Did You Know? Luis Suarez is a Ballon D'or winner?

On Monday 11 January 2016, Lionel Messi was awarded the prestigious Ballon D'or trophy for a record 5th time. Beating other nominees, Cristiano Ronaldo and fellow Barcelona team mate Neymar Junior to it.

However, as I was going through a list of all the football greats who have the award, I couldn't help but notice the name of another Barcelona striker, Luis Suarez.
Yes ! Believe it was not, Suarez is a balon d'or winner.
Take a look at the full list from 1956 when the maiden edition was held, see the fifth name on the list?

• 1956 Stanley Matthews
• 1957 Alfredo Di Stefano
• 1958 Raymond Kopa
• 1959 Alfredo Di Stefano
• 1960 Luis Suarez
• 1961 Omar Sivori
• 1962 Josef Masopust
• 1963 Lev Yashin
• 1964 Denis Law
• 1965 Eusebio
• 1966 Bobby Charlton
• 1967 Florian Albert
• 1968 George Best
• 1969 Gianni Rivera
• 1970 Gerd Muller
• 1971 Johan Cruyff
• 1972 Franz Beckenbauer
• 1973 Johan Cruyff
• 1974 Johan Cruyff
• 1975 Oleg Blokhin
• 1976 Franz Beckenbauer
• 1977 Allan Simonsen
• 1978 Kevin Keegan
• 1979 Kevin Keegan
• 1980 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
• 1981 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
• 1982 Paolo Rossi
• 1983 Michel Platini
• 1984 Michel Platini
• 1985 Michel Platini
• 1986 Igor Belanov
• 1987 Ruud Gullit
• 1988 Marco van Basten
• 1989 Marco van Basten
• 1990 Lothar Matthaus
• 1991 Jean-Pierre Papin
• 1992 Marco van Basten
• 1993 Roberto Baggio
• 1994 Hristo Stoichkov
• 1995 George Weah
• 1996 Matthias Sammer
• 1997 Ronaldo
• 1998 Zinedine Zidane
• 1999 Rivldo
• 2000 Luis Figo
• 2001 Michael Owen
• 2002 Ronaldo
• 2003 Pavel Nedved
• 2004 Andriy Shevchenko
• 2005 Ronaldinho
• 2006 Fabio Cannavaro
• 2007 Kaka
• 2008 Cristiano Ronaldo
• 2009 Lionel Messi
• 2010 Lionel Messi
• 2011 Lionel Messi
• 2012 Lionel Messi
• 2013 Cristiano Ronaldo
• 2014 Cristiano Ronaldo
• 2015 Lionel Messi

Gotcha!!! 

Luis Suarez actually won the award in 1960. But definitely not the  Uruguyan Suarez. 

Luis Suarez Miramontes,

born 2 May 1935 played for Barcelona between 1955 to 1961. He made a total of 122 appearances and scored 61 goals for the club. He was voted Ballon D'or winner in 1960.