name during the following year. The Streltsov Committee, formed in 2001, was founded to attempt to have Streltsov's conviction of rape posthumously overturned. The campaign's leader, chess champion Anatoly Karpov, claimed in 2001 that the conviction had prevented Streltsov from becoming the world's best player. The Central Bank of the Russian Federation paid tribute to Streltsov in 2010, when it minted a commemorative two-ruble coin bearing his likeness. The coin was one of three minted as part of the "Outstanding Sportsmen of Russia" series; the other two pieces bore the faces of footballers Lev Yashin and Konstantin Beskov, respectively. Honours and achievements Torpedo Moscow Soviet Top League: 1965 Soviet Cup: 1968 Runner-up Soviet Top League: 1957 Soviet Cup: 1966 International 1955–68: 38 caps, 25 goals Summer Olympics gold medal: 1956 Individual Soviet Footballer of the Year: 1967, 1968 Soviet Top League top goalscorer: 1955 (15 goals from 22 matches) Ballon d'Or: 13th place (1956), 7th place (1957) Career statistics Statistics for domestic cup competitions unknown at this time save 1968 Soviet Cup. International goals Scores and results list the Soviet Union's goal tally first. References Notes Newspaper and journal articles Bibliography External links Eduard Streltsov memorial (includes profile photograph) Russiateam profile (includes numerous photographs) 1937 births 1990 deaths Burials at Vagankovo Cemetery Association football controversies Automotive engineers Deaths from throat cancer Soviet Top League players FC Torpedo Moscow players Footballers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Gulag detainees Olympic footballers of the Soviet Union Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in football Russian people convicted of rape Politics and sports Footballers from Moscow Soviet Union international footballers Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Association football forwards Association football midfielders Soviet footballers Deaths from cancer in the Soviet Union Deaths from cancer in Russia