The 1972 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 defender Franz Beckenbauer on 26 December 1972. There were 25 voters, from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Germany, England, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, West Germany and Yugoslavia. Beckenbauer became the second West German national and Bayern Munich player to win the trophy after Gerd Müller (1970).
Rankings RankNameClub(s)NationalityPoints 1 Franz Beckenbauer Bayern Munich 81 2 Gerd Müller Bayern Munich 79 Günter Netzer Borussia Mönchengladbach 4 Johan Cruyff Ajax 73 5 Piet Keizer Ajax 13 6 Kazimierz Deyna Legia Warsaw 6 7 Gordon Banks Stoke City 4 Barry Hulshoff Ajax Włodzimierz Lubański Górnik Zabrze Bobby Moore West Ham United 11 Hristo Bonev Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3 Murtaz Khurtsilava Dinamo Tbilisi Gerrie Mühren Ajax Paul Van Himst Anderlecht 15 Antal Dunai Újpest 2 Eusébio Benfica Sandro Mazzola Internazionale 18 Amancio Real Madrid 1 Paul Breitner Bayern Munich Giorgio Chinaglia Lazio Dragan Džajić Red Star Belgrade Johnny Giles Leeds United John Greig Rangers Johan Neeskens Ajax Gianni Rivera Milan Yevhen Rudakov Dynamo Kyiv Marius Trésor Marseille
References
External links France Football Official Ballon d'Or page