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

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 
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  1. Stanley Matthews                England            Blackpool                47     6  2  2  1  1    12
  2. Alfredo Di Stéfano              Spain              Real Madrid              44     5  3  2  -  1    11
  3. Raymond Kopa                    France             Real Madrid              33     1  2  3  5  1    12
  4. Ferenc Puskas                   Hungary            Honved                   32     3  3  1  1  -     8
  5. Lev Yashin                      Soviet Union       Dynamo Moskva            19     -  2  2  1  3     8
  6. Jozsef Bozsik                   Hungary            Honved                   15     -  3  1  -  -     4
  7. Ernst Ocwirk                    Austria            Sampdoria                 9     -  -  2  -  3     5
  8. Sandor Kocsis                   Hungary            Honved                    6     1  -  -  -  1     2
  9. Ivan Kolev                      Bulgaria           CDNA Sofia                4     -  1  -  -  -     1
     Thadée Cisowski                 France             Racing Club Paris         4     -  -  1  -  1     2
     Billy Wright                    England            Wolverhampton             4     -  -  1  -  1     2
 12. Julio Botelho "Julinho"         Italy              Fiorentina                3     -  -  1  -  -     1
 13. 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
     José García Castro "Pepillo"    Spain              Sevilla                   2     -  -  -  1  -     1
     Juan Schiaffino                 Italy              Milan AC                  2     -  -  -  1  -     1
     Eduard Streltsov                Soviet Union       Torpedo Moskva            2     -  -  -  1  -     1
 21. 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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Prepared and maintained by José Luis Pierrend for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: José Luis Pierrend (josepie@hotmail.com)
Last updated: 23 Oct 2008