FIFA 70th anniversary retrospective awards

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The FIFA 70th anniversary retrospective awards was a published list of retroactive annual awards by FIFA for the period between 1904 and 1973 in order to celebrate its 70th anniversary in 1974. The first official award given by FIFA to the world's best football player was launched in 1991 under the name of FIFA World Player of the Year. [1] [2]

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Background

The 32nd FIFA Congress took place in Paris. In May 1974, in honor of the 70th anniversary of the founding of FIFA, a Technical study group of experts appointed by FIFA with the task to create a list of the best players per annum since the organization's inception. João Havelange was the FIFA president at the time, [3] succeding Stanley Rous [4] [5] in the year of West Germany's 1974 FIFA World Cup. [6]
The following list features the top three football players every year from 1904 until 1973 as published by FIFA.

Winners

Best Player
YearWinnerRunner-upThird place
1904 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Billy Meredith Flag of Scotland.svg Robert Hamilton Flag of England.svg William Foulke
1905 Flag of England.svg Jack Carr Flag of England.svg Steve Bloomer Ulster Banner.svg Bill McCracken
1906 Flag of England.svg Alf Common Flag of Argentina.svg Ernesto Brown Flag of England.svg Jack Carr
1907 Flag of England.svg Steve Bloomer Flag of Hungary.svg Gáspár Borbás Flag of England.svg Harold Stapley
1908 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bok de Korver Flag of England.svg Bob Crompton Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Billy Meredith
1909 Flag of England.svg Bert Freeman Flag of England.svg Vivian Woodward Flag of England.svg Bob Crompton
1910 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Louis Van Hege Flag of England.svg Albert Shepherd Flag of Germany.svg Eugen Kipp
1911 Flag of England.svg Albert Shepherd Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Billy Meredith Flag of Hungary.svg Imre Schlosser
1912 Flag of Hungary.svg Imre Schlosser Flag of Denmark.svg Nils Middelboe Flag of England.svg George Holley
1913 Flag of England.svg Charlie Buchan Flag of England.svg George Holley Flag of Scotland.svg Willie Reid
1914 Flag of Argentina.svg Alberto Ohaco Flag of Uruguay.svg José Piendibene Flag of Spain.svg Pichichi
1915 Flag of Spain.svg Pichichi Flag of Argentina.svg Alberto Ohaco Flag of Uruguay.svg Ángel Romano
1916 Flag of Uruguay.svg Isabelino Gradín Flag of Uruguay.svg Ángel Romano Flag of Scotland.svg Jimmy McColl
1917 Flag of Uruguay.svg Héctor Scarone Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg Imre Schlosser Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg Kálmán Konrád
1918 Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg Alfréd Schaffer Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg Kálmán Konrád Flag of Brazil.svg Arthur Friedenreich
1919 Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg Kálmán Konrád Flag of Brazil.svg Arthur Friedenreich Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg Alfréd Schaffer
1920 Flag of Uruguay.svg Ángel Romano Flag of Spain.svg Félix Sesúmaga Flag of Uruguay.svg José Piendibene
1921 Flag of Brazil.svg Arthur Friedenreich Flag of Scotland.svg Alan Morton Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg György Orth
1922 Flag of Argentina.svg Manuel Seoane Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg György Orth Flag of Spain (1931-1939).svg Josep Samitier
1923 Flag of Scotland.svg Alan Morton Flag of England.svg Charlie Buchan Flag of Argentina.svg Domingo Tarasconi
1924 Flag of Uruguay.svg Pedro Petrone Flag of Uruguay.svg Héctor Scarone Flag of Uruguay.svg José Leandro Andrade
1925 Flag of Spain.svg Josep Samitier Flag of Uruguay.svg José Leandro Andrade Flag of Poland.svg Wacław Kuchar
1926 Flag of Uruguay.svg José Leandro Andrade Flag of Poland.svg Wacław Kuchar Flag of Argentina.svg Manuel Seoane
1927 Flag of Scotland.svg Jimmy McGrory Flag of England.svg Dixie Dean Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Karel Pešek
1928 Flag of England.svg Dixie Dean Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg József Takács Flag of Uruguay.svg Héctor Scarone
1929 Flag of Paraguay.svg Aurélio González Flag of Spain (1931-1939).svg Ricardo Zamora Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg István Avar
1930 Flag of Argentina.svg José Nasazzi Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg Josef Smistik Flag of Argentina.svg Guillermo Stábile
1931 Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Giuseppe Meazza Flag of Austria.svg Matthias Sindelar Flag of Argentina.svg Raimundo Orsi
1932 Flag of Austria.svg Matthias Sindelar Flag of Austria.svg Toni Schall Flag of Spain (1931-1939).svg Ricardo Zamora
1933 Flag of Austria.svg Matthias Sindelar Flag of Argentina.svg Francisco Varallo Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Giuseppe Meazza
1934 Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Giuseppe Meazza Flag of Argentina.svg Luis Monti Flag of Austria.svg Matthias Sindelar
1935 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg František Plánička Flag of Scotland.svg Alex James Flag of Germany (1933-1935).svg Fritz Szepan
1936 Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg György Sárosi Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Giuseppe Meazza Flag of Scotland.svg Jimmy McGrory
1937 Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Silvio Piola Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg György Sárosi Flag of Paraguay.svg Arsenio Erico
1938 Flag of Brazil.svg Leônidas da Silva Flag of Paraguay.svg Arsenio Erico Flag of the Czech Republic.svg František Plánička
1939 Flag of Paraguay.svg Arsenio Erico Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg Gyula Zsengellér Flag of Argentina.svg Antonio Sastre
1940 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Josef Bican Flag of Brazil.svg Leônidas da Silva Flag of Argentina.svg José Manuel Moreno
1941 Flag of Argentina.svg José Manuel Moreno Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Josef Bican Flag of Austria.svg Franz Binder
1942 Flag of Argentina.svg Adolfo Pedernera Flag of Argentina.svg José Manuel Moreno Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Josef Bican
1943 Flag of Brazil.svg Zizinho Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Frane Matošić Flag of Argentina.svg Adolfo Pedernera
1944 Flag of Spain.svg Telmo Zarra Flag of Brazil.svg Zizinho Flag of Germany (1933-1935).svg Karl Decker
1945 Flag of Argentina.svg Ángel Labruna Flag of Argentina.svg Adolfo Pedernera Flag of Spain.svg Telmo Zarra
1946 Flag of Chile.svg Sergio Livingstone Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Valentino Mazzola Flag of Argentina.svg René Pontoni
1947 Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Valentino Mazzola Flag of France.svg Larbi Ben Barek [lower-alpha 1] Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Franjo Wölfl
1948 Flag of England.svg Stanley Matthews Flag of Hungary.svg Ferenc Puskás Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Valentino Mazzola
1949 Flag of Brazil.svg Ademir Flag of Hungary.svg Ferenc Deák Flag of England.svg Tommy Lawton
1950 Flag of Sweden.svg Gunnar Nordahl Flag of Brazil.svg Ademir Flag of Hungary.svg Ferenc Puskás
1951 Flag of Sweden.svg Nils Liedholm Flag of Sweden.svg Gunnar Nordahl Flag of Uruguay.svg Juan Alberto Schiaffino
1952 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg László Kubala Flag of Hungary.svg Sándor Kocsis Flag of Argentina.svg Alfredo Di Stéfano
1953 Flag of Hungary.svg Ferenc Puskás Flag of Hungary.svg Nándor Hidegkuti Flag of England.svg Nat Lofthouse
1954 Flag of Hungary.svg Sándor Kocsis Flag of Hungary.svg Ferenc Puskás Flag of Germany.svg Fritz Walter
1955 Flag of Argentina.svg Alfredo Di Stéfano Flag of France.svg Raymond Kopa Flag of Uruguay.svg Juan Alberto Schiaffino
1956 Flag of England.svg Stanley Matthews Flag of France.svg Raymond Kopa Flag of Argentina.svg Alfredo Di Stéfano
1957 Flag of Argentina.svg Alfredo Di Stéfano Flag of Brazil.svg Didi Flag of England.svg Duncan Edwards
1958 Flag of Brazil.svg Didi Flag of Brazil.svg Garrincha Flag of Brazil.svg Pelé
1959 Flag of Spain.svg Luis Suárez Flag of Argentina.svg Alfredo Di Stéfano Flag of Brazil.svg Pelé
1960 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Yuriy Voynov Flag of Hungary.svg Ferenc Puskás Flag of Argentina.svg Omar Sívori
1961 Flag of Brazil.svg Pelé Flag of Argentina.svg Omar Sívori Flag of Ecuador.svg Alberto Spencer
1962 Flag of Brazil.svg Garrincha Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Josef Masopust Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Dragoslav Šekularac
1963 Flag of Brazil.svg Pelé Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Lev Yashin Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Ján Popluhár
1964 Flag of Brazil.svg Pelé Flag of Spain.svg Luis Suárez Flag of Scotland.svg Denis Law
1965 Flag of Brazil.svg Pelé Flag of Portugal.svg Eusébio [lower-alpha 2] Flag of the Netherlands.svg Paul Van Himst
1966 Flag of England.svg Bobby Charlton Flag of Portugal.svg Eusébio Flag of Germany.svg Franz Beckenbauer
1967 Flag of Hungary.svg Florian Albert Flag of Scotland.svg Jimmy Johnstone Flag of England.svg Bobby Charlton
1968 Ulster Banner.svg George Best Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Dragan Džajić Flag of Brazil.svg Pelé
1969 Flag of Italy.svg Gianni Rivera Flag of Germany.svg Gerd Müller Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Vladimir Muntyan
1970 Flag of Brazil.svg Pelé Flag of Germany.svg Gerd Müller Flag of Brazil.svg Jairzinho
1971 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Johan Cruyff Flag of Brazil.svg Tostão Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Yevhen Rudakov
1972 Flag of Germany.svg Franz Beckenbauer Flag of the Netherlands.svg Johan Cruyff Flag of Germany.svg Günter Netzer
1973 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Johan Cruyff Flag of Brazil.svg Pelé Flag of Italy.svg Dino Zoff

Wins by player

Wins by country

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Notes

  1. Moroccan-born Larbi Benbarek played for Morocco first (1936-1938) brefore switching to France (1936-1954).
  2. Mozambique gained independence from the Portuguese Empire in 1975, thus Mozambique players were eligible to play for Portgal, due to lack of a home national team. Eusebio was first called-up to Portugal in 19161

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