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1961 Ballon d'Or
Annual association football award event in France
Annual association football award event in France
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 1961 Ballon d'Or |
| image | 1950s–60s Juventus FC - Omar Sívori.jpg |
| caption | 1961 Ballon d'Or winner Omar Sívori |
| date | 12 December 1961 |
| location | Paris, France |
| presenter | *France Football* |
| website | |
| award1_type | Won by |
| award1_winner | ITA Omar Sívori (1st award) |
| previous | [1960](1960-ballon-d-or) |
| main | Ballon d'Or |
| next | [1962](1962-ballon-d-or) |
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.{{Cite web
Rankings
| Rank | Name | Club(s) | Nationality | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Omar Sívori | Juventus | Italy | 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 | 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 | USSR | ||
| Viktor Ponedelnik | SKA Rostov-on-Don | USSR | ||
| 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](1-fc-nurnberg) | 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
References
References
- (18 February 2005). "Juve legend Sívori dies". [[UEFA.
- (22 November 2004). "Europe dazzled by Di Stéfano". [[UEFA]].
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