1920: György Orth (Hungarian League champion and Top-Scorer with 28 goals) 1921: György Orth (Hungarian League champion and Top-Scorer with 21 goals) 1922: György Orth (Hungarian League champion and Top-Scorer with 26 goals) 1923: Charlie Buchan (English League champion and Top-Scorer with 30 goals) 1924: Max Abbeglen (Olympic Games 2nd place, 6 goals in the Olympic games) 1925: Josep Samitier (Copa del Rey winner, 20 goals in 20 matches) 1926: Ferenc Hirzer (37 goals in 26 matches) 1927: Karel Pesek (Czech league champion, Czech league MVP, Mitropa Cup champion, Mitropa MVP) 1928: Dixie Dean (League Champion, 60 goals in 39 matches) 1929: Ricardo Zamora (Copa del Rey, Copa del Rey MVP, Catalan Cup, Catalan Cup MVP) 1930: Giuseppe Meazza (Serie A, Serie A top-scorer) 1931: Raimundo Orsi (Serie A, 20 Goals as a winger) 1932: Matthias Sindelar (Central European Cup being MVP, 18 League goals,) 1933: Matthias Sindelar (13 league goals, Austrian Cup, 6 Cup goals, Mitropa Cup, 5 goals in Mitropa Cup) 1934: Giuseppe Meazza (21 league goals, WC Champion, WC Golden Ball) 1935: György Sárosi (Mitropa Cup top scorer 9 goals, Central European Cup top-scorer) 1936: Matthias Sindelar (Mitropa Cup, 8 Mitropa goals, Austrian Cup, 5 Austrian Cup goals) 1937: György Sárosi (Mitropa Cup, Mitropa Cup top-scorer with 12 goals, 66 goals in the entire natural year) 1938: Giuseppe Meazza (Serie A, Serie A top scorer with 20 goals, WC Champion, 1 goal and 5 assists in the WC) 1939: Gyula Zsengellér (Europe’s golden boot with 56 goals in 26 games, Mitropa Cup, Mitropa Cup top-scorer with 9 goals, League champion) 1940-1945 (World War 2) 1946: Valentino Mazzola (Serie A, Serie A MVP with 16 goals) 1947: Valentino Mazzola (Serie A, Serie A MVP, Serie A top-scorer with 29 goals) 1948: Stanley Matthews (FA Cup runner-up, He was awarded by the FWA as the best player in the English League.) 1949: Ferenc Puskas (59 league goals in 30 games, League champion) 1950 Ferenc Puskas (56 goals in 45 games, League Champion, League top-scorer)