Siddhesh Joshi (Editor)

Yury Sevidov

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Place of birth
  
Moscow, USSR

Role
  
Footballer

Place of death
  
Height
  
1.85 m

Years
  
Team

Playing position
  
Name
  
Yury Sevidov


Yury Sevidov httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediaruthumb2

Full name
  
Yury Aleksandrovich Sevidov

Date of birth
  
(1942-08-24)24 August 1942

Date of death
  
11 February 2010(2010-02-11) (aged 67)

Died
  
February 11, 2010, Marbella, Spain

Yuri Aleksandrovich Sevidov (Russian: Юрий Александрович Севидов; August 24, 1942, Moscow, USSR – February 11, 2010, Marbella, Spain) was a Soviet footballer.

Contents

Career

He was the best bombardier of 1962 Soviet championship. He is gold champion of USSR in 1962 and bronze medalist in 1961.

Personal life

In 1965 while driving a car, Sevidov hit a man who was a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences Dmitry Ryabchikov, the prominent chemist, winner of the Stalin Prize and who died soon at hospital as a result of medical mistake. Sevidov was sentenced to ten years in prison and was deprived of the title of master of sports. He was paroled after four years in custody. Yuri was the son of Aleksandr Sevidov.

After retirement

In recent years, Yuri Sevidov worked as a columnist for the Soviet sport and often acted as an expert in sports programs on TV.

Death

On 11 February 2010, Sevidov died during a business trip in Marbella, Spain.

References

Yury Sevidov Wikipedia


Similar Topics