| Arkady Chernyshev  | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Arkady Ivanovich Chernyshev | ||
| Date of birth | March 16, 1914 | ||
| Place of birth | Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Empire | ||
| Date of death | October 22, 1992 (aged 78) | ||
| Place of death | Moscow, Russia | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender/Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1936–1944 | FC Dynamo Moscow | 84 | (1) |
| 1945–1948 | FC Dinamo Minsk | 70 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:12, 15 October 2009 (UTC) | |||
Arkady Ivanovich Chernyshev (Russian: Аркадий Иванович Чернышёв; March 16, 1914 – October 22, 1992) was a Soviet ice hockey, soccer and bandy player, who played in the Soviet Hockey League, also a coach for Dynamo Moscow and a distinguished coach for Soviet Union national ice hockey team.
Career
Chernyshev served as Dynamo Moscow club coach, winning twice USSR Champion title (1947, 1954), and also as USSR national team coach from 1948 till 1972, guiding the team to eleven World Champion titles (1954, 1956, 1963—1971), eleven Europe Champion titles (1958—1960, 1963—1970) and four Olympic Champion titles (1956, 1964, 1968, 1972).
Chernyshev was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1948 and the IIHF Hall of Fame in 1999.
The Kontinental Hockey League, a Russian-based ice hockey league, has one of its four divisions named after Chernyshev.[1]
The hockey part of VTB Arena stadium is also named after Chernyshev.[2]
Honours
Chernyshev won three USSR soccer Champion titles (1937, 1940, 1947), as well as five USSR Bandy Cup titles (1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1948).
References
- ^ KHL (2017). "About the KHL: Divisions". KHL.ru. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
- ^ "Восхитительная арена! Сумасшествие какое-то" [Amazing Arena! Some kind of madness] (in Russian). HC Dynamo Moscow. 14 December 2018.