1971 Ballon d'Or explained

1971 Ballon d'Or
Date:	28 December 1971
Location:	Paris, France
Presenter:	France Football
Award1 Type:	Won by
Award1 Winner:	Johan Cruyff (1st award)
Previous:	1970
Main:	Ballon d'Or
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The 1971 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 Johan Cruyff on 28 December 1971.^[1]

Cruyff was the first Dutch national to win the award, and also the first Ajax player to win the trophy.^[2]

Rankings

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Nationality	Points
1	Johan Cruyff	Ajax	Netherlands	116
2	Sandro Mazzola	Internazionale	Italy	57
3	George Best	Manchester United		56
4	Günter Netzer	Borussia Mönchengladbach		30
5	Franz Beckenbauer	Bayern Munich		27
6	Gerd Müller	Bayern Munich		18
	Josip Skoblar	Marseille
8	Martin Chivers^[3]	Tottenham Hotspur		12
9	Piet Keizer	Ajax	Netherlands	9
10	Bobby Moore	West Ham United		7
	Ferenc Bene	Újpest	Hungary
12	Yevhen Rudakov	Dynamo Kyiv		6
13	Giacinto Facchetti	Internazionale	Italy	4
	Mimis Domazos	Panathinaikos	Greece
15	Pirri	Real Madrid	Spain	3
	Dragan Džajić	Red Star Belgrade
	Berti Vogts	Borussia Mönchengladbach
18	Terry Cooper	Leeds United		2
	Francis Lee	Manchester City
	Wolfgang Overath	1. FC Köln
	Wilfried Van Moer	Standard Liège	Belgium
22	Bobby Charlton	Manchester United		1
	Albert Shesternyov	CSKA Moscow

External links

• France Football Official Ballon d'Or page

Notes and References

1. Web site: European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1971. José Luis. Pierrend. RSSSF. 7 Apr 2005. 25 December 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20090118061646/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/europa-poy71.html. 18 January 2009 . live.
2. Web site: European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") . . 18 December 2008 . 25 December 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081217034637/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/europa-poy.html. 17 December 2008 . live.
3. [France Football]