Ivan Sergeyevich Tregubov (russian: Иван Серге́евич Трегубов; January 19, 1930 – September 1, 1992) was a Soviet

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in the 1950s and 1960s. He was born in the

Mordovian ASSR The Mordovian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (russian: Мордовская Автономная Советская Социалистическая Республика, ''Mordovskaya Avtonomnaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika'' ...

of the

Russian SFSR The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

. Tregubov played for

HC CSKA Moscow HC CSKA Moscow (1946–present, russian: ЦСКА Москва, Центральный Спортивный Клуб Армии, ''Central Sports Club of the Army, Moscow'') is a Russian professional ice hockey club based in Moscow. The club i ...

from 1951–62, SKA Kuibyshev from 1962–64, and

Khimik Voskresensk Hockey Club Atlant Moscow Oblast (russian: ХК Атлант Московская область, en, Atlas Hockey Club Moscow Region) was a Russian professional ice hockey team based in Mytishchi, Moscow Oblast. They were members of the Bobro ...

in 1964-65. He was named to the Soviet all-star team four consecutive years beginning in 1955. He was inducted into the USSR Hall of Fame in 1956. Tregubov played 100 games for the national team. He played in six

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, being named the best defenceman in 1958 and 1961. He won the 1956 Olympic and World Championship gold in 1956, as well as World Championship silver four times and bronze once.

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