Alexander Nikolaevich Uvarov (russian: Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Ува́ров; March 7, 1922 – December 24, 1994) was a Russian

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player, who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He was born in

Odoyev Odoyev (Russian: ''Одоев'') is an urban settlement (Russian: ''рабочий посёлок'') since 1959, in the west of Tula Oblast, Russia, the administrative center of Odoyevsky District. It sits on the left bank of the Upa river, a rig ...

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region,

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. Uvarov played 1948–1960 for

HC Dynamo Moscow HC Dynamo Moscow () is a Russian professional ice hockey club based in Moscow. It is a member of the Tarasov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League. Dynamo has won the Gagarin Cup twice, in 2011–12 and 2012–13 seasons, and have won th ...

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s) and 1954–1957 for Soviet national team. Olympic champion 1956. World champion 1954, 1956. European champion 1954–1956. USSR champion 1954. He was inducted into the

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in 1954.

External links

Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame bio

HC Dynamo Moscow Statistics
1922 births 1994 deaths HC Dynamo Moscow players Ice hockey players at the 1956 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1956 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic ice hockey players of the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in ice hockey People from Odoyevsky District Sportspeople from Tula Oblast {{USSR-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub