Starshinov Vyacheslav Ivanovich is a hockey player who has written many glorious pages in the history of Soviet hockey. He became the idol of many generations, including the famous athletes of our time.
Starshinov Vyacheslav Ivanovich: biography. Start
On May 6, 1940, Starshinov Vyacheslav Ivanovich was born in Moscow, whose family consisted of his father, who worked as a carpenter, his mother, an employee of the Krasny Bogatyr plant, and three sisters. From childhood, Slava Starshinov fell in love with sports. His endurance and training were developed through regular exercise. Boxing taught him patience and perseverance, volleyball gave teamwork skills, his passion for acrobatics contributed to the development of flexibility and coordination.
It is worth noting that in any of these sports young Starshinov showed excellent results, becoming the champion of the capital's competitions. But most of all he liked football, where Vyacheslav regularly showed his scorer qualities. In this game, Vyacheslav Ivanovich Starshinov was able to become the champion of the Soviet Union three times - at the championship of youth teams, as part of the student team of MATI and at the All-Union Spartakiad of Trade Unions.
Hockey
In the mid-fifties of the last century, Vyacheslav Starshinov became interested in the game of hockey. Moreover, he tried his hand at playing both with the ball and with the puck. His starting point in big hockey was the Spartak Children and Youth Sports School. In the season 1957-1958. he was enrolled in the team of masters "Spartak", performing in the all-Union championship. Coach Alexander Igumnov identified Starshinov for the position of the central striker in the troika, which included his brothers Yevgeny and Boris Mayorov. But they did not succeed in a well-coordinated game, and the Mayorovs decisively announced to the coach that they would refuse to play with a new partner. The coach, wise by experience, cooled the fervor of the brothers. In his answer there were prophetic words that Starshinov had to be given a term, and he would join the Union team. It so happened that the Mayorov brothers became close friends with Vyacheslav Starshinov.
Forever with Spartak
Having become a Spartak player at the age of eighteen, Starshinov was faithful to the team for 15 years. Despite the fact that it was more prestigious and more profitable to play for the CSKA hockey club, whose players had direct access to the national team, Vyacheslav Ivanovich never wanted to leave his native club. According to him, loyalty to the red and white flag, he would never have exchanged for either titles or high salaries.
In the eternal confrontation of the two great teams, Starshinov had the opportunity to prove to himself his importance, to be confident in the level of skill. The only thing that Starshinov regretted was that, being a Spartak player, he did not join the Olympic hockey team twice because of his refusal to transfer to CSKA camp.
Ice cruiser
The game in Spartak as part of the strike three with the Mayorov brothers allowed Starshinov to become one of the best central forwards of world hockey. His constant desire to be in the center of the fight and focus on the goal formed in him the image of a real universal hockey player. Starshinov never left martial arts, passionately and passionately fought for the puck in every section of the hockey court. He could easily overtake and beat any opponent with decent speed.
With ardent dedication, Starshinov was substituted under flying washers, despite the risk of serious injury. Such abilities made him indispensable when playing in the minority. Even despite his constant thirst for a goal, Starshinov never left a partner in the game without a transfer, if he noticed that he was in a better position. Also, Vyacheslav Ivanovich was distinguished by a confident game on the patch at the gates of the opponent. None of the opponents managed to withdraw him from his position, Starshinov steadfastly withstood tremors, blows and trips.
And even though his game was stiff, in decisive matches he did not allow himself to violate discipline on the court. Compared to such masters as Almetov and Vikulov, Starshinov’s playing style was not distinguished by the filigree outline technique and prudent actions, but his unsurpassed confidence coupled with power superiority forced the most sophisticated rivals to retreat. No wonder the famous Soviet coach Anatoly Tarasov compared him to a cruiser, fearlessly marching towards danger, with confident calm challenging an opponent to battle.
Team victories
The superiority of the CSKA hockey team in the late fifties and early sixties was unconditional, the Moscow Wings of the Soviets and Dynamo competed in the championship. In 1962, Moscow's Spartak began to declare more confidently its ambitions. Along with the shock Spartak three of the Mayorov brothers and Vyacheslav Starshinov, such masters as Valery Fomenkov, Rauf Bulatov, Alexander Kuznetsov shone in the team . Goalkeeper Anatoly Platov adequately defended his goal.
Spartak was led at that time by Alexander Novokreshchenov, who managed to inspire his wards to win over the most formidable rivals. Despite the skeptical forecasts of specialists, the Spartacists achieved a draw in a decisive match against CSKA and became Union champions.
Five years later, in 1967, Starshinov, as part of Spartak, again won the national title, and after 2 years repeated this achievement.
The game in the national team, success in the international arena
After winning the championship in the all-Union championship, the famous Spartak trio drew attention to the national team coaches. In 1963, the Mayorov and Starshinov brothers played for the first time in the world championship as part of a national team. After an insulting defeat from the Swedes, Vyacheslav Ivanovich told reporters that the USSR would certainly become a champion. His words did not part with the deed. In the decisive match against Canada, Starshinov scored two goals that allowed the USSR team to take first place. After that, until 1971, the Soviet national team was the strongest in all European and world championships, which was thanks to Vyacheslav Starshinov. In 1965, he was recognized as the best striker of the world championship.
And, of course, the most prestigious awards for Vyacheslav Ivanovich Starshinov were the gold medals of the 1964 and 1968 Winter Olympics.
Education, coaching
Since childhood, Vyacheslav Starshinov was not only a good athlete, but also showed excellent results in his studies. To finish school with a gold medal, he was prevented by only two fours in the certificate. Following the example of his friends and partners in the troika, the Mayorov brothers, Starshinov became a student at the Moscow Aviation and Technology Institute, and a little later, in 1964, and his graduate student. For two years of his graduate school, he served as laboratory assistant. Starshinov was inspired by a cousin who was a combat pilot during the Great Patriotic War.
Vyacheslav Ivanovich continued his research activities in the field of sports pedagogy, defending his Ph.D. thesis at the Institute of Physical Culture in 1975.
In 1979, Starshinov became the head of the department of physical education at the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, where he trains and plays as a center forward in a student hockey team. A little later he was awarded the title of professor and defended his doctoral dissertation on the moral education of young students.
In 1972, the affairs of the hockey "Spartak" were not entirely successful. Due to the circumstances, the team leadership decided to appoint Vyacheslav Starshinov as a coach. For almost two and a half years he held this post in his native Spartak, but, following an unquenchable thirst for struggle, Vyacheslav Ivanovich returned to the ice again.
In late February 1975, Starshinov made the decision to go to distant Japan, where he became the playing coach of the Oji Sayzi club. Vyacheslav Ivanovich headed it until 1978.
Sports mentoring, hobbies
Being an unsurpassed master of domestic hockey, Vyacheslav Ivanovich conveys his invaluable experience as a talented teacher. He has done a lot for the development of youth sports. He is one of the permanent leaders of the Golden Puck club. But not only on the hockey court and sports fields Starshinov shares his skills. He described his vision of hockey, its emotionality, beauty and influence on the formation of character in books. Readers received with great interest Starshinov’s book “I am the Center Forward”, published in 1971 and instantly become a real bestseller. A little later, Vyacheslav Ivanovich wrote the books “Hockey School”, “Clean Time”, which gave a lot of valuable advice to the young generation, who dreams of growing up as great athletes.
Thanks to his wife, whose loyalty Starshinov has been keeping for half a century, he fell in love with opera and ballet performances. A weekly visit to theatrical performances was included in his mandatory rule.
Starshinov Vyacheslav Ivanovich: achievements
During his sports career, he managed to win many different titles. He became the champion of the USSR hockey championship together with the Moscow Spartak in 1962, 1967 and 1969. He won victories at the world championships in hockey in a win-win series, which lasted from 1963 to 1971. In 1961, he won a bronze medal in the world championship. Twice became the owner of gold awards at the Olympic Games of 1964 and 1968. In the hockey championship of the Soviet Union, he played 540 matches, in which he hit the opponent’s goal 405 times.
An enormous contribution to the development of domestic sports was made by Starshinov Vyacheslav Ivanovich, whose awards were obtained by hard work. Among them, the Order of the Red Banner of Labor and the “For Merit to the Fatherland” (the latter was personally handed to Starshinov personally by the President of Russia Putin).
Starshinov Vyacheslav Ivanovich (photo above) is an outstanding athlete of our time.