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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]

## Background[edit]

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[edit]

Best Player  Year  | Winner  | Runner-up  | Third place

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

### Wins by player[edit]

### Wins by country[edit]

## See also[edit]

* History of FIFA
* FIFA World Cup awards
* History of association football
* FIFA World Player of the Year
* International Football Association Board
* FIFA Congress

## References[edit]

1. ^ "FACTSheet FIFA awards" (PDF). FIFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 January 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
2. ^ "FIFA Awards". RSSSF.com. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
3. ^ Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro Lance Volume 2. Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A. 2001. p. 534\. ISBN 85-88651-01-7.
4. ^ "Rous, Sir Stanley Ford (1895–1986), football referee and administrator". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/40150. Retrieved 22 July 2023. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
5. ^ "Rous, Sir Stanley (Ford), (25 April 1895–18 July 1986), JP; Secretary of the Football Association, 1934–61 (now Hon. Vice-President); President, Fédération Internationale de Football Associations, 1961–74 (now Hon. President)". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
6. ^ "Past Presidents - FIFA". FIFA.

## Notes[edit]

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

## Bibliography[edit]

* Skorobagatko, Anatoly (2001). Sports surveys: Ukraine and the world — 82 pages.

## Sources[edit]

* Awards 1904-1973 (PDF).
* Newspaper "Ukrainian Football". 16 December 2014. p. 96.

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