1956 Ballon d'Or

The 1956 Ballon d'Or was the first Ballon d'Or awarded. The award was to the best football player in Europe, and was chosen by a panel of journalists from countries in UEFA. The award was won by Blackpool winger Stanley Matthews.

Rankings
RankNameClub(s)NationalityPoints 1  Stanley Matthews Blackpool    47 2  Alfredo Di Stéfano  Real Madrid    44 3  Raymond Kopa Reims Real Madrid    33 4  Ferenc Puskás   Budapest Honvéd     32 5  Lev Yashin   Dynamo Moscow    19 6  József Bozsik   Budapest Honvéd    15 7  Ernst Ocwirk   Austria Wien Sampdoria    9 8  Sándor Kocsis   Budapest Honvéd    6 9   Thadée Cisowski   RC Paris   4 Ivan Kolev   CDNA Sofia    Billy Wright   Wolverhampton Wanderers   12  Júlio Botelho   Fiorentina    3 13  Stefan Bozhkov   CDNA Sofia  2 Duncan Edwards   Manchester United   Gerhard Hanappi   Rapid Wien   Robert Jonquet   Reims   Miguel Montuori   Fiorentina   Pepillo   Sevilla   Juan Alberto Schiaffino   Milan   Eduard Streltsov   Torpedo Moscow   21  Marcelino Campanal   Sevilla   1 Břetislav Dolejší   Dukla Prague   Roger Piantoni   FC Nancy   Kees Rijvers   Saint-Étienne  

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References

Other websites
 France Football Official Ballon d'Or page

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