1961 Ballon d'Or

1961 Ballon d'Or
1961 Ballon d'Or winner Omar Sívori
Date12 December 1961
LocationParis, France
Presented byFrance Football
Highlights
Won by Omar Sívori (1st award)
Websitefrancefootball.fr/ballon-d-or

The 1961 Ballon d'Or was the sixth Ballon d'Or awarded. It was won by Juventus forward Omar Sívori.[1]

Rankings

Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1 Omar Sívori Juventus  Italy[a] 46
2 Luis Suárez Barcelona
Internazionale		  Spain 40
3 Johnny Haynes Fulham  England 22
4 Lev Yashin Dynamo Moscow  Soviet Union 21
5 Ferenc Puskás Real Madrid  Hungary 16
6 Alfredo Di Stéfano Real Madrid  Spain[b] 13
Uwe Seeler Hamburger SV  West Germany 13
8 John Charles Juventus  Wales 10
9 Paco Gento Real Madrid  Spain 8
10 José Águas Benfica  Portugal 5
Bobby Charlton Manchester United  England
Gyula Grosics Tatabánya  Hungary
Gerhard Hanappi Rapid Wien  Austria
Josef Masopust Dukla Prague  Czechoslovakia
José Santamaría Real Madrid  Spain
Dragoslav Šekularac Red Star Belgrade  Yugoslavia
17 Danny Blanchflower Tottenham Hotspur  Northern Ireland 4
Germano Benfica  Portugal
Kurt Hamrin Fiorentina  Sweden
Mikheil Meskhi Dinamo Tbilisi  Soviet Union
Viktor Ponedelnik SKA Rostov-on-Don  Soviet Union
Horst Szymaniak Karlsruher SC
Catania		  West Germany
23 José Augusto Benfica  Portugal 3
Denis Law Manchester City
Torino		  Scotland
Slava Metreveli Torpedo Moscow  Soviet Union
Max Morlock 1. FC Nürnberg  West Germany
Horst Nemec Austria Wien  Austria
28 Pierre Bernard Sedan
Nîmes		  France 2
Gert Dörfel Hamburger SV  West Germany
Norbert Eschmann Stade Français   Switzerland
Jimmy Greaves Chelsea
Milan
Tottenham Hotspur		  England
Lucien Muller Reims  France
Costa Pereira Benfica  Portugal
Lajos Tichy Budapest Honvéd  Hungary
35 Charles Antenen La Chaux-de-Fonds   Switzerland 1
Mário Coluna Benfica  Portugal
Eusébio Benfica  Portugal
Gernot Fraydl Austria Wien  Austria
Karl Koller First Vienna  Austria
Rudolf Kučera Dukla Prague  Czechoslovakia
Dumitru Macri Rapid București  Romania
Jimmy McIlroy Burnley  Northern Ireland
Karl Stotz Austria Wien  Austria

Notes

  1. ↑ Despite being born in Argentina, Omar Sívori gained Italian citizenship in 1961, and would later play for Italy's national team.[2]
  2. ↑ Despite being born in Argentina, Alfredo Di Stéfano gained Spanish citizenship in 1956, and play for Spain's national team.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Pierrend, José Luis (1 February 2006). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1961". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  2. ↑ "Juve legend Sívori dies". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 18 February 2005. Archived from the original on November 30, 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  3. ↑ "Europe dazzled by Di Stéfano". UEFA. 22 November 2004. Archived from the original on December 11, 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2008.

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