Vladimir Krutov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (died 2012)

Vladimir Krutov

Russian ice hockey player (1960–2012)

Vladimir Yevgenyevich Krutov, nicknamed "The Tank", was a Russian professional ice hockey forward. Together with Igor Larionov and Sergei Makarov, he was part of the famed KLM Line. He is considered one of the best ice hockey wingers of the 1980s.