Oleg Alekseevich Zaytsev (b. August 4, 1939 in

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- d. March 1, 1993) was an

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who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for

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. He was inducted into the

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in 1966. He won two Olympic gold medals competing for the Soviet Union hockey team in 1964 and 1968.Oleg Zaytsev at Sports Reference
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