1978 Ballon d'Or
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| 1978 Ballon d'Or | |
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.jpg) 1978 Ballon d'Or winner Kevin Keegan | |
| Date | 27 December 1978 |
| Presented by | France Football |
| Highlights | |
| Won by |  Kevin Keegan (1st award) |
| Website | francefootball.fr/ballon-d-or |
The 1978 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 English forward Kevin 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]
