- Arkady Chernyshev
Arkady Chernyshev (
March 16 ,1914 inMoscow ,Russia –October 22 ,1992 ) was asoviet ice hockey andsoccer player, who played in the Soviet Hockey League, also a coach for Dynamo» Moscow club and a distinguished coach forSoviet Union national ice hockey team .He won three
USSR soccer Champion titles (1937, 1940, 1947), as well as five USSRBandy Cup titles (1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1948).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).
He was inducted into the
Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1948 and theIIHF Hall of Fame in 1999.Kontinental Hockey League has a division bearing his name.External links
* [http://www.chidlovski.com/personal/1954/02hhof.htm Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame bio]
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