Ballon d'Or 1962

The Ballon d'Or 1962, the 7th edition of the football prize organized by the French magazine France Football . The prize was won by the Czech-Slovak Josef Masopust ( Dukla Prague ).

The jury was composed of 19 journalists who were affiliated with the following associations of UEFA: West-Duitsland , Oostenrijk , België , Bulgarije , Tsjecho-Slowakije , Spanje , Frankrijk , Hongarije , Engeland ,Italië , Nederland , Polen , Portugal , Roemenië , Zweden , Zwitserland , Turkije Sovjet-Unie en Joegoslavië .

The results of the vote were published in issue 875 of France Football on December 18, 1962.

Content

 * 1 Voting
 * 2 Result
 * 3 Trivia
 * 4 Nuts
 * 5 Reference

Voting [ edit ]
Each judge chose the five best players in Europe. The player in the first place was given five points, the second choice four points and so on. In this way were divided 285 points, 95 points was the maximum number of points that a player could achieve (in case of a nineteen-member jury).

Trivia [ edit ]

 * Josef Masopust was the first Czech player to win the Golden Ball.

Notes [ edit ]

 * 1) ↑ Eusébio was born in Portuguese East Africa (now Mozambique ), then a Portuguese colony.
 * 2) ↑ France Football awarded 8 points to John Charles .
 * 3) ↑ José Águas was born in Angola, then a Portuguese colony.