National Team
The USSR side consisted of representatives of all constituent republics within the Soviet Union.
They played their first game against a Polish team in 1960.
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Famous quotes containing the words national and/or team:
“The national anthem belongs to the eighteenth century. In it you find us ordering God about to do our political dirty work.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
“Once a word is spoken, a team of four horse cannot retake it.”
—Chinese proverb.