Vsevolod Bobrov

Bobrov Vsevolod Mikhailovich (December 1, 1922, Morshansk, Tambov province, Soviet Russia - July 1, 1979, Moscow, RSFSR, USSR) - Soviet football player, hockey player, football and hockey coach. Honored Master of Sports of the USSR (1948), Honored Trainer of the USSR (1967). Member of the CPSU since 1952. Since 1938, Vsevolod Bobrov played for the football team of the Leningrad Dynamo. He graduated from the seven-year school, then the FZU school, having received the specialty of a 4th-level toolmaker. During the war, Bobrov worked in Omsk, at the evacuated Voskov Sestroretsk plant, as a mechanical assembler in the artillery sights manufacturing workshop. In August 1942 he entered the Omsk quartermaster school, which he successfully graduated in late 1943. From early childhood, Vsevolod, under the influence of his father, was fond of football and hockey, which determined his future fate, played football and hockey for local Omsk teams. In 1945, Bobrov, who received a military rank, ended up in the Central Military District (the team at that time was called the "lieutenant team"). For the first time going on the field for an army team in May 1945, Vsevolod made a double into the gates of the Moscow Lokomotiv. In the second round of the championship, Bobrov scored goals in each match, achieving a unique result: in 21 matches, the striker hit the opponents' goal 24 times and became the top scorer in the USSR championship (however, the CSKA finished the season only in second place, but managed to win the USSR Cup). Such a bright game of Bobrov did not leave indifferent the coach of Moscow Dynamo Mikhail Yakushin, who invited the striker to take part in his team on a tour of the UK. Dinamo team played with dignity, having won two matches and tied twice (the most striking match they played against the London Arsenal, which they won with a score of 4: 3). Vsevolod took part in all matches and became the team's top scorer, scoring six goals. In parallel with football, Bobrov also played ball hockey (or Russian hockey), which allowed players to maintain good shape in the offseason. As part of the CDCA Bobrov won two USSR Cups, scoring decisive goals in both finals. However, after that, he focused on football and ice hockey. For the football CDKA in the USSR championships, Bobrov spent 79 matches in which he scored 80 goals. In 1947, he, together with his partner Valentin Nikolaev, became the top scorer of the USSR championship for the second time in his career (both forwards chalked up 14 goals). In 1948, he scored a decisive goal against the Dynamo Moscow, which allowed the CDKA to become the USSR champion. In total, during this period, the CDCA three times became the champion of the USSR, and also won two USSR Cups. Since 1950, Bobrov played for the football Air Force, and in 1953 he spent several matches with Moscow Spartak (and replenished his trophy collection with another championship). After this, numerous injuries forced Bobrov to focus on hockey, ending his career as a football player. True, in 1952, Bobrov as part of the USSR national team (as captain) took part in the 1952 Olympics and scored five goals in three games. The confrontation with the national team of Yugoslavia became truly dramatic: in the first match, the Soviet national team lost 1: 5, but thanks to Bobrov's hat-trick she managed to equalize, and the replay ended with the score 3: 1 in favor of the Yugoslavs, despite the fact that Bobrov opened the score is already in the 6th minute. After the departure from the tournament, the CDKA team was disbanded, and many athletes were sanctioned. He died at the 57th year of life on July 1, 1979 from pulmonary embolism. He was buried at Kuntsevsky cemetery in Moscow.