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 RankNameClub(s)NationalityPoints 1 Gerd Müller Bayern Munich 77 2 Bobby Moore West Ham United 70 3 Gigi Riva Cagliari 65 4 Franz Beckenbauer Bayern Munich 32 5 Wolfgang Overath 1. FC Köln 29 6 Dragan Džajić Red Star Belgrade 24 7 Johan Cruyff Ajax 13 8 Gordon Banks Stoke City 8 Sandro Mazzola Internazionale 10 Rinus Israël Feyenoord 7 Gianni Rivera Milan Uwe Seeler Hamburger SV Albert Shesternyov CSKA Moscow 14 Angelo Domenghini Cagliari 4 Ove Kindvall Feyenoord Francis Lee Manchester City Willem van Hanegem Feyenoord 18 Alan Ball Everton 3 Terry Cooper Leeds United Giacinto Facchetti Internazionale Geoff Hurst West Ham United 22 Eusébio Benfica 2 Josip Skoblar Marseille 24 Cornel Dinu Dinamo București 1 Jean Djorkaeff Paris Saint-Germain Florea Dumitrache Dinamo București Franz Hasil Feyenoord Hans-Jürgen Kreische Dynamo Dresden Carles Rexach Barcelona
References
External links France Football Official Ballon d'Or page