Alexander Ragulin

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| name = Alexander Ragulin

| image = RUSMARKA-1754.jpg

| image_size = 230px

| caption = Alexander Ragulin on a 2013 Russian stamp from the series "Sports Legends"

| birth_date = {{birthdate|1941|05|05|df=y}}

| birth_place = Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

| death_date = {{deathdateandage|2004|11|17|1941|05|05|df=y}}

| death_place = Moscow, Russia

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 231

| played_for = CSKA Moscow
Khimik Voskresensk

| ntl_team = Soviet Union

}}

{{MedalTableTop|Vladimir Putin 23 May 2001-4.jpg|200px|Ragulin presents his signed uniform to President Vladimir Putin in 2001}}

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Alexander Pavlovich "Rags" Ragulin ({{langx|ru|Александр Павлович Рагулин}}; 5 May 1941 – 17 November 2004) was a Russian ice hockey player. He is considered one of the best defensemen in Soviet ice hockey history, winning three Olympic gold medals and ten world titles. He was inducted to the IIHF Hall of Fame in 1997, and received the Olympic Order in silver in 2001.

Playing career

Ragulin began training in ice hockey in 1957 with Khimik Voskresensk, where he played with his brothers Anatoly and Mikhail.{{harvnb|Martin|1990|p=77}} In 1962, he moved to powerhouse CSKA Moscow and played with that team until retiring in 1973. With CSKA he won nine Soviet titles (1963–66, 1968, 1970–73) and five European Champions Cups (1969–73). During his 13 years with the Soviet national team, Ragulin played 239 matches and scored 29 goals. Besides the Olympic and world titles, he won nine gold (1963–70 and 1973) and three silver medals (1961, 1971, 1972) at the European Championships, and was selected as the best defenseman of the 1966 World Championships. In 1972, he played six out of eight games of the Summit Series between Canada and the Soviet Union. After retiring from competitions, Ragulin coached SKA Novosibirsk and worked with children at the CSKA Moscow sports school.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/aleksandr-ragulin-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418000235/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/aleksandr-ragulin-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18}} He was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 1997, and in 2001 received the Olympic Order in Silver.{{cite web|url=https://www.championat.com/hockey/article-3130815-vo-slavu-iikhf-chast-14-aleksandr-ragulin.html|title=Во славу ИИХФ. Часть 14. Александр Рагулин|last=Bektemirov|first=Farid|date=16 June 2011|website=Championat|location=Moscow, Russia|language=ru|access-date=4 July 2023}}

References

=Bibliography=

{{Citation|last=Martin|first=Lawrence|author-link=Lawrence Martin (journalist)|title=The Red Machine: The Soviet Quest to Dominate Canada's Game|publisher=Doubleday Canada|location=Toronto|year=1990|isbn=0-385-25272-2}}

External links

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[http://www.russianhockey.net/iihfhof.htm#AR/ IIHF Hall of Fame profile on Ragulin]
[http://www.chidlovski.net/1954/54_player_info.asp?p_id=r002 Ragulin at Hockey CCCP International]
[http://www.chidlovski.com/personal/1972/yroster/ru05.htm The Summit in 1972 profile on Ragulin]
{{in lang|ru}} [http://www.smsport.ru/expo/katalog/hockey/ragulin/ Alexander Ragulin's profile in the Modern Museum of Sports] features a lot of photos of him, his awards and decorations

Category:1941 births

Category:2004 deaths

Category:Burials at Vagankovo Cemetery

Category:Communist Party of the Soviet Union members

Category:HC CSKA Moscow players

Category:HC Khimik Voskresensk players

Category:Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR

Category:Ice hockey people from Moscow

Category:Ice hockey players at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Category:Ice hockey players at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Category:Ice hockey players at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Category:IIHF Hall of Fame inductees