Ballon d'Or 1963
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The 1963 Ballon d'Or, given to the best
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player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was awarded to
Lev Yashin Lev Ivanovich Yashin (russian: Лев Иванович Яшин; 22 October 1929 – 20 March 1990), nicknamed the "Black Spider" or the "Black Panther", was a Soviet professional footballer regarded by many as the greatest goalkeeper in the hi ...
, the first, and as of March 2023, the only goalkeeper to win this award. He also became the first Soviet and Russian national to win the award.European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1963
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1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...
1963–64 in European football