Sunday marks the 102nd anniversary of the birth of the legendary football player of Dynamo Moscow Vladimir Savdunin.
Vladimir Grigorievich was born in Moscow and during his school years was fond of drawing and football, where he was brought by his uncle, who played for the team of the Start drivers' union. At the age of 15, Savdunin was accepted into the Start youth team, and in the spring of 1945, Mikhail Yakushin took a fancy to him, who took him to Dynamo.
For 12 years of his career, Savdunin played 216 matches for the blue and white, became a four-time USSR champion, national Cup winner and Honored Master of Sports of the USSR. After the end of his football career, he played for Dynamo in bandy for two more years, where he twice became the champion of the USSR.
On this day we remember Vladimir Grigorievich not only as an amazing athlete, but also as a hero. At the age of 18, he volunteered for the front, where he performed many glorious feats as a scout of the 50th tank Brigade. Savdunin finished the war in Romania, having received the Orders of the Great Patriotic War I and II degrees and two Orders of the Red Star.