1961 Ballon d'Or

The 1961 Ballon d'Or was the sixth Ballon d'Or awarded. It was won by Juventus forward Omar Sívori.

Rankings
RankNameClub(s)NationalityPoints 1  Omar Sívori   Juventus    46 2  Luis Suárez   Barcelona Internazionale    40 3  Johnny Haynes   Fulham    22 4  Lev Yashin   Dynamo Moscow    21 5  Ferenc Puskás   Real Madrid     16 6  Alfredo Di Stéfano   Real Madrid    13 Uwe Seeler   Hamburger SV    13 8  John Charles   Juventus    10 9  Paco Gento   Real Madrid    8 10  José Águas   Benfica   5 Bobby Charlton   Manchester United   Gyula Grosics   Tatabánya   Gerhard Hanappi   Rapid Wien   Josef Masopust   Dukla Prague   José Santamaría   Real Madrid   Dragoslav Šekularac   Red Star Belgrade   17  Danny Blanchflower   Tottenham Hotspur   4 Germano   Benfica   Kurt Hamrin   Fiorentina   Mikheil Meskhi   Dinamo Tbilisi   Viktor Ponedelnik   SKA Rostov-on-Don   Horst Szymaniak   Karlsruher SC Catania  23  José Augusto   Benfica   3 Denis Law   Manchester City Torino   Slava Metreveli   Torpedo Moscow   Max Morlock   1. FC Nürnberg   Horst Nemec   Austria Wien   28  Pierre Bernard   Sedan Nîmes   2 Gert Dörfel   Hamburger SV   Norbert Eschmann   Stade Français   Jimmy Greaves   Chelsea Milan Tottenham Hotspur   Lucien Muller   Reims   Costa Pereira   Benfica   Lajos Tichy   Budapest Honvéd   35  Charles Antenen   La Chaux-de-Fonds   1 Mário Coluna   Benfica   Eusébio   Benfica   Gernot Fraydl   Austria Wien   Karl Koller   First Vienna   Rudolf Kučera   Dukla Prague   Dumitru Macri   Rapid București   Jimmy McIlroy   Burnley   Karl Stotz   Austria Wien  

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References

Other websites
 France Football Official Ballon d'Or page

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