European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1956 (original) (raw)

The results of this voting were published on France Football # 561 (18 December 1956).

There were 16 voters, from Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, England, France, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, West Germany and Yugoslavia.

The columns are: Position Name of Player Name of Club Nationality Total Number of Points

Pos Player Country Club Total 1P 2P 3P 4P 5P Votes

Stanley Matthews England Blackpool 47 6 2 2 1 1 12
Alfredo Di St�fano Spain Real Madrid 44 5 3 2 - 1 11
Raymond Kopa France Real Madrid 33 1 2 3 5 1 12
Ferenc Puskas Hungary Honved 32 3 3 1 1 - 8
Lev Yashin Soviet Union Dynamo Moskva 19 - 2 2 1 3 8
Jozsef Bozsik Hungary Honved 15 - 3 1 - - 4
Ernst Ocwirk Austria Sampdoria 9 - - 2 - 3 5
Sandor Kocsis Hungary Honved 6 1 - - - 1 2
Ivan Kolev Bulgaria CDNA Sofia 4 - 1 - - - 1 Thad�e Cisowski France Racing Club Paris 4 - - 1 - 1 2 Billy Wright England Wolverhampton 4 - - 1 - 1 2
Julio Botelho "Julinho" Italy Fiorentina 3 - - 1 - - 1
Stefan Boskov Bulgaria CDNA Sofia 2 - - - 1 - 1 Duncan Edwards England Manchester United 2 - - - 1 - 1 Gerhard Hanappi Austria Rapid Wien 2 - - - 1 - 1 Robert Jonquet France Stade de Reims 2 - - - 1 - 1 Miguel Montuori Italy Fiorentina 2 - - - 1 - 1 Jos� Garc�a Castro "Pepillo" Spain Sevilla 2 - - - 1 - 1 Juan Schiaffino Italy Milan AC 2 - - - 1 - 1 Eduard Streltsov Soviet Union Torpedo Moskva 2 - - - 1 - 1
Marcelino Vaquero "Campanal" Spain Sevilla 1 - - - - 1 1 Bretislav Dolejsi Czechoslovakia Dukla Praha 1 - - - - 1 1 Roger Piantoni France Nancy 1 - - - - 1 1 Kees Rijvers Netherlands AS Saint-Etienne 1 - - - - 1 1

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