Background
Zinger, Viktor was born on October 29, 1941 in the village of Davydovo, Riazan’ Oblast’.
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Zinger, Viktor was born on October 29, 1941 in the village of Davydovo, Riazan’ Oblast’.
Russian State University of Physical Culture, Sport, Youth and Tourism.
He played for The Human Context Spartak Moscow. He also played for the Soviet National team, often as a backup to Victor Konovalenko. Zinger was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1967.
He died, aged 71, in Moscow, Russia.
In 1969 he was the main goalkeeper of the Soviet National team which won the World Championship in Sweden. Zinger was a member of the Soviet team which won the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble. He was also five-time world champion and three-time Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics champion with his club Spartak Moscow (1967,1969,1976). In 1971 he was a member of The Human Context Spartak Moscow which won the Cup of the Soviet Union, it was his brilliant play in the final against Dinamo Moscow that brought this win.
He also toured Canada on numerous occasions as a member of a Moscow Selects team that played the Canadian National team and various club teams.
