Ballon d'Or 1957

European Footballer of the Year
Alfredo Di Stéfano

The second award of the Ballon d'Or (French for Golden Ball) by France Football magazine took place in 1957 . The winner was the Argentinian-Spanish player Alfredo Di Stéfano .

Result

On December 17, 1957, France Football published the result:

1. Alfredo Di Stéfano ( Real Madrid ) (72 of 80 maximum possible points)
2. Billy Wright ( Wolverhampton Wanderers ) (19)
3. Duncan Edwards ( Manchester United ) (16) Raymond Kopa (Real Madrid) (16)
   
5. László Kubala ( FC Barcelona ) (15)
6. John Charles ( Juventus Turin ) (14)
7. Eduard Strelzow ( Torpedo Moscow ) (12)
8. Tommy Taylor (Manchester United) (10)
9. József Bozsik ( Honvéd Budapest ) (9) Igor Netto ( Spartak Moscow ) (9)
   
11. Lev Yashin ( Dynamo Moscow ) (8)
12. Gyula Grosics ( Tatabányai SC ) (7) Francisco Gento (Real Madrid) (7)
    
14. Miloš Milutinović ( Partizan Belgrade ) (4) Danny Blanchflower ( Tottenham Hotspur ) (4) Juan Schiaffino ( AC Milan ) (4)
    
    
17. Stanley Matthews ( Blackpool FC ) (3) Johnny Haynes ( Fulham FC ) (3) Gerhard Hanappi ( Rapid Vienna ) (3)
    
    
20. Sándor Kocsis ( Young Fellows Zurich ) (2) Horst Szymaniak ( Wuppertaler SV ) (2)
    
22. Kurt Hamrin ( Calcio Padova ) (1) Ladislav Novák ( Dukla Prague ) (1)
    

Web links

• Ballon d'Or 1957 at francefootball.fr