Ballon d'Or 1961

European Footballer of the Year 1961: Omar Sívori

The sixth award of the Ballon d'Or (French for Golden Ball) by France Football magazine took place in 1961 . The winner was the Argentine-Italian player Omar Sívori .

Result

On December 12, 1961, France Football published the result:

1. Omar Sívori ( Juventus Turin ) (46)
2. Luis Suárez ( FC Barcelona / Inter Milan ) (40)
3. Johnny Haynes ( Fulham FC ) (22)
4. Lev Yashin ( Dynamo Moscow ) (21)
5. Ferenc Puskás ( Real Madrid ) (16)
6. Uwe Seeler ( Hamburger SV ) (13) Alfredo di Stefano (Real Madrid) (13)
   
8. John Charles (Juventus Turin) (10)
9. Francisco Gento (Real Madrid) (8)
10. Bobby Charlton ( Manchester United ) (5) Gerhard Hanappi ( Rapid Vienna ) (5) José Águas ( Benfica Lisbon ) (5) José Santamaría (Real Madrid) (5) Dragoslav Šekularac ( Red Star Belgrade ) (5) Josef Masopust ( Dukla Prague ) (5) Gyula Grosics ( FC Tatabánya ) (5)
    
    
    
    
    
    

17. Micheil Meschi ( Dinamo Tiflis ) (4) Germano (Benfica Lisbon) (4) Danny Blanchflower ( Tottenham Hotspur ) (4) Kurt Hamrin ( AC Florence ) (4) Horst Szymaniak ( Karlsruher SC / Catania Calcio ) (4) Wiktor Ponedelnik ( SKA Rostov ) (4)
    
    
    
    
    

23. Denis Law ( AC Turin ) (3) Max Morlock ( 1. FC Nürnberg ) (3) Horst Nemec ( Austria Wien ) (3) José Augusto (Benfica Lisbon) (3) Slawa Metreweli ( Torpedo Moscow ) (3)
    
    
    
    

28. Jimmy Greaves ( Chelsea FC / AC Milan / Tottenham Hotspur) (2) Lajos Tichy ( Honvéd Budapest ) (2) Costa Pereira (Benfica Lisbon) (2) Gert Dörfel (Hamburger SV) (2) Lucien Muller ( Stade Reims ) (2 ) Norbert Eschmann ( Stade Français ) (2) Pierre Bernard ( CS Sedan / Olympique Nîmes ) (2)
    
    
    
    
    
    

In addition, Rudolf Kučera ( , Dukla Prague), Mário Coluna ( , Benfica Lisbon), Eusébio ( , Benfica Lisbon), Dumitru Macri ( , Rapid Bucharest ), Karl Stotz ( , Austria Vienna), Gernot Fraydl ( , Austria Vienna), Charles Antenen ( , FC La Chaux-de-Fonds ), Jimmy McIlroy ( , FC Burnley ), Karl Koller ( , First Vienna FC ) one vote each.

Web links

• Ballon d'Or 1961 at francefootball.fr