Andrei Starovoytov

Andrei Starovoytov
Born	(1915-12-16)16 December 1915 Smolensk, Russian Empire
Died	23 March 1997(1997-03-23) (aged 81) Moscow, Russia
Occupation	Ice hockey referee
Known for	General Secretary of the Soviet Union Ice Hockey Federation
Awards	IIHF Hall of Fame (1997)

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.