1957 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 Stefano on 17 December 1957.[1]

Rankings

Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1 Alfredo Di Stéfano 23x15px Real Madrid 23x15px Spain[lower-alpha 1] 72
2 Billy Wright England Wolverhampton Wanderers  England 19
3 Duncan Edwards England Manchester United  England 16
Raymond Kopa 23x15px Real Madrid  France
5 László Kubala 23x15px Barcelona  Hungary 15
6 John Charles England Leeds United
Italy Juventus
 Wales 14
7 Eduard Streltsov Soviet Union Torpedo Moscow  Soviet Union 12
8 Tommy Taylor England Manchester United  England 10
9 József Bozsik Hungary Budapest Honvéd  Hungary 9
Igor Netto Soviet Union Spartak Moscow  Soviet Union
11 Lev Yashin Soviet Union Dynamo Moscow  Soviet Union 8
12 Francisco Gento 23x15px Real Madrid 23x15px Spain 7
Gyula Grosics Hungary Budapest Honvéd
Hungary Tatabánya
 Hungary
14 Danny Blanchflower England Tottenham Hotspur  Northern Ireland 4
Miloš Milutinović Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan  Yugoslavia
Juan Alberto Schiaffino Italy Milan  Italy
17 Gerhard Hanappi Austria Rapid Wien  Austria 3
Johnny Haynes England Fulham  England
Stanley Matthews England Blackpool  England
20 Sándor Kocsis Switzerland Young Fellows Zürich  Hungary 2
Horst Szymaniak West Germany Wuppertaler SV  West Germany
22 Kurt Hamrin Italy Padova  Sweden 1
Ladislav Novák Czechoslovakia 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

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