1961 Ballon d'Or

Annual association football award event in France 1961 Ballon d'Or 1950s–60s Juventus FC - Omar Sívori.jpg 1961 Ballon d'Or winner, Omar Sívori 12 December 1961 Paris, France France Football ballondor.com Won by ITA Omar Sívori (1st award) 1960 Ballon d'Or 1962 The 1961 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 Omar Sívori on 12 December 1961. https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/europa-poy61.html European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1961 José Luis Pierrend RSSSF 1 February 2006 26 August 2012 Rankings RankNameClub(s)NationalityPoints 1 Omar Sívori Italy Juventus ItalyDespite being born in Argentina, Omar Sívori acquired Italian citizenship in 1961, and went on to play for the Italy national team.http://www.uefa.com/uefa/aboutuefa/organisation/history/obituaries/newsid=281090.html https://archive.today/20121130044955/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/aboutuefa/organisation/history/obituaries/newsid=281090.html dead November 30, 2012 Juve legend Sívori dies UEFA Union of European Football Associations 18 February 2005 26 August 2012 lower-alpha 46 2 Luis Suárez Spain 1945 BarcelonaItaly Internazionale Spain 1945 40 3 Johnny Haynes England Fulham England 22 4 Lev Yashin USSR Dynamo Moscow Soviet Union 21 5 Ferenc Puskás Spain 1945 Real Madrid Hungary 16 6 Alfredo Di Stéfano Spain 1945 Real Madrid Spain 1945Despite being born in Argentina, Alfredo Di Stéfano acquired Spanish citizenship in 1956, and would play for the Spain national team.http://www.uefa.com/uefa/history/associationweeks/association=122/newsid=255616.html Europe dazzled by Di Stéfano UEFA 22 November 2004 6 December 2008 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20081211210548/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/history/associationweeks/association%3D122/newsId%3D255616.html December 11, 2008 lower-alpha 13 Uwe Seeler West Germany Hamburger SV West Germany 13 8 John Charles Italy Juventus Wales 10 9 Paco Gento Spain 1945 Real Madrid Spain 1945 8 10 José Águas Portugal Benfica Portugal 5 Bobby Charlton England Manchester United England Gyula Grosics Hungary Tatabánya Hungary Gerhard Hanappi Austria Rapid Wien Austria Josef Masopust Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague Czechoslovakia José Santamaría Spain 1945 Real Madrid Spain 1945 Dragoslav Šekularac Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade Yugoslavia 17 Danny Blanchflower England Tottenham Hotspur Northern Ireland 4 Germano Portugal Benfica Portugal Kurt Hamrin Italy Fiorentina Sweden Mikheil Meskhi USSR Dinamo Tbilisi USSR Viktor Ponedelnik USSR SKA Rostov-on-Don USSR Horst Szymaniak West Germany Karlsruher SCItaly Catania West Germany23 José Augusto Portugal Benfica Portugal 3 Denis Law England Manchester CityItaly Torino Scotland Slava Metreveli USSR Torpedo Moscow Soviet Union Max Morlock West Germany 1. FC Nürnberg West Germany Horst Nemec Austria Austria Wien Austria 28 Pierre Bernard France SedanFrance Nîmes France 2 Gert Dörfel West Germany Hamburger SV West Germany Norbert Eschmann France Stade Français Switzerland Jimmy Greaves England ChelseaItaly MilanEngland Tottenham Hotspur England Lucien Muller France Reims France Costa Pereira Portugal Benfica Portugal Lajos Tichy Hungary Budapest Honvéd Hungary 35 Charles Antenen Switzerland La Chaux-de-Fonds Switzerland 1 Mário Coluna Portugal Benfica Portugal Eusébio Portugal Benfica Portugal Gernot Fraydl Austria Austria Wien Austria Karl Koller Austria First Vienna Austria Rudolf Kučera Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague Czechoslovakia Dumitru Macri Romania Rapid București Romania Jimmy McIlroy England Burnley Northern Ireland Karl Stotz Austria Austria Wien Austria Notes lower-alpha References External links France Football Official Ballon d'Or page 1961 Category:1960–61 in European football