1964 Ballon d'Or

1964 Ballon d'Or
1964 Ballon d'Or
	1964 Ballon d'Or winner, Denis Law in 2011
Date	22 December 1964
Location	Paris, France
Presented by	France Football
Highlights
Won by	Denis Law (1st award)
Website	ballondor.com
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Annual football award event in France

Award

The 1964 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 Denis Law on 22 December 1964.^[1] He was the first Scotsman to win the honour.

Rankings

Rank	Name	Club(s)	Nationality	Points
1	Denis Law	Manchester United	Scotland	61
2	Luis Suárez	Internazionale	Spain	43
3	Amancio	Real Madrid	Spain	38
4	Eusébio	Benfica	Portugal	31
5	Paul Van Himst	Anderlecht	Belgium	28
6	Jimmy Greaves	Tottenham Hotspur	England	19
7	Mario Corso	Internazionale	Italy	17
8	Lev Yashin	Dynamo Moscow	Soviet Union	15
9	Gianni Rivera	Milan	Italy	14
10	Valery Voronin	Torpedo Moscow	Soviet Union	11
11	Ferenc Bene	Újpest	Hungary	6
11	Karl-Heinz Schnellinger	Mantova Roma	West Germany	6
13	Jean Nicolay	Standard Liège	Belgium	5
14	Helmut Haller	Bologna	West Germany	4
15	José Torres	Benfica	Portugal	3
16	Flórián Albert	Ferencváros	Hungary	2
	José Altafini	Milan	Italy
	Coen Moulijn	Feyenoord	Netherlands
19	Néstor Combin	Lyon Juventus	France	1
	Giacinto Facchetti	Internazionale	Italy
	Ole Madsen	HIK	Denmark
	Sandro Mazzola	Internazionale	Italy
	Bobby Moore	West Ham United	England
	Jef Jurion	Anderlecht	Belgium
	Omar Sívori	Juventus	Italy
	Klaus Urbanczyk	Chemie Halle	East Germany

References

↑ Pierrend, José (22 June 2005). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1964". RSSSF.

RSSSF.com

External links

Official Ballon d'Or 1964 page

[1] Pierrend, José (22 June 2005). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1964". RSSSF.

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