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1970 Ballon d'Or
1970 Ballon d'Or winner Gerd Müller
Date	29 December 1970
Location	Paris, France
Presented by	France Football
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Won by	Gerd Müller (1st award)
Website	francefootball.fr/ballon-d-or
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The 1970 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 the West German forward Gerd Müller on 29 December 1970. There were 26 voters, from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Germany, England, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, West Germany and Yugoslavia. Müller became the first West German national and the first Bayern Munich player to win the Ballon d'Or.

Rankings

Rank	Name	Club(s)	Nationality	Points
1	Gerd Müller	Bayern Munich	West Germany	77
2	Bobby Moore	West Ham United	England	70
3	Gigi Riva	Cagliari	Italy	65
4	Franz Beckenbauer	Bayern Munich	West Germany	32
5	Wolfgang Overath	1. FC Köln	West Germany	29
6	Dragan Džajić	Red Star Belgrade	Yugoslavia	24
7	Johan Cruyff	Ajax	Netherlands	13
8	Gordon Banks	Stoke City	England	8
	Sandro Mazzola	Internazionale	Italy
10	Rinus Israël	Feyenoord	Netherlands	7
	Gianni Rivera	Milan	Italy
	Uwe Seeler	Hamburger SV	West Germany
	Albert Shesternyov	CSKA Moscow	Soviet Union
14	Angelo Domenghini	Cagliari	Italy	4
	Ove Kindvall	Feyenoord	Sweden
	Francis Lee	Manchester City	England
	Willem van Hanegem	Feyenoord	Netherlands
18	Alan Ball	Everton	England	3
	Terry Cooper	Leeds United	England
	Giacinto Facchetti	Internazionale	Italy
	Geoff Hurst	West Ham United	England
22	Eusébio	Benfica	Portugal	2
	Josip Skoblar	Marseille	Yugoslavia
24	Cornel Dinu	Dinamo București	Romania	1
	Jean Djorkaeff	Paris Saint-Germain	France
	Florea Dumitrache	Dinamo București	Romania
	Franz Hasil	Feyenoord	Austria
	Hans-Jürgen Kreische	Dynamo Dresden	East Germany
	Carles Rexach	Barcelona	Spain

References

1. "Palmarès Ballon d'Or – 1970 – Gerd Müller – France Football". France Football. 8 December 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
2. "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1970". RSSSF. 22 June 2005. Archived from the original on 18 January 2009. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
3. "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")". RSSSF. 21 January 2011. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 31 March 2015.

External links

• France Football Official Ballon d'Or page

• Ballon d'Or by year
• 1970–71 in European football