| 1979 Ballon d'Or | ||||
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.jpg) 1979 Ballon d'Or winner Kevin Keegan in 1980 | ||||
| Date | 25 December 1979 | |||
| Presented by | France Football | |||
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| Won by |  Kevin Keegan (2nd award) | |||
| Website | francefootball.fr/ballon-d-or | |||
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The1979 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 25 December 1979.[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]
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