Yevgeni Makarovich Babich (7 January 1921 – 11 June 1972) was an

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

player who played in the Soviet Hockey League.

Biography

Babich 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 ...

. He was inducted into the

Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

in 1953. He committed

suicide by hanging Suicide by hanging is the intentional killing of oneself (suicide) via suspension from an anchor-point such as an overhead beam or hook, by a rope or cord or by jumping from a height with a noose around the neck. Hanging is often considered t ...

at his home in 1972.

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Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame bio
1921 births 1972 suicides Communist Party of the Soviet Union members HC CSKA Moscow players Ice hockey players at the 1956 Winter Olympics Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Recipients of the Order of the Red Star 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 Soviet bandy players Soviet ice hockey right wingers Ice hockey people from Moscow Suicides by hanging in the Soviet Union Suicides in Moscow {{bandy-bio-stub