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Annual football award event in France Award
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
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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 Spain Real Madrid  Spain 72
2 Billy Wright England Wolverhampton Wanderers  England 19
3 Duncan Edwards England Manchester United  England 16
Raymond Kopa Spain Real Madrid  France
5 László Kubala Spain 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 Paco Gento Spain Real Madrid  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.

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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