Arkady Chernyshev

Arkady Ivanovich Chernyshev (Russian: Аркадий Иванович Чернышёв; March 16, 1914 in Moscow, Russia – October 22, 1992) was a Soviet ice hockey and soccer 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.

Arkady Chernyshev
Personal information
Full name Arkady Ivanovich Chernyshev
Date of birth (1914-03-16)March 16, 1914
Place of birth Moscow, Russian Empire
Date of death October 22, 1992(1992-10-22) (aged 78)
Place of death Moscow, Russia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing 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)

Chernyshev won three USSR soccer Champion titles (1937, 1940, 1947), as well as five USSR Bandy 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).

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]

References
  1. KHL (2017). "About the KHL: Divisions". KHL.ru. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
  2. "Восхитительная арена! Сумасшествие какое-то" [Amazing Arena! Some kind of madness] (in Russian). HC Dynamo Moscow. 14 December 2018.
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