov.