European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1961 (original) (raw)

The results of this voting were published on France Football # 822 (12 December 1961).

There were 19 voters, from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, England, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, West Germany and Yugoslavia.

The columns are: Position Name of Player Name of Club Nationality Total Number of Points 1P = First Places 2P = Second Places 3P = Third Places 4P = Fourth Places 5P = Fifth Places Votes = Number of Voters who nominated this player

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

Omar Sivori Italy Juventus 46 5 3 2 1 1 12
Luis Su�rez Spain Internazionale 40 4 3 2 1 - 10
Johnny Haynes England Fulham 22 2 2 1 - 1 6
Lev Yashin Soviet Union Dynamo Moskva 21 3 - 2 - - 5
Ferenc Puskas Spain Real Madrid 16 1 1 1 2 - 5
Alfredo Di St�fano Spain Real Madrid 13 - 1 1 2 2 6 Uwe Seeler West Germany Hamburger SV 13 - 1 1 2 2 6
John Charles Wales Juventus 10 1 1 - - 1 3
Francisco Gento Spain Real Madrid 7 - 1 1 - - 2
Jos� Aguas Portugal Benfica 5 1 - - - - 1 Gyula Grosics Hungary Tatabanya 5 1 - - - - 1 Gerhard Hanappi Austria Rapid Wien 5 1 - - - - 1 Bobby Charlton England Manchester United 5 - 1 - - 1 2 Josef Masopust Czechoslovakia Dukla Praha 5 - - 1 1 - 2 Jos� Santamar�a Spain Real Madrid 5 - - 1 1 - 2 Dragoslav Sekularac Yugoslavia Crvena Zvezda 5 - - 1 1 - 2
Danny Blanchflower Northern Ireland Tottenham 4 - 1 - - - 1 Kurt Hamrin Sweden Fiorentina 4 - 1 - - - 1 Mikhail Meskhi Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilissi 4 - 1 - - - 1 Viktor Ponedelnik Soviet Union CSKA Rostov 4 - 1 - - - 1 Horst Szymaniak West Germany Catania 4 - 1 - - - 1 Germano da Figueiredo Portugal Benfica 4 - - 1 - 1 2
Jos� Augusto Pinto de Almeida Portugal Benfica 3 - - 1 - - 1 Slava Metreveli Soviet Union Dynamo Moskva 3 - - 1 - - 1 Max Morlock West Germany Nuremberg 3 - - 1 - - 1 Horst Nemec Austria Austria Wien 3 - - 1 - - 1 Denis Law Scotland Torino 3 - - - 1 1 2
Pierre Bernard France N�mes Olympique 2 - - - 1 - 1 Alberto da Costa Pereira Portugal Benfica 2 - - - 1 - 1 Gert D�rfel West Germany Hamburger SV 2 - - - 1 - 1 Norbert Eschmann Switzerland Stade Fran�ais 2 - - - 1 - 1 Jimmy Greaves England Tottenham 2 - - - 1 - 1 Lucien Muller France Stade de Reims 2 - - - 1 - 1 Lajos Tichy Hungary Vasas Budapest 2 - - - 1 - 1
Charles Antenen Switzerland La Chaux-de-Fonds 1 - - - - 1 1 Mario Coluna Portugal Benfica 1 - - - - 1 1 Eus�bio da Silva Ferreira Portugal Benfica 1 - - - - 1 1 Gernot Fraydl Austria Austria Wien 1 - - - - 1 1 Karl K�ller Austria First Wien 1 - - - - 1 1 Rudolf Kucera Czechoslovakia Dukla Praha 1 - - - - 1 1 Dumitru Macri Romania Rapid Bucuresti 1 - - - - 1 1 Jimmy McIlroy Northern Ireland Burnley 1 - - - - 1 1 Karl Stotz Austria Austria Wien 1 - - - - 1 1

Note: The printed edition of the magazine reports Gento with 8 points.

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Author: Jos� Luis Pierrend (josepie@hotmail.com) Last updated: 1 Feb 2006