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]

1957 Ballon d'Or
1957 Ballon d'Or winner Alfredo Di Stéfano
Date17 December 1957
LocationParis, France
Presented byFrance Football
Highlights
Won by Alfredo Di Stéfano (1st award)
Websitefrancefootball.fr/ballon-d-or

Rankings
Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1Alfredo Di Stéfano Real Madrid Spain[lower-alpha 1]72
2Billy Wright Wolverhampton Wanderers England19
3Duncan Edwards Manchester United England16
Raymond Kopa Real Madrid France
5László Kubala Barcelona Hungary15
6John Charles Leeds United
Juventus		 Wales14
7Eduard Streltsov Torpedo Moscow Soviet Union12
8Tommy Taylor Manchester United England10
9József Bozsik Budapest Honvéd Hungary9
Igor Netto Spartak Moscow Soviet Union
11Lev Yashin Dynamo Moscow Soviet Union8
12Paco Gento Real Madrid Spain7
Gyula Grosics Budapest Honvéd
Tatabánya		 Hungary
14Danny Blanchflower Tottenham Hotspur Northern Ireland4
Miloš Milutinović Partizan Yugoslavia
Juan Alberto Schiaffino Milan Italy
17Gerhard Hanappi Rapid Wien Austria3
Johnny Haynes Fulham England
Stanley Matthews Blackpool England
20Sándor Kocsis Young Fellows Zürich Hungary2
Horst Szymaniak Wuppertaler SV West Germany
22Kurt Hamrin Padova Sweden1
Ladislav Novák 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
  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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