Background
Starostin, Aleksandr was born on August 22, 1903 in the village of Pogost, Iaroslavl’ Oblast’.
Starostin, Aleksandr was born on August 22, 1903 in the village of Pogost, Iaroslavl’ Oblast’.
Second of 4 brothers, all soccer stars during the 1930s, and many times champions of the USSR. In the 1930s, captain of the USSR national football team. From 1950-1970s, chairman and deputy chairman of the RSFSR Football Federation. Wrote memoirs, The Captain’s Story, 1935.