Eduard Isaakovich Dubinski (Russian:Эдуард Исаакович Дубинский,Ukrainian:Едуард Ісаакович Дубинський,Eduard Isaakovych Dubynskyi; 19 April 1935 inKharkiv – 11 May 1969 inMoscow) was aUkrainian andSoviet football defender who was best known for suffering a horrific injury at the1962 FIFA World Cup that contributed to his death.
Born inKharkiv to aJewish family,[1] Dubinski played as a sweeper or a full-back and was a member of theSoviet Union national football team in the 1960s, going on to win a total of 12 caps. In 1962, two years after the Soviets won the initial European Nations Cup, Dubinsky played at the1962 FIFA World Cup inChile. In the first match of the preliminary round, Dubinsky's leg was broken byYugoslavMuhamed Mujić (who was not penalised for the foul, but later suspended by his team).The injury causedsarcoma[medical citation needed] (a form of cancer), which eventually contributed to his death a number of years later.[2]
