I'm not sure we have had a full voting summary posted on the forum before (@Titanlux for example might be aware whether we had or hadn't for this year....), and I happened to find it using Britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk, published on the 19th of December (I don't find similar for 1956 or 1958 though, and generally reports in the press about the Ballon d'Or seem to show the final positions/points and talk about the major placings it seems): England: Charles, Di Stefano, Edwards, Streltsov, Blanchflower Hungary: Di Stefano, Wright, Streltsov, Grosics, Milutinovic Germany: Yashin, Streltsov, Kubala, Szymaniak, Grosics Italy: Bozsik, Di Stefano, Blanchflower, Kocsis, Haynes Austria: Di Stefano, Schiaffino, Wright, Haynes, Hanappi Portugal: Di Stefano, Netto, Edwards, Kopa, Gento Belgium: Di Stefano, Wright, Kopa, Matthews, Netto Sweden: Di Stefano, Gento, Taylor, Charles, Hamrin Spain: Di Stefano, Kubala, Edwards, Kopa, Gento Switzerland: Wright, Di Stefano, Milutinovic, Bozsik, Netto France: Di Stefano, Kubala, Charles, Kopa, Edwards Czechoslovakia: Di Stefano, Taylor, Kopa, Yashin, Novak Greece: Di Stefano, Edwards, Stretlsov, Taylor, Kopa Turkey: Di Stefano, Charles, Netto, Bozsik, Gento Netherlands: Di Stefano, Kubala, Wright, Hanappi, Matthews/Yashin Yugoslavia: Di Stefano, Grosics, Kopa, Edwards, Taylor European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1957 (rsssf.org)
Di Stefano was practically unanimous haha only for Germany it wasn't. Is there any historical context that explains this?
I can't think of one, and funnily he was nicknamed 'the German' as a young player (before he got the Blonde Arrow nickname seemingly)! Even if his fair hair more likely came from Ireland (Celtic background?), assuming it wasn't from the Italian side of the family: Alfredo di Stefano: Footballer hailed as one of the greatest in the history of the game | The Independent | The Independent Alfredo Di Stéfano - Wikipedia
This is a shame that England and Switzerland didnt put ADS first, he was like miles away from the rest