1957 Ballon d'Or

Annual football award event in France

Award

1957 Ballon d'Or

1957 Ballon d'Or winner Alfredo Di Stéfano

Date

17 December 1957

Location

Paris, France

Presented by

France Football

Highlights

Won by

Alfredo Di Stéfano (1st award)

Website

francefootball.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.^[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	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	Paco 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.