1974 Ballon d'Or

Annual association football award event in France 1974 Ballon d'Or Johan Cruyff 1974c.jpg 1974 Ballon d'Or winner, Johan Cruyff 31 December 1974 France Football ballondor.com Won by NED Johan Cruyff (3rd award) 1973 Ballon d'Or 1975 The 1974 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 Dutch striker Johan Cruyff on 31 December 1974.https://www.francefootball.fr/news/1974-johan-cruyff/423397 Palmarès Ballon d'Or - 1974 - Johan Cruyff France Football 8 December 2013 1 April 2015 There were 26 voters, from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Germany, England, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, West Germany and Yugoslavia.https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/europa-poy74.html European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1974 RSSSF 1 May 2005 1 April 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20090118061631/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/europa-poy74.html 18 January 2009 live Cruyff became the first footballer to earn the award three times, following up from his wins in 1971 and 1973. French playmaker Michel Platini and Dutch compatriot Marco van Basten also won the Ballon d'Or three times after him.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 Johan Cruyff ESP 1945 Barcelona Netherlands 116 2 Franz Beckenbauer FRG Bayern Munich West Germany 105 3 Kazimierz Deyna POL Legia Warsaw Poland 35 4 Paul Breitner FRG Bayern Munich West Germany 32 5 Johan Neeskens ESP 1945 Barcelona Netherlands 21 6 Grzegorz Lato POL Stal Mielec Poland 16 7 Gerd Müller FRG Bayern Munich West Germany 14 8 Robert Gadocha POL Legia Warsaw Poland 11 9 Billy Bremner ENG Leeds United Scotland 9 10 Ralf Edström NED PSV Eindhoven Sweden 4 Jürgen Sparwasser GDR 1. FC Magdeburg East Germany Berti Vogts FRG Borussia Mönchengladbach West Germany 13 Ronnie Hellström FRG 1. FC Kaiserslautern Sweden 3 Jan Tomaszewski POL ŁKS Łódź Poland 15 José Altafini ITA Juventus Italy 2 Hristo Bonev BUL 1971 Lokomotiv Plovdiv Bulgaria 1971 Jerzy Gorgoń POL Górnik Zabrze Poland Sepp Maier FRG Bayern Munich West Germany 19 Oleg Blokhin URS Dynamo Kyiv Soviet Union 1 Rainer Bonhof FRG Borussia Mönchengladbach West Germany Jean-Marc Guillou FRA Angers France Uli Hoeneß FRG Bayern Munich West Germany Branko Oblak YUG Hajduk Split Yugoslavia References External links France Football Official Ballon d'Or page 1974 Category:1974–75 in European football