How tall is Lev Yashin?

Lev Yashin's listed height was 189 cm (6'2").

About Lev Yashin

Lev Yashin was a Soviet professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He was born on 22 October 1929 in Moscow and died on 20 March 1990. He was known for his athleticism, positioning and acrobatic reflex saves, and he later served as deputy chairman of the Football Federation of the Soviet Union.

Yashin appeared in three World Cups from 1958 to 1966 and was an unused squad member in 1970. He won a gold medal at the 1956 Olympic football tournament and the 1960 European Championships, and in 1963 he received the Ballon d'Or, the only goalkeeper to do so. According to FIFA he saved over 150 penalty kicks in professional football and kept over 270 clean sheets. He dressed in dark colours, which earned him the nicknames the Black Spider and the Black Panther.

Yashin stood at a listed 189 cm (6'2"). He was known for shouting orders at his defenders and coming off his line to intercept crosses, at a time when goalkeepers spent most of the match waiting to be called into action.

Frequently asked

How tall is Lev Yashin in feet and inches? Lev Yashin was 6'2" tall, which is 189 cm, 74.4 inches or 1.89 m.

Sources

• Lev Yashin on Wikipedia — biography and career.
• Lev Yashin on Wikidata — nationality and dates; height recorded as 189 cm.

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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