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1959 Ballon d'Or winner Alfredo Di Stéfano
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Date | 15 December 1959 | |||
Location | Paris, France | |||
Presented by | France Football | |||
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Website | francefootball.fr/ballon-d-or | |||
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The 1959 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 Alfredo Di Stéfano on 15 December 1959.[1] It was the second time that Di Stéfano won the award.