The prize was initiated by France Football magazine in 1956 and the results were published in issue 927 of the magazine on 17 December 1963, when 21 football journalists from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, the former Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, the former Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the former West Germany and the former Yugoslavia voted. The specific results are as follows:
Ballon d'Or: Lev Yashin (former Soviet Union), who played for Dynamo Moscow, was born on October 22, 1929 in Moscow, USSR, and died on March 20, 1990 in Moscow, USSR, at the age of 60. He is the best goalkeeper in the history of world football and the only goalkeeper to win the European Ballon d'Or.
From 1950 to 1970 he played for Dinamo Moscow, playing 326 games. He made 74 appearances for the Soviet national team and participated in four World Cups in 1958, 1962, 1966 and 1970. Winner of two European Championships in 1960 and 1964, gold medalist at the 1956 Olympic Games and European Championship 1960.
Silver Ball: Giovanni Rivera (Italy), who played for AC Milan at the time, was born on 18 August 1943 in Alessandria, Italy. Rivera is one of the famous stars in Milan's history, and he has been a banner figure in the 60s and 70s.
Bronze Globe: Jimmy Greaves (England), who played for Tottenham at the time, was born on February 20, 1940 in Manor Park, Essex, England, and died on September 19, 2021 in Danbury, Essex, England, at the age of 81. He is one of the most prolific goalscorers in the history of modern English football and he is still considered the most outstanding player produced in the Chelsea Academy.
The final results of the 1963 European Golden Globe Awards are as follows: