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{{Eastern Slavic name|Mikhailovich|Bobrov}}
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| years3 = 1950–1952 | clubs3 = [[VVS Moscow]] | caps3 = 32 | goals3 = 14
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| manageryears4 = 1963 | managerclubs4 = [[FC Chornomorets Odessa]]
| manageryears5 = 1967–1969 | managerclubs5 = CSKA Moscow
| manageryears6 = 1975 | managerclubs6 = [[FC Kairat]]
| manageryears7 = 1977–1978 | managerclubs7 = CSKA Moscow
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'''Vsevolod Mikhailovich Bobrov''' ({{lang-ru|Всеволод Михайлович Бобров}}; 1 December 1922&nbsp;– 1 July 1979) was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] athlete, who excelled in [[football (soccer)|football]], [[bandy]] and [[ice hockey]]. He is considered one of the best [[Russia]]ns ever in all of those sports.

== Biography ==
[[File:RR5110-0096R.png|left|thumb|Russian commemorative coin celebrating '''Bobrov''']]

Bobrov was born in [[Morshansk]]. After serving in the [[Red Army|Soviet Army]] during [[World War II]] he was invited to play football for the Army club [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]] in 1945. Playing until 1953 for CSKA, [[VVS Moscow|VVS]], and [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak]], he would go on to win the Soviet Championship three times, scoring 97 goals in only 116 games. Bobrov led the country in goals in 1945 with 24 and 1947 with 14. In 1945, Vsevolod was a guest player for [[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]'s tour of [[Great Britain]], and drew rave reviews after scoring six goals as the Russian club played against teams including [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]], [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]], and [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]]. He was capped three times for the [[USSR national football team|Soviet Union national team]] representing them in the [[1952 Summer Olympics]]. He scored five goals in total, including a hat trick against [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]].

Bobrov began playing hockey for [[HC CSKA Moscow|CSKA]] a year after his football start, in 1946. His playing career in this sport lasted until 1957, with the years between 1950 and 1953 spent with VVS. Although football was Bobrov's first sport, his success in ice hockey was even greater. In 1950, a [[1950 Sverdlovsk air disaster|plane crash]] almost killed the entire Soviet national ice hockey team. Bobrov survived the crash as he overslept and travelled by [[Rail transport|rail]]. In the Soviet Championship, that his teams won seven times, Vsevolod scored an amazing 254 goals in only 130 games. He played for the [[Soviet national ice hockey team|Soviet national team]] in the [[1956 Winter Olympics]], becoming one of the few athletes to participate in both the Summer and Winter games. Bobrov proceeded to lead his country to the [[gold medal]], and also won the [[Ice Hockey World Championships|World Championship]] in 1954 and 1956. Overall, he scored 89 goals in 59 games for his country. In Russian ice hockey, his name was given to an exclusive list of players, the ''Bobrov Club'', who scored over 250 goals during their career.

Bobrov, who served as a player-coach in both sports during his time with VVS, would go on to coach various teams after retiring as a player in both football and ice hockey. In the latter, he coached the USSR in the [[1972 Summit Series]] and then led them to the World Championship in 1974 and 1975.

Vsevolod Bobrov died in [[Moscow]] in 1979. He was elected to the ''[[International Ice Hockey Federation]] Hall of Fame'' in 1997, the first year it was created. For the greatest Russian athlete in the 20th century, Bobrov finished third behind football [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]] [[Lev Yashin]] and [[Greco-Roman wrestling|Greco-Roman wrestler]] [[Alexander Karelin]].

[[Kontinental Hockey League]] has a division bearing his name.

== See also ==
* The movie [[My Best Friend, General Vasili, Son of Joseph Stalin]] (1991) was inspired by the story of his friendship with [[Vasili Stalin]]

== References ==
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*[http://www.peoples.ru/sport/football/bobrov/history1.html Bobrov at people.ru, in Russian]
*[http://www.chidlovski.net/1954/54_player_info.asp?p_id=b010 Bobrov at Hockey CCCP International]
*[http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/vsevolod-bobrov-1.html Sports-Reference.com profile.]
*Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2010). "Ice Hockey: Men". In ''The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics: 2010 Edition''. London: Aurum Press Limited. p.&nbsp;25.

{{Soviet Top League Top Scorers}}
{{USSR Squad 1952 Summer Olympics}}
{{Coaches of the USSR national hockey team}}
{{PFC CSKA Moscow managers}}
{{FC Chornomorets Odessa managers}}
{{FC Kairat managers}}

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