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Vsevolod Mikhailovich Bobrov (; December 1, 1922 – July 1, 1979) was a Soviet
Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
 athlete, who excelled in both football (soccer)
Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
, bandy
Bandy

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, and ice hockey
Ice hockey

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. He is considered one of the best Russia
Russia

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ns ever in all of those sports.

Bobrov was born in Morshansk
Morshansk

Morshansk is a types of settlements in Russia in Tambov Oblast, Russia, located on the Tsna River some 93 km north of Tambov. Population: 44,486 ; 50,055 ; 44,000 ....
. After serving in the Soviet Army
Red Army

The Red Army was the armed force first organized by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War in 1918 and, in 1922, became the army of the Soviet Union....
 during World War II
World War II

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 he was invited to play football for the Army club CSKA Moscow
PFC CSKA Moscow

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 in 1945. Playing until 1953 for CSKA, VVS
VVS

VVS is a three letter acronym which may refer to:# VVS, Very Very Slightly Included, a way of describing the diamond clarity;# Vulvar Vestibulitis Syndrome, a syndrome of vulvodynia associated with chronic disease;...
, and Spartak
FC Spartak Moscow

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, he would go on to win the Soviet Championship three times, scoring 97 goals in only 116 games.






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Vsevolod Mikhailovich Bobrov (; December 1, 1922 – July 1, 1979) was a Soviet
Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
 athlete, who excelled in both football (soccer)
Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
, bandy
Bandy

Bandy is a winter sport where a ball is hit with a stick. It shares a common ancestry with ice hockey having been developed from the informal "ball and stick on ice" games known collectively as shinny....
, and ice hockey
Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team sport played on ice. It is a fast paced and physical sport. Ice hockey is most popular in areas that are sufficiently cold for natural reliable seasonal ice cover such as Canada, the northern United States, Scandinavia and Russia, though with the advent of indoor artificial ice r...
. He is considered one of the best Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
ns ever in all of those sports.

Bobrov was born in Morshansk
Morshansk

Morshansk is a types of settlements in Russia in Tambov Oblast, Russia, located on the Tsna River some 93 km north of Tambov. Population: 44,486 ; 50,055 ; 44,000 ....
. After serving in the Soviet Army
Red Army

The Red Army was the armed force first organized by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War in 1918 and, in 1922, became the army of the Soviet Union....
 during World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
 he was invited to play football for the Army club CSKA Moscow
PFC CSKA Moscow

PFC CSKA Moskva is a football club in Moscow, Russia....
 in 1945. Playing until 1953 for CSKA, VVS
VVS

VVS is a three letter acronym which may refer to:# VVS, Very Very Slightly Included, a way of describing the diamond clarity;# Vulvar Vestibulitis Syndrome, a syndrome of vulvodynia associated with chronic disease;...
, and Spartak
FC Spartak Moscow

FC Spartak Moscow is a football club from Moscow, Russia. They are nicknamed "Meat" because in Soviet era the club was owned by the Collective Production Farms ....
, he would go on to win the Soviet Championship three times, scoring 97 goals in only 116 games. Bobrov led the country in goals in 1945 with 24 and 1947 with 14. In 1945, Vsevolod was a guest player for Dynamo Moscow
FC Dynamo Moscow

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's tour of Great Britain
Great Britain

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, and drew rave reviews after scoring six goals as the Russian club played such teams as Chelsea
Chelsea F.C.

Chelsea Football Club are a professional English association football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of Football in England....
, Arsenal
Arsenal F.C.

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, and Rangers
Rangers F.C.

Rangers Football Club are an association football team based in Glasgow, Scotland who currently play in the Scottish Premier League. They have won 51 domestic league titles, more than any other team....
. He was capped three times for the Soviet Union national team
USSR national football team

The USSR national football team was the national football team of the Soviet Union. It ceased to exist on the History of the Soviet Union . FIFA considers the CIS national football team as its successor team allocating its former records to them; nevertheless, a large percentage of the team's former players came from outside the Russian...
 representing them in the 1952 Summer Olympics
1952 Summer Olympics

The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Helsinki, Finland in 1952....
. He scored five goals in total, including a hat trick against Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia national football team

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.

Bobrov began playing hockey for CSKA
HC CSKA Moscow

CSKA Moscow is a Russia ice hockey club. It is referred to as the "Red Army Team" for its past affiliation with the Soviet Army, popularly known as the Red Army....
 a year after his football start, in 1946. His playing career in this sport lasted until 1957, with the years between 1950 and 1953 spent with VVS. Although football was Bobrov's first sport, his success in hockey was even greater. In the Soviet Championship, that his teams won seven times, Vsevolod scored an amazing 254 goals in only 130 games. He played for the Soviet national team
Soviet national ice hockey team

The Soviet national ice hockey team, or USSR national ice hockey team was the national team Ice hockey team of the Soviet Union.The Soviets were one of the most dominant teams of all time in international play....
 in the 1956 Winter Olympics
1956 Winter Olympics

The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy....
, becoming one of the few athletes to participate in both the Summer and Winter games. Bobrov proceeded to lead his country to the gold medal
Gold medal

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, and also won the World Championship
Ice Hockey World Championships

The Ice Hockey World Championship is an annual event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation.They were preceded by the Ice Hockey European Championships which was held from 1910 to 1932, and decided at the 1920 Summer Olympics for the first time....
 in 1954 and 1956. Overall, he scored 89 goals in 59 games for his country. In Russian 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 hockey. In the latter, he coached the USSR in the 1972 Summit Series and then led them to the World Championship in 1974 and 1975.

Vsevolod Bobrov died in Moscow
Moscow

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 in 1979. He was elected to the International Ice Hockey Federation
International Ice Hockey Federation

The International Ice Hockey Federation was founded in 1908 as the Ligue Internationale de Hockey sur Glace and is the worldwide Sport governing body for ice hockey and in-line hockey....
 Hall of Fame in 1997, the first year it was created.

Kontinental Hockey League
Kontinental Hockey League

The Kontinental Hockey League is an international professional ice hockey league in Eurasia founded in 2008. It is considered to be the second-best league in the world, and the top of the European elite leagues....
 has a division bearing his name.

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