Arkady Chernyshev

Arkady Ivanovich Chernyshev (Russian: Аркадий Иванович Чернышёв; March 16, 1914 – April 17, 1992) was a Russian ice hockey, football and bandy player, who played in the Soviet Top Hockey League. As a coach, he led Dynamo Moscow and the Soviet Union national ice hockey team.

Arkady Chernyshev
Arkady Chernyshev
Personal information
Full name Arkady Ivanovich Chernyshev
Date of birth (1914-03-16)March 16, 1914
Place of birth Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Empire
Date of death April 17, 1992(1992-04-17) (aged 78)
Place of death Moscow, Russia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender/Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1936–1944 FC Dynamo Moscow 84 (1)
1945–1948 FC Dinamo Minsk 70 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:12, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Career

Chernyshev served as Dynamo Moscow team head coach from 1946 until 1974.

Under his leadership, Dynamo Moscow won the USSR Championship title in the seasons 1946/1947 and 1953/1954.

They places second in the seasons 1949/1950, 1950/1951, 1958/1959, 1959/1960, 1961/1962, 1962/1963, 1963/1964, 1970/1971, 1971/1972.

They placed third in the seasons 1947/1948, 1948/1949, 1951/1952, 1952/1953, 1954/1955, 1955/1956, 1956/1957, 1957/1958, 1965/1966, 1966/1967, 1967/1968, 1968/1969, 1973/1974.

Soviet Cup of hockey:

Champions in the seasons 1952/1953 and 1971/1972.

Runner-up in the seasons 1954/1955, 1955/1956, 1965/1966, 1968/1969, 1969/1970, 1973/1974.

As the USSR national team head coach 1954–1957 and 1962–1972 guiding the team to:

Eleven World Championships titles (1954, 1956, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971).

Eleven European Championship titles (1958, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970).

Four Olympic titles (1956, 1964, 1968, 1972).

Considered one of the most successful ice hockey coaches in international competition, 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 Russia-based ice hockey league, has one of its four divisions named after Chernyshev.[1]

The hockey part of VTB Arena stadium in Moscow is also named after Chernyshev.[2]

Honours

Chernyshev won three USSR football Championship titles (1937, 1940, 1947), as well as five USSR bandy Cup titles (1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1948).

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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