Mikhail Tovarovsky

Mikhail Tovarovsky
Personal information
Full name	Mikhail Davidovich Tovarovsky
Date of birth	October 25, 1903
Place of birth	Orlovets, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire
Date of death	January 6, 1969 (aged 65)
Place of death	Moscow, Soviet Union
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1918–1919	KLS Kyiv
Senior career*
Years	Team
1920–1921	KLS Kyiv
1922–1926	Zheldor Kyiv
1927–1928	Radtorhsluzhbovtsi Kyiv
1928–1929	Zheldor Kyiv
Managerial career
1935–1936	Kyiv city team
1935	KVO
1935–1937	Dynamo Kyiv
1938	Dynamo Moscow
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 May 2012

Mikhail (Moisei) Davidovich Tovarovsky (Russian: Михаил (Моисей) Давидович Товаровский) (October 25, 1903 – January 4, 1969) was a Soviet footballer, coach, and sport administrator from Ukraine.

He was Jewish,^[1] and played for KLS Kyiv^[2] (1918–1921), Lokomotyv Kyiv (1922–1926), Radtorhsluzhbovtsi Kyiv (1927–1928), Dynamo Kyiv (1928–1929) and Lokomotyv Kyiv again (1929–1930). Tovarovsky also played for the collective city team of Kiev from 1921 to 1927 in the All-Ukrainian inter-cities championship.

As a coach, he started in the Kiev army club of Kiev Military District (KVO). Later Tovarovsky coached Dynamo Kyiv from 1935 to 1937 and FC Dynamo Moscow in 1938.^[3] Tovarovsky was a USSR Championship bronze medalist in 1937 and was awarded the title of Merited Sports Coach of the USSR in 1947.^[4]

From 1939 Tovarovsky worked in the State Central Lenin Order Institute of Physical Culture (GCOLIFK) as an instructor creating there the department of football and hockey in 1962. After World War II, Tovarovsky was a state coach of the All-Union Committee. In 1950s he was a deputy chairman of coaching council of Football Section of USSR.

Tovarovsky was buried at the Don Cemetery in Moscow.