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 Stefano on 17 December 1957.[1]

Rankings
Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1Alfredo Di StéfanoReal Madrid Spain[lower-alpha 1]72
2Billy WrightWolverhampton Wanderers England19
3Duncan EdwardsManchester United England16
Raymond KopaReal Madrid France
5László KubalaBarcelona Hungary15
6John CharlesJuventus Wales14
7Eduard StreltsovTorpedo Moscow Soviet Union12
8Tommy TaylorManchester United England10
9József BozsikBudapest Honvéd Hungary9
Igor NettoSpartak Moscow Soviet Union
11Lev YashinDynamo Moscow Soviet Union8
12Francisco GentoReal Madrid Spain7
Gyula GrosicsTatabánya Hungary
14Danny BlanchflowerTottenham Hotspur Northern Ireland4
Miloš MilutinovićPartizan Yugoslavia
Juan Alberto SchiaffinoMilan Italy
17Gerhard HanappiRapid Wien Austria3
Johnny HaynesFulham England
Stanley MatthewsBlackpool England
20Sándor KocsisYoung Fellows Zürich Hungary2
Horst SzymaniakWuppertaler SV West Germany
22Kurt HamrinPadova Sweden1
Ladislav NovákDukla 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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