Yuri Aleksandrovich Nyrkov () (June 29, 1924,

Vyshny Volochyok Vyshny Volochyok ( rus, Вы́шний Волочёк, p=ˈvɨʂnʲɪj vəlɐˈtɕɵk) is a town in Tver Oblast, Russia. Population: Geography and etymology The town is located northwest of Tver, in the Valdai Hills, between the Tvertsa and ...

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– December 20, 2005,

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) was a

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football player.

Honours

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winner: 1948, 1950, 1951. *

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winner: 1948, 1951.

International career

Nyrkov made his debut for

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on July 15, 1952, in an

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game against

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Personal

He served in the army in

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. After his retirement from soccer he returned to service and eventually reached the rank of Major General.

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1924 births 2005 deaths People from Vyshny Volochyok Russian men's footballers Soviet men's footballers Soviet Union men's international footballers Soviet Top League players PFC CSKA Moscow players Olympic footballers for the Soviet Union Footballers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Soviet military personnel of World War II Soviet major generals Burials in Troyekurovskoye Cemetery Men's association football defenders Footballers from Tver Oblast 20th-century Russian sportsmen {{USSR-footy-defender-stub