1957 Ballon d'Or

1957 Ballon d'Or
1957 Ballon d'Or
	the winner Alfredo Di Stefano in Real Madrid
Date	17 December 1957
Presented by	France Football
Website	francefootball.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 Stefano on 17 December 1957.^[1]

Rankings

Rank	Name	Club(s)	Nationality	Points
1	Alfredo Di Stéfano	Real Madrid	Spain^{[lower-alpha 1]}	72
2	Billy Wright	Wolverhampton Wanderers	England	19
3	Duncan Edwards	Manchester United	England	16
3	Raymond Kopa	Real Madrid	France	16
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
9	Igor Netto	Spartak Moscow	Soviet Union	9
11	Lev Yashin	Dynamo Moscow	Soviet Union	8
12	Francisco Gento	Real Madrid	Spain	7
12	Gyula Grosics	Budapest Honvéd Tatabánya	Hungary	7
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
20	Horst Szymaniak	Wuppertaler SV	West Germany	2
22	Kurt Hamrin	Padova	Sweden	1
22	Ladislav Novák	Dukla Prague	Czechoslovakia	1

Notes

↑ 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

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

External links

France Football Official Ballon d'Or page

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

[rsssf-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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