Andrei Starovoytov
1915–1997 (age 82)
Biography
Andrei Vasilyevich Starovoytov (Russian: Андрей Васильевич Старовойтов; 16 December 1915 – 22 March 1997) was a Russian ice hockey administrator, referee and player. He won three Soviet ice hockey championships as a player, and was later an ice hockey referee at eight World Championships. He was the general secretary of the Soviet Union Ice Hockey Federation for 17 years, and negotiated Soviet participation in the Summit Series. He was posthumously inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame.