Konstantin Vasilyevich Fomin ( December 6 ( 19 ), 1903 , Kharkov - January 16, 1964 , Moscow ) - Soviet football player, left-back. Honored Master of Sports of the USSR (1936).
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The brother of football player Vladimir Fomin .
Biography
He began to play in 1913 in Kharkov in the children's team "Standart". In OLS - 1922, KFK - 1923-25, Dynamo (all - Kharkov) —1926-28 (until August), 1930 (from July) -34, Dynamo (Moscow) - 1928 (from September ) -30 (until June), Dynamo - 1935-36, Lokomotiv (both Kiev) - 1937-38.
On Sat Kharkov - 1922-28 (until August), 1931-34, Kiev - 1935-36, Moscow - 1929-30, Ukraine - 1924-35.
Champion of the USSR 1924; 2nd prize-winner of the championship (and the All-Union Spartakiad) 1928; participant in the championships of 1932 and 1935 (in them - 9 matches). Champion of Ukraine 1924, 1927-28, 1934. Repeated champion of Kharkov, champion of Moscow 1930 (o).
2nd prize winner of the USSR Championship 1936 (c). In the championships of the USSR - 18 matches (Lokomotiv - 15 games).
The captain of the Kharkov team - 1926-28, 1934, Kiev - 1935-36, Ukraine - 1926-35, Dynamo (Kharkov) - 1930-34, Dynamo (Kiev) - 1935-36.
In the list of 33 best football players of the USSR - No. 1 (1933) and in the “33s” (FiS magazine) - No. 2 (1930) and, probably, in the 44s (FiS magazine) - No. 1 (1928),.
In the USSR national team (1932-35) - 9 unofficial matches.
Participant in the victorious matches of the national team of Ukraine and Kharkov with the national team of clubs in Turkey in 1931, 1933 and 1934, the Red Star team ( Paris , France ) in 1935.
One of the best football players in the country of the late 20s — 1st half of the 30s. Fast, extremely tough and selfless, he did not spare either himself or his opponents in the fight for the ball. Among the first in domestic football, he took possession of the tackle. He was able to effectively strike the ball, turning the body in a jump 180 degrees.
He entered the symbolic team of Kharkov for 70 years (1978).
Inspector-Methodist of the Central Stadium. V.I. Lenin (Moscow) - 1959-64.
Member of the Civil and Great Patriotic Wars , holder of the orders of the Red Star and World War II degree .
An urn with ashes was buried in the columbarium of the Don cemetery .
Sources
- Encyclopedia Russian Football for 100 Years. - Moscow: Gregory Page, 1997 .-- ISBN 5-900493-70-9 - p.551.