Viktor Blinov Explained

Position:Defence
Shoots:Right
Height Ft:5
Height In:9
Weight Lb:181
Ntl Team:URS
Birth Date:September 1, 1945
Birth Place:Omsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Death Place:Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Career Start:1963
Career End:1968

Viktor Nikolayevich Blinov (September 1, 1945 in Omsk, Soviet Union  - July 9, 1968 in Moscow, Soviet Union) was an ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for HC Spartak Moscow. He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1968.

He played in his first international on February 26, 1965, against Canada. He won a gold medal in the 1968 Winter Olympics. He scored ten goals in 32 internationals, the last of which was on February 17, 1968.

Blinov died from a heart attack he suffered during hockey practice. He was 22 years old.[1]

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  1. Web site: Russian Hockey Deaths . 2009-09-02 . 2009-04-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090415001508/http://www.russianhockey.net/RussianHockeyDeaths.html . dead .