*Ballon D'or 1961 & Named by Pele on the FIFA 100 List! Enrique Omar Sivori Argentina National Team WINNER'S MEDAL for COPA RAUL COLOMBO vs Brazil National Team played at Brazil, December 5, 1956!

*Provenance: Letter from former Argentina National and Evaluation Letter!*

Enrique Omar Sivori was named the best player of the World in 1961 (Ballon D'or)

He played as an attacking midfielder and is considered one of the best Argentine footballers in history. He is included in Pelé's FIFA 100 list . He is ranked sixteenth in the IFFHS 2004 ranking of the Best South American Player of the Century and is also included in another list of the organization, the Best Players of the 20th Century , compiled by FIFA experts and historians .

Game data:

05-12-1956  LMRJ      1-2   Argentina
      [Indio 15 ; José Francisco Sanfilippo 69,  Antonio Héctor Garabal 70]
 
RIO:  Castilho, Santos, Pinheiro, Dequinha (Benedicto 1stH), Rubens, 
      Zozimo, Didí II (Walker 1stH), Pinga, Joel, Indio, Zizinho.
      D. T. Flavio Costa


ARG:  Antonio Roma, Federico A.Pizarro, Federico Vairo, Adolfo Jorge
      Benegas (Ángel Schadlein 1st H), Oscar Hernán Mantegari, Néstor
      Raúl Rossi, Ricardo Infante (José Francisco Sanfilippo 1st H), 
      Ernesto Sansone (Roberto Jesús Puppo 1st H), Antonio Héctor Garabal,
      Oscar Pablo Rossi, Enrique Omar Sívori.
      D. T. Guillermo Stábile

REF.  Esteban Marino (Uruguay)

Medal details:

6.8 cm diameter!