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 bySpain Alfredo Di Stéfano (1st award)
Websitefrancefootball.fr/ballon-d-or

The 1957 Ballon d'Or was the second Ballon d'Or awarded. It was given to the best footballer in Europe as chosen by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries. It was won by Real Madrid forward Alfredo Di Stéfano on 17 December 1957.[1]

Rankings

Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1Alfredo Di StéfanoSpain Real Madrid Spain[a]72
2Billy WrightEngland Wolverhampton Wanderers England19
3Duncan EdwardsEngland Manchester United England16
Raymond KopaSpain Real Madrid France
5László KubalaSpain Barcelona Hungary15
6John CharlesEngland Leeds United
Italy Juventus		 Wales14
7Eduard StreltsovSoviet Union Torpedo Moscow Soviet Union12
8Tommy TaylorEngland Manchester United England10
9József BozsikHungary Budapest Honvéd Hungary9
Igor NettoSoviet Union Spartak Moscow Soviet Union
11Lev YashinSoviet Union Dynamo Moscow Soviet Union8
12Paco GentoSpain Real Madrid Spain7
Gyula GrosicsHungary Budapest Honvéd
Hungary Tatabánya		 Hungary
14Danny BlanchflowerEngland Tottenham Hotspur Northern Ireland4
Miloš MilutinovićSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan Yugoslavia
Juan Alberto SchiaffinoItaly Milan Italy
17Gerhard HanappiAustria Rapid Wien Austria3
Johnny HaynesEngland Fulham England
Stanley MatthewsEngland Blackpool England
20Sándor KocsisSwitzerland Young Fellows Zürich Hungary2
Horst SzymaniakWest Germany Wuppertaler SV West Germany
22Kurt HamrinItaly Padova Sweden1
Ladislav NovákCzechoslovakia Dukla Prague Czechoslovakia

Notes

  1. ↑ Di Stéfano was born in Argentina, but gained Spanish citizenship in 1956, and later played for the Spanish 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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