Anatoliy Firsov

Anatoly Firsov is a renowned Soviet hockey player, a player in the capital's clubs CSKA and Spartak, who competed for the USSR national team in the 60s and 70s. The athlete became the most valuable player in the domestic championship three times and was recognized as the best striker of the national team at the 1967, 1968 and 1971 World Championships. Having played 166 caps for the national team, Firsov scored 134 goals against rivals and won 3 Olympic gold and 8 world titles.

Anatoly Vasilyevich Firsov was born in Moscow on February 1, 1941. The family lost a breadwinner, who died at the front during the Great Patriotic War, when the future hockey player was a month old. The mother worked as a teacher and single-handedly raised three children, trying to provide them with a decent future.

Most of the time, Anatoly was left to himself, he became interested in field hockey and, as a teenager, played as a defender of the yard team. Due to the lack of money, Firsov himself made clubs from scrap materials, and his skates were blades tied to his boots with an ordinary rope. Poverty did not prevent the boy from becoming one of the best players and, at the age of 11, from participating in matches against young men and adult men.

As he grew older, Firsov became interested in ice hockey and at first had difficulties mastering the technique of playing with a longer stick. The first team of Anatoly was the "Red Bogatyr" club, where the athlete improved his skills in assists and the realization of sharp moments.

The talent of the young Firsov was noticed, and soon he became a member of the Moscow "Spartak", and when the time came to serve in the army, the capable hockey player was taken under the wing of the coach of CSKA Anatoly Tarasov.

During the year, the athlete worked hard to gain the desired physical shape and master the "hockey-hockey-stick-hockey stick" technique. The coach decided that in terms of height and weight (176 cm, 70 kg) Firsov suited the position of a striker and put him in the top three with 2 young players Vladimir Vikulov and Viktor Polupanov.

This combination became the main attacking force of the team, and soon Anatoly and his partners were invited to the USSR national team. In 1964, the hockey player took part in the victorious World and European Championships held as part of the Winter Olympic Games in Innsbruck, Austria.

Inventing new combinations and techniques, Firsov became the most valuable player of the club and the national team and regularly repeated his debut success at the main hockey competitions. In addition, he was the only hockey player who was allowed to wield a stick with a curved edge. Possessing incredible punching power, Anatoly Vasilyevich became a nightmare for goalkeepers and a "universal soldier" of the Soviet ice squad, whom journalists called "Legend number 11".

From 1963 to 1966, CSKA won the national championship, and the national team climbed to the top step of the podium at the world and European championships until 1971. Firsov was recognized three times as the best striker in international competitions and was included in the list of 34 best hockey players of the Soviet Union. In addition, the athlete became a six-time winner of the European Cup, scoring 14 goals against titled opponents.

At the 1968 and 1972 Olympics, Anatoly Vasilyevich helped the national team win the championship title, having chalked up 2 goals and a number of dangerous moments and assists. In 1972, when Vsevolod Bobrov became the coach of the national team, they made it clear to Firsov that they no longer needed his services, and the national team, having lost their most valuable striker, was defeated at the World Championships in Prague.

At this time, Firsov received offers from several foreign clubs, but the Soviet government banned the transfer of the hockey player and, after the scandal, made him restricted to travel abroad for a long time. While still an active CSKA player, Anatoly began working as an assistant coach of the capital's club, and in 1976 he took over as mentor of the youth team, which won a bronze medal at the 1977 World Cup.

In 1973, a book was published called "Light the Victory Light", in which Firsov spoke about his playing past and coaching present, and also shared his thoughts on Soviet sports and its representatives.

After leaving the youth team in 1977, Anatoly Vasilyevich headed children's hockey teams until the end of his life, helped to improve the health of the population and modernize sports facilities with the rank of people's deputy.

In 1998, the outstanding striker was included in the stavow hall of the International Ice Hockey Federation, and in 2014 the sports leadership established the Firsov award, which is annually awarded to the best player in the Major League.

In 1959, Firsov met his future wife Nadezhda, who became his faithful companion for 40 years. The woman supported the athlete in difficult situations and helped him through adversity and vicissitudes of fate.

The CSKA striker preferred not to talk about his own biography outside of hockey, some details became known after the death of the forward from an interview with Anatoly Anatolyevich Firsov's son.

In 2000, a tragedy occurred in the personal life of Anatoly Vasilyevich - his beloved wife Nadezhda died of cancer. Despite the support of his children and grandchildren, the hockey player could not cope with the loss and suffered his first heart attack a month after the funeral. Doctors saved Firsov, but a month later he suffered a heart attack, which led to a fatal outcome. This happened on July 24, 2000 at a family dacha near Moscow, an ambulance who arrived could not resuscitate the athlete, but only stated death due to cardiac arrest.

Anatoly Vasilyevich was buried next to his wife in the village of Firsanovka. For a year, his grave was a hill with a simple wooden cross. The deplorable state of the last shelter of the legend of Soviet and world hockey attracted the attention of the press, and on November 1, 2001, a monument in the form of a granite slab topped with a cross was erected in a cemetery near Moscow. On the main facade of the tombstone, there is a photo of the striker and the years of victories at the Olympic Games, and on the back there are images of Firsov and his wife.

1964, 1968, 1972 - Olympic champion 1964-1971 - World champion 1964-1971 - European champion 1963-1966, 1968, 1970-1973 - USSR champion 1965, 1968 - Order of the Badge of Honor 1966-1969, 1973 - USSR Cup winner 1969 - 1974 - Winner of the European Champions Cup 1972 - Order of the Red Banner of Labor

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