1957 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 Stéfano on 17 December 1957.^[1]

Rankings[]

Rank	Name	Club(s)	Nationality	Points
1	Alfredo Di Stéfano	Real Madrid	Spain^[a]	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	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	Tatabánya	Hungary	7
14	Danny Blanchflower	Manchester United	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 Spanish 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

[3] Despite being born in Argentina, Alfredo Di Stéfano acquired Spanish citizenship in 1956, and went on to play for the Spanish 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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