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
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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.

Rankings

Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1 Alfredo Di Stéfano Real Madrid  Spain 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.

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.