1978 Ballon d'Or | ||||
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![]() 1978 Ballon d'Or winnerKevin Keegan | ||||
Date | 27 December 1978 | |||
Presented by | France Football | |||
Website | francefootball.fr/ballon-d-or | |||
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The1978 Ballon d'Or, given to the bestfootball player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists fromUEFA member countries, was awarded to theEnglishforwardKevin Keegan on 27 December 1978.[1] There were 26 voters, from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Germany, England, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Scotland, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, West Germany and Yugoslavia.[2]