1972 Ballon d'Or

Annual association football award event in France 1972 Ballon d'Or Franz Beckenbauer 22-6-74.png 1972 Ballon d'Or winner, Franz Beckenbauer 26 December 1972 France Football ballondor.com Won by West Germany Franz Beckenbauer (1st award) 1971 Ballon d'Or 1973 The 1972 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 the West German defender Franz Beckenbauer on 26 December 1972.http://www.francefootball.fr/news/1972-franz-beckenbauer/423391 Palmarès Ballon d'Or - 1972 - Franz Beckenbaueur France Football 8 December 2013 1 April 2015 There were 25 voters, from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Germany, England, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, West Germany and Yugoslavia.https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/europa-poy72.html European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1972 RSSSF 1 May 2005 1 April 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20090118061631/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/europa-poy72.html 18 January 2009 live Beckenbauer became the second West German national and Bayern Munich player to win the trophy after Gerd Müller (1970).https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/europa-poy.html European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") RSSSF 21 January 2011 31 March 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20090116080615/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/europa-poy.html 16 January 2009 live Rankings RankNameClub(s)NationalityPoints 1 Franz Beckenbauer West Germany Bayern Munich West Germany 81 2 Gerd Müller West Germany Bayern Munich West Germany 79 Günter Netzer West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach West Germany 4 Johan Cruyff NED Ajax Netherlands 73 5 Piet Keizer NED Ajax Netherlands 13 6 Kazimierz Deyna POL Legia Warsaw Poland 6 7 Gordon Banks ENG Stoke City England 4 Barry Hulshoff NED Ajax Netherlands Włodzimierz Lubański POL Górnik Zabrze Poland Bobby Moore ENG West Ham United England 11 Hristo Bonev BUL 1971 Lokomotiv Plovdiv Bulgaria 1971 3 Murtaz Khurtsilava SOV Dinamo Tbilisi Soviet Union Gerrie Mühren NED Ajax Netherlands Paul Van Himst BEL Anderlecht Belgium 15 Antal Dunai HUN Újpest Hungary 2 Eusébio POR Benfica Portugal Sandro Mazzola ITA Internazionale Italy 18 Amancio ESP 1945 Real Madrid Spain 1945 1 Paul Breitner West Germany Bayern Munich West Germany Giorgio Chinaglia ITA Lazio Italy Dragan Džajić Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade Yugoslavia Johnny Giles ENG Leeds United Republic of Ireland John Greig SCO Rangers Scotland Johan Neeskens NED Ajax Netherlands Gianni Rivera ITA Milan Italy Yevhen Rudakov SOV Dynamo Kyiv Soviet Union Marius Trésor FRA Marseille France References External links France Football Official Ballon d'Or page 1972 Category:1972–73 in European football