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Which player won the very first Ballon d'Or in 1956?

Stanley Matthews. England's Stanley Matthews won the first-ever Ballon d'Or in 1956, at the time still playing top-level football at the age of 41.

11. Each team is allowed exactly 11 players on the field at a time.

90 mins. A standard football match is 90 minutes: two 45-minute halves.

2018. VAR was first used at the FIFA World Cup in 2018 in Russia.

12 yards. The penalty spot is 12 yards (approximately 11 meters) from the goal line.

8 yards. A standard football goal is 8 yards (7.32 meters) wide and 8 feet (2.44 meters) high.

2012. FIFA approved goal-line technology in 2012; it was first used at the 2014 World Cup.

CORRECT ANSWER

Stanley Matthews

England's Stanley Matthews won the first-ever Ballon d'Or in 1956, at the time still playing top-level football at the age of 41.

ALL OPTIONS

✓Stanley Matthews

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CRaymond Kopa

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