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1966 Ballon d'Or

1966 Ballon d'Or winner Bobby Charlton

Date

27 December 1966

Location

Paris, France

Presented by

France Football

Highlights

Won by

Bobby Charlton (1st award)

Website

francefootball.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. He finished a single point ahead of Eusébio.

Rankings

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

Source: France Football

References

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

External links

France Football Official Ballon d'Or page

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