1970 Ballon d'Or

{{Short description|Annual association football award event in France}}

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| name = 1970 Ballon d'Or

| image = Beckenbauer, Müller, Lattek (Muller cropped).jpg

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| caption = 1970 Ballon d'Or winner Gerd Müller

| date = 29 December 1970

| location =Paris, France

| presenter = France Football

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| website = {{URL|https://www.francefootball.fr/ballon-d-or/|2=francefootball.fr/ballon-d-or}}

| award1_type = Won by

| award1_winner ={{flagicon|West Germany}} Gerd Müller (1st award)

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| previous = 1969

| main = Ballon d'Or

| next = 1971

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The 1970 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was awarded to the West German forward Gerd Müller on 29 December 1970.{{Cite web |url=http://www.francefootball.fr/news/1970-gerd-muller/423388 |title=Palmarès Ballon d'Or – 1970 – Gerd Müller – France Football |publisher=France Football |date=8 December 2013 |access-date = 31 March 2015 }} There were 26 voters, from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Germany, England, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, West Germany and Yugoslavia.{{Cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/europa-poy70.html |title=European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1970 |publisher=RSSSF |date=22 June 2005 |access-date=31 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090118061631/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/europa-poy70.html |archive-date=18 January 2009 |url-status=live}} Müller became the first West German national and the first Bayern Munich player to win the Ballon d'Or.{{Cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/europa-poy.html |title=European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") |publisher=RSSSF |date=21 January 2011 |access-date=31 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116080615/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/europa-poy.html |archive-date=16 January 2009 |url-status=live}}