European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1958

The results of this voting were published on France Football # 666 (16 December 1958).

There were 16 voters, from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, England, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, 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. Raymond Kopa                      France             Real Madrid            71    14  -  -  -  1    15 
  2. Helmut Rahn                       West Germany       Rot-Weiss Essen        40     -  6  4  2  -    12
  3. Just Fontaine                     France             Stade de Reims         23     1  2  1  2  3     9
  4. Kurt Hamrin                       Sweden             Fiorentina             15     -  2  1  1  2     6
     John Charles                      Wales              Juventus               15     -  1  2  2  1     6
  6. Billy Wright                      England            Wolverhampton           9     -  1  1  -  2     4
  7. Johnny Haynes                     England            Fulham                  7     -  1  1  -  -     2
  8. Nils Liedholm                     Sweden             Milan AC                6     1  -  -  -  1     2
     Horst Szymaniak                   West Germany       Wuppertaler SV          6     -  1  -  1  -     2
     Harry Gregg                       Northern Ireland   Manchester United       6     -  1  -  -  2     3
 11. Colin McDonald                    England            Burnley                 5     -  1  -  -  1     2
 12. Francisco Gento                   Spain              Real Madrid             4     -  -  1  -  1     2
     Gunnar Gren                       Sweden             Örgryte                 4     -  -  -  2  -     2
 14. Vujadin Boskov                    Yugoslavia         Vojvodina               3     -  -  1  -  -     1
     Bengt Gustavsson                  Sweden             Atalanta Bergamo        3     -  -  1  -  -     1
     Valentin Ivanov                   Soviet Union       Torpedo Moskva          3     -  -  1  -  -     1
     Luis Suárez                       Spain              FC Barcelona            3     -  -  1  -  -     1
     Lev Yashin                        Soviet Union       Dynamo Moskva           3     -  -  1  -  -     1
 19. Orvar Bergmark                    Sweden             Orebro                  2     -  -  -  1  -     1
     Danny Blanchflower                Northern Ireland   Tottenham               2     -  -  -  1  -     1
     Ivan Kolev                        Bulgaria           CDNA Sofia              2     -  -  -  1  -     1
     Bruno Nicole                      Italy              Juventus                2     -  -  -  1  -     1
     Ladislav Novak                    Czechoslovakia     Dukla Praha             2     -  -  -  1  -     1
     Lennart Skoglund                  Sweden             Internazionale Milan    2     -  -  -  1  -     1
 25. Giampiero Boniperti               Italy              Juventus                1     -  -  -  -  1     1
     Gerhard Hanappi                   Austria            Rapid Wien              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: 31 Oct 2006