Rafael Chimishkyan (1929-2022)
September 25, 2022, Tbilisi, Georgia – Olympic champion Rafael Chimishkyan passed away at 93 in his home Republic of Georgia. Rafael Chimishkyan was a true champion and legend of Olympic weightlifting. He had a...
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1972-2022: Bobby Orr International
Bobby Orr is one of the best hockey players ever to step on the ice rink. OK. There are top three players that are on the top of any all-time top lists out there....
Nikolay Varava in Braunau, Germany
History in Color: Braunau, West Germany, March 1971 – Soviet featherweight Nikolay Varava competes in the 60kg weightclass at the invitational Olympic weightlifting tournament in Braunau. Nikolay Varava (born in 1935) was one of...
Everybody Loves Balderis (BETA version)
Everybody Loves Balderis Launching a new web site about Helmut Balderis, legendary hockey wizard of the 1970s-1980s. It’s a soft launch of a beta version available for desktops and laptops. Smaller resolution (modile devices)...
1972-2022, Lost and Found: Canadian Suitcase In Moscow Airport in 1972
During the second half of the 1972 Summit Series, there were several mishaps with the Team Canada luggage arrival to Moscow. History records show that the team never got several items assumed to be...
Team Great Britain: Royally Strong Before the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome
History in Color: St. Brides, London, Great Britain, August 1960– Candidates to the British Olympic weightlifting team gathered for a press shot during one of the last training sessions before going to the 1960...
1972-2022, Lucrative Offers: Was Phil Esposito Approached in Moscow to Play for the Red Army?
The whole world was watching when they introduced me. I stepped on the stem and fell flat on my ass. I’ll tell you, that broke some of the tension. But the ironic thing was,...
1972-2022, Team Rejects: Helmut Balderis
To be honest with you, I found this quote by Helmut Balderis interesting and rather surprising. In my hockey book, Balderis was the best hockey player of all times and nations. In my view,...
1972-2002: How Many Soviet Equipment Managers Worked with 1972 Team Canada in Moscow?
When Team Canada arrived to Moscow for the second half of the 1972 Summit Series, things didn’t look good for Canada at all. They were losing the Series by 1-1-2 and they had to...
1972-2022: Band of Brothers (Hockey CCCP)
Back in 1972, Soviet hockey players trained and played hockey all year around. They were getting one month of vacation and that was about it. For the beginning of a season, they were conditioned...
