1970 Ballon d'Or winner Gerd Müller.

The 1970 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 the West German forward Gerd Müller on 29 December 1970.[1] There were 26 voters, from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Germany, England, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, West Germany and Yugoslavia.[2] Müller became the first West German national and the first Bayern Munich player to win the Ballon d'Or.[3]

Rankings

Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1Gerd MüllerWest Germany Bayern Munich West Germany77
2Bobby MooreEngland West Ham United England70
3Gigi RivaItaly Cagliari Italy65
4Franz BeckenbauerWest Germany Bayern Munich West Germany32
5Wolfgang OverathWest Germany 1. FC Köln West Germany29
6Dragan DžajićSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade Yugoslavia24
7Johan CruyffNetherlands Ajax Netherlands13
8Gordon BanksEngland Stoke City England8
Sandro MazzolaItaly Internazionale Italy
10Rinus IsraëlNetherlands Feyenoord Netherlands7
Gianni RiveraItaly Milan Italy
Uwe SeelerWest Germany Hamburger SV West Germany
Albert ShesternyovSoviet Union CSKA Moscow Soviet Union
14Angelo DomenghiniItaly Cagliari Italy4
Ove KindvallNetherlands Feyenoord Sweden
Francis LeeEngland Manchester City England
Willem van HanegemNetherlands Feyenoord Netherlands
18Alan BallEngland Everton England3
Terry CooperEngland Leeds United England
Giacinto FacchettiItaly Internazionale Italy
Geoff HurstEngland West Ham United England
22EusébioPortugal Benfica Portugal2
Josip SkoblarFrance Marseille Yugoslavia
24Cornel DinuRomania Dinamo București Romania1
Jean DjorkaeffFrance Paris Saint-Germain France
Florea DumitracheRomania Dinamo București Romania
Franz HasilNetherlands Feyenoord Austria
Hans-Jürgen KreischeEast Germany Dynamo Dresden East Germany
Carles RexachSpain Barcelona Spain

References

  1. ↑ "Palmarès Ballon d'Or – 1970 – Gerd Müller – France Football". France Football. 8 December 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1970". RSSSF. 22 June 2005. Archived from the original on 18 January 2009. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")". RSSSF. 21 January 2011. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
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