Arkady Ivanovich Chernyshyov (March 16 [O.S. March 3], 1914, Nizhny Novgorod — April 17, 1992, Moscow) was a Soviet ice hockey player and coach, as well as a football player, and one of the founders of the Soviet school of ice hockey. Honored Master of Sport of the USSR (1948), Honored Coach of the USSR (1956). A native of Nizhny Novgorod, he was associated for most of his life with Moscow's Dynamo; he remains the most decorated coach in the history of international hockey.[1]
Nizhny Novgorod roots and early years
Arkady Chernyshyov was born in Nizhny Novgorod on March 16, 1914. Soon after his birth, his father transferred to a job in Moscow and took his son with him, so at about the age of two the future coach moved to the capital.[1] From an early age he was keen on sports, above all football and bandy.[1] In 1928 he began playing football in Moscow for the club team named after E. F. Kukhmisterov, and then from 1931 played for the RKimA and SiM teams.[2] In 1941 he graduated from the State Central Institute of Physical Culture (GTSOLIFK).[2]
Playing career
In football, Chernyshyov played as a midfielder and defender for Moscow's Dynamo (1936–1944) and Minsk's Dynamo (1945–1947), appearing in 143 USSR championship matches and scoring 2 goals. With Moscow's Dynamo he became USSR champion (1937, 1940) and winner of the USSR Cup (1937), and he was captain of the team in 1943 and of Minsk's Dynamo in 1945–1947.[2]
In bandy he played for Moscow's Dynamo from 1933 to 1947, won the USSR Cup four times (1937, 1938, 1940, 1941), and four times became Moscow champion. He was also Moscow champion in basketball and volleyball.[2] In ice hockey he played 11 matches in USSR championships, scoring 4 goals; according to some accounts, it was he who scored the first goal in the history of the national championships.[1]
Coaching career
In December 1946, when the first USSR ice hockey championship got under way, Chernyshyov took charge of Moscow's Dynamo as a player-coach. In January 1947 the team under his leadership became the first USSR ice hockey champion in history.[1] In all, he spent 28 years as head coach of Dynamo, from November 1946 to November 1974. During that time the club won the USSR championship once more (1954) and the USSR Cup twice (1953, 1972).[2]
Chernyshyov worked as head coach of the USSR national team in 1954–1957 and 1961–1972. In 1954 he led the team to the World Championship for the first time: the team suffered not a single defeat and won the tournament. In 1956 the team made its debut at the Winter Olympic Games and took gold.[1] From 1963, Anatoly Tarasov worked alongside Chernyshyov on the national team's staff; the coaching tandem lasted nine years, during which the team won nine World Championships and three Olympics in a row — a record that has still not been surpassed.[1] In all, under Chernyshyov's leadership the USSR national team won 11 World and European Championships and four times became Olympic champion (1956, 1964, 1968, 1972).[2]
In 1975–1983 Chernyshyov served as director of the hockey school of Moscow's Dynamo, and then as deputy head of the training and sports department of the Central Council of the Dynamo All-Union Physical Culture and Sports Society. In the early 1950s he was also one of the first football television commentators on Soviet television.[2]
Recognition and Memory
Chernyshyov was awarded the Orders of the Red Banner of Labor (1957, 1972), the Badge of Honor (1965, 1968), and the Order of Friendship of Peoples (1984).[2] He died on April 17, 1992, in Moscow and was buried at Vagankovo Cemetery. A memorial plaque in his honor has been installed in Moscow at 8/2 Leningradskoye Shosse — in the building where he lived.[2] Contemporaries noted the coach's rare restraint and inner calm, and his ability to instill confidence in his players without shouting or public dressing-downs.[3]
Sources
- qr.gbumac.ru — The house where the outstanding Dynamo hockey club coach A.I. Chernyshyov lived — GBU "MAC"
- sport-strana.ru — Chernyshev Arkady Ivanovich — Sport-strana.ru
- fhr.ru — In Memory of Arkady Chernyshyov