| 1972 Ballon d'Or | |
|---|---|
 1972 Ballon d'Or winner Franz Beckenbauer | |
| Date | 26 December 1972 |
| Presented by | France Football |
| Highlights | |
| Won by |  Franz Beckenbauer (1st award) |
| Website | francefootball.fr/ballon-d-or |
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.[1] 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.[2] Beckenbauer became the second West German national and Bayern Munich player to win the trophy after Gerd Müller (1970).[3]
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- ^ "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1972". RSSSF. 1 May 2005. Archived from the original on 18 January 2009. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
- ^ "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")". RSSSF. 21 January 2011. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 31 March 2015.