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1966 Ballon d'Or

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1966 Ballon d'Or
1966 Ballon d'Or winner Bobby Charlton
Date27 December 1966
LocationParis, France
Presented byFrance Football
Highlights
Won byEngland Bobby Charlton (1st award)
Websitefrancefootball.fr/ballon-d-or
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The 1966 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 Bobby Charlton on 27 December 1966.[1] He finished a single point ahead of Eusébio.

Rankings

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Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1 Bobby Charlton England Manchester United  England 81
2 Eusébio Portugal Benfica  Portugal 80
3 Franz Beckenbauer West Germany Bayern Munich  West Germany 59
4 Bobby Moore England West Ham United  England 31
5 Flórián Albert Hungary Ferencváros  Hungary 23
6 Ferenc Bene Hungary Újpest  Hungary 8
7 Lev Yashin Soviet Union Dynamo Moscow  Soviet Union 6
8 Alan Ball England Blackpool
England Everton
 England 6
9 János Farkas Hungary Vasas  Hungary 6
10 José Torres Portugal Benfica  Portugal 5
11 Mario Corso Italy Internazionale  Italy 4
Valery Voronin Soviet Union Torpedo Moscow  Soviet Union
13 Mário Coluna Portugal Benfica  Portugal 3
14 Georgi Asparuhov Bulgaria Levski Sofia  Bulgaria 2
Gordon Banks England Leicester City  England
Geoff Hurst England West Ham United  England
Sandro Mazzola Italy Internazionale  Italy
18 Igor Chislenko Soviet Union Dynamo Moscow  Soviet Union 1
Tony Dunne England Manchester United  Republic of Ireland
Helmut Haller Germany Bologna  West Germany
Denis Law England Manchester United  Scotland
Willi Schulz Germany Hamburger SV  West Germany
Paul Van Himst Belgium Anderlecht  Belgium

Source: France Football

References

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  1. ^ Pierrend, José Luis (22 June 2005). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1966". RSSSF.
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