Anatoli Kozhemyakin

Anatoli Yevgenyevich Kozhemyakin (Russian: Анатолий Евгеньевич Кожемякин, 24 February 1953 – 13 October 1974) was a Soviet football player. He died in a freak accident: he was stuck in an elevator, but was able to open the elevator doors; as he tried to climb out, the elevator started moving again and crushed him to death.^[1]

Anatoli Kozhemyakin

Personal information
Full name	Anatoli Yevgenyevich Kozhemyakin
Date of birth	(1953-02-24)24 February 1953
Place of birth	Moscow, Russian SFSR
Date of death	13 October 1974(1974-10-13) (aged 21)
Place of death	Moscow, Russian SFSR
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	FC Lokomotiv Moscow
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1969	FC Lokomotiv Moscow	0	(0)
1970–1974	FC Dynamo Moscow	62	(24)
International career
1972–1973	USSR	3	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Honours

• Soviet Top League bronze: 1973.
• Soviet Top League second-best scorer: 1973.
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup finalist: 1972.
• Top 33 players year-end list: 1973.

International career

Kozhemyakin made his debut for USSR on 29 March 1972 (aged 19) in a friendly against Bulgaria. He played in a 1974 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Chile. The USSR team did not go to the return game against Chile in protest against the Augusto Pinochet regime.