Mikhail Tovarovsky

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

He was Jewish, and played for KLS Kyiv (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. Tovarovsky was a USSR Championship bronze medalist in 1937 and was awarded the title of Merited Sports Coach of the USSR in 1947.

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 the Soviet Union.

Tovarovsky was buried at the Don Cemetery in Moscow.