Rules & Awardshard
Which player won the very first Ballon d'Or in 1956?
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.
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CAlfredo Di Stefano
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