1978 Ballon d'Or (original) (raw)
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Annual association football award event in France
Award
| 1978 Ballon d'Or | |
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 1978 Ballon d'Or winner Kevin Keegan |
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| Date | 27 December 1978 |
| Presented by | France Football |
| Website | francefootball.fr/ballon-d-or |
| ← 1977 · Ballon d'Or · 1979 → |
The 1978 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 English forward Kevin Keegan on 27 December 1978.[1] There were 26 voters, from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Germany, England, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Scotland, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, West Germany and Yugoslavia.[2]
- ^ "Palmarès Ballon d'Or - 1978 - Kevin Keegan". France Football. 8 December 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
- ^ "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1978". RSSSF. 1 May 2005. Retrieved 4 July 2020.