1971 Ballon d'Or

Annual association football award event in France 1971 Ballon d'Or Johan Cruyff 1971c.jpg 1971 Ballon d'Or winner, Johan Cruyff 28 December 1971 Paris, France France Football ballondor.com Won by NED Johan Cruyff (1st award) 1970 Ballon d'Or 1972 The 1971 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 Johan Cruyff on 28 December 1971. https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/europa-poy71.html European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1971 José Luis Pierrend RSSSF 7 Apr 2005 25 December 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20090118061646/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/europa-poy71.html 18 January 2009 live Cruyff was the first Dutch national to win the award, and also the first Ajax player to win the trophy. European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/europa-poy.html RSSSF 18 December 2008 25 December 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081217034637/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/europa-poy.html 17 December 2008 live Rankings RankPlayerClub(s)NationalityPoints1Johan CruyffNED AjaxNetherlands1162Sandro MazzolaITA InternazionaleItaly573George BestENG Manchester UnitedNorthern Ireland564Günter NetzerFRG Borussia MönchengladbachWest Germany305Franz BeckenbauerFRG Bayern MunichWest Germany276Gerd MüllerFRG Bayern MunichWest Germany18Josip SkoblarFRA MarseilleYugoslavia8Martin ChiversFrance Football reports Chivers with 13 points.ENG Tottenham HotspurEngland129Piet KeizerNED AjaxNetherlands910Bobby MooreENG West Ham UnitedEngland7Ferenc BeneHUN ÚjpestHungary12Yevhen RudakovURS Dynamo KyivSoviet Union613Giacinto FacchettiITA InternazionaleItaly4Mimis DomazosGRE PanathinaikosGreece15PirriESP 1945 Real MadridSpain 19453Dragan DžajićYUG Red Star BelgradeYugoslaviaBerti VogtsFRG Borussia MönchengladbachWest Germany18Terry CooperENG Leeds UnitedEngland2Francis LeeENG Manchester CityEnglandWolfgang OverathFRG 1. FC KölnWest GermanyWilfried Van MoerBEL Standard LiègeBelgium22Bobby CharltonENG Manchester UnitedEngland1Albert ShesternyovURS CSKA MoscowSoviet Union Notes "notes" References External links France Football Official Ballon d'Or page 1971 Category:1971–72 in European football