Anatoli Kozhemyakin

Anatoli Yevgenyevich Kozhemyakin 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.

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 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.