1957 Ballon d'Or

1957 Ballon d'Or
1957 Ballon d'Or winner Alfredo Di Stéfano
Date17 December 1957
LocationParis, France
Presented byFrance Football
Highlights
Won by Alfredo Di Stéfano (1st award)
Websitefrancefootball.fr/ballon-d-or

The 1957 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was awarded to Alfredo Di Stéfano on 17 December 1957.[1]

Rankings

Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1 Alfredo Di Stéfano Real Madrid Spain[a] 72
2 Billy Wright Wolverhampton Wanderers England 19
3 Duncan Edwards Manchester United England 16
Raymond Kopa Real Madrid France
5 László Kubala Barcelona Hungary 15
6 John Charles Leeds United
Juventus		 Wales 14
7 Eduard Streltsov Torpedo Moscow Soviet Union 12
8 Tommy Taylor Manchester United England 10
9 József Bozsik Budapest Honvéd Hungary 9
Igor Netto Spartak Moscow Soviet Union
11 Lev Yashin Dynamo Moscow Soviet Union 8
12 Paco Gento Real Madrid Spain 7
Gyula Grosics Budapest Honvéd
Tatabánya		 Hungary
14 Danny Blanchflower Tottenham Hotspur Northern Ireland 4
Miloš Milutinović Partizan Yugoslavia
Juan Alberto Schiaffino Milan Italy
17 Gerhard Hanappi Rapid Wien Austria 3
Johnny Haynes Fulham England
Stanley Matthews Blackpool England
20 Sándor Kocsis Young Fellows Zürich Hungary 2
Horst Szymaniak Wuppertaler SV West Germany
22 Kurt Hamrin Padova Sweden 1
Ladislav Novák Dukla Prague Czechoslovakia

Notes

  1. ^ Despite being born in Argentina, Alfredo Di Stéfano acquired Spanish citizenship in 1956, and went on to play for the Spain national team.[2]

References

  1. ^ Pierrend, José (18 April 2007). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1957". RSSSF.
  2. ^ "Europe dazzled by Di Stéfano". UEFA. 22 November 2004. Archived from the original on 11 December 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2008.
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