Water polo at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

- CF=Centre Forward
- CB=Centre Back
- D=Defender
- GK=Goalkeeper
Argentina
Argentina entered a squad of ten players. They scored six goals but only three scorers are known.
Head coach:
| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osvaldo Codaro | December 9, 1930 | 21 | ? | 3 | ? | |||
| GK | Luis Díez | November 2, 1923 | 28 | ? | 3 | ? | ||
| Luis González | ? | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Rubén Maidana | ? | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Roberto Marino | ? | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Luis Normandín | September 19, 1932 | 19 | ? | 3 | ? | |||
| Mario Sebastián | May 7, 1926 | 26 | ? | 3 | 3 | |||
| Ladislao Szabo | April 11, 1923 | 29 | ? | 3 | ? | |||
| Carlos Visentín | November 28, 1918 | 33 | ? | 3 | ? | |||
| Marcelo Visentín | May 30, 1914 | 38 | ? | 3 | ? |
Australia
Australia entered a squad of ten players. They scored two goals but all scorers are unknown.
Head coach:
| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Bennett | July 11, 1926 | 26 | ? | | 2 | ? | ||
| Anthony Fenech | ? | 0 | 0 | |||||
| John Foster | May 11, 1931 | 21 | ? | 2 | ? | |||
| Malcolm Hastie | February 29, 1929 | 23 | ? | | 2 | ? | ||
| Frank Jordan | August 19, 1932 | 19 | ? | 2 | ? | |||
| GK | Doug Laing | March 19, 1931 | 21 | ? | 2 | ? | ||
| James O'Doherty | ? | 0 | 0 | |||||
| William Orchard | October 31, 1929 | 22 | ? | 2 | ? | |||
| Raymond Smee | October 25, 1930 | 21 | ? | 2 | ? | |||
| Keith Whitehead | September 9, 1931 | 20 | ? | 0 | 0 |
Austria
Austria entered a squad of eleven players. They scored fourteen goals but all scorers are unknown.
Head coach:
| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erich Bohuslav | April 28, 1927 | 25 | ? | | 5 | ? | ||
| Julius Depaoli | March 29, 1923 | 29 | ? | | 5 | ? | ||
| Ernst Endl | December 25, 1929 | 22 | ? | 3 | ? | |||
| Anton Kunz | January 9, 1915 | 37 | ? | 1 | ? | |||
| Heinrich Krumpfholz | March 19, 1925 | 27 | ? | | 3 | ? | ||
| Johann Liebenberger | October 27, 1930 | 21 | ? | 5 | ? | |||
| GK | Johann Reichel | July 20, 1922 | 30 | ? | 5 | ? | ||
| Peter Steinwender | November 2, 1928 | 23 | ? | | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rudolf Stiskalik | May 18, 1929 | 23 | ? | | 4 | ? | ||
| Hellmut Theimer | February 15, 1928 | 22 | ? | 2 | ? | |||
| Franz Zigon | March 9, 1924 | 28 | ? | 2 | ? |
Belgium
Belgium entered an unknown number of players ten of them are known. They scored 27 goals but only two scorers are known.
Head coach:
| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Théo-Léo de Smet | November 9, 1917 | 34 | ? | 7 | ? | ||
| Marcel Heyninck | March 9, 1931 | 21 | ? | 8 | 1 | |||
| André Laurent | February 14, 1931 | 21 | ? | 8 | ? | |||
| Georges Leenheere | November 21, 1919 | 32 | ? | 2 | ? | |||
| GK | François Maesschalck | October 19, 1921 | 30 | ? | 1 | ? | ||
| Alphonse Martin | April 18, 1930 | 22 | ? | 8 | ? | |||
| Joseph Reynders | December 16, 1929 | 22 | ? | 1 | ? | |||
| Roland Sierens | July 15, 1925 | 27 | ? | 6 | ? | |||
| Jozef Smits | March 28, 1930 | 22 | ? | 7 | ? | |||
| Johan Van den Steen | January 8, 1929 | 23 | ? | 8 | 1 |
Hungary
Hungary entered a squad of 13 players. They scored 53 goals.
Head coach:
| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Róbert Antal | July 21, 1921 | 31 | ? | | 2 | 0 | |
| Antal Bolvári | May 6, 1932 | 20 | ? | | 6 | 1 | ||
| Dezső Fábián | December 17, 1918 | 33 | ? | | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dezső Gyarmati | October 23, 1927 | 24 | ? | | 8 | 7 | ||
| István Hasznos | December 8, 1924 | 27 | ? | | 2 | 7 | ||
| GK | László Jeney | May 30, 1923 | 29 | ? | | 6 | 0 | |
| György Kárpáti | June 23, 1935 | 17 | ? | | 5 | 4 | ||
| Dezső Lemhényi | December 9, 1917 | 34 | ? | | 2 | 5 | ||
| Kálmán Markovits | August 26, 1931 | 20 | ? | | 6 | 3 | ||
| Miklós Martin | June 29, 1931 | 21 | ? | | 2 | 5 | ||
| Károly Szittya | June 18, 1918 | 34 | ? | | 3 | 5 | ||
| István Szivós | August 20, 1920 | 31 | ? | | 6 | 16 | ||
| György Vizvári | December 18, 1928 | 23 | ? | | 7 | 0 |
Italy
Italy entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 43 goals but all scorers are unknown.
Head coach: Giulio De Filippis and Mario Majoni
| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gildo Arena | February 25, 1921 | 31 | ? | | 8 | ? | ||
| Lucio Ceccarini | December 13, 1930 | 21 | ? | | 1 | ? | ||
| Renato De Sanzuane | March 5, 1925 | 27 | ? | | 7 | ? | ||
| GK | Raffaello Gambino | April 28, 1928 | 24 | ? | | 7 | ? | |
| Salvatore Gionta | December 22, 1930 | 21 | ? | | 2 | ? | ||
| Maurizio Mannelli | January 1, 1930 | 22 | ? | | 8 | ? | ||
| Geminio Ognio | December 13, 1917 | 34 | ? | | 4 | ? | ||
| Carlo Peretti | March 5, 1930 | 22 | ? | | 5 | ? | ||
| Enzo Polito | October 29, 1926 | 25 | ? | | 6 | ? | ||
| Cesare Rubini | November 2, 1923 | 28 | ? | | 7 | ? | ||
| GK | Renato Traiola | December 19, 1924 | 27 | ? | | 1 | ? |
Netherlands
The Netherlands entered an unknown number of players only seven of them are known. They scored 43 goals only 38 scorers are unknown.
Head coach: Frans Kuyper
| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerrit Bijlsma | November 17, 1929 | 22 | ? | | 9 | 3 | ||
| Cor Braasem | May 15, 1923 | 29 | ? | | 9 | 5 | ||
| Joop Cabout | October 28, 1927 | 24 | ? | | 9 | 1 | ||
| Rudy van Feggelen | April 14, 1924 | 28 | ? | | 9 | 18 | ||
| GK | Max van Gelder | October 20, 1924 | 27 | ? | | 9 | ? | |
| Nijs Korevaar | December 31, 1927 | 24 | ? | | 9 | 3 | ||
| Frits Smol | July 6, 1924 | 28 | ? | | 9 | 8 |
Portugal
Portugal entered a squad of ten players. They scored two goals but both are unknown.
Head coach:
| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francisco Alves | May 24, 1923 | 29 | ? | | 2 | ? | ||
| Eduardo Barbeiro | January 11, 1932 | 20 | ? | | 2 | ? | ||
| Óscar Cabral | November 18, 1921 | 30 | ? | | 1 | ? | ||
| José Manuel Correia | July 26, 1925 | 26 | ? | | 1 | ? | ||
| GK | Máximo Couto | September 14, 1923 | 28 | ? | | 2 | ? | |
| João Franco do Vale | July 13, 1930 | 22 | ? | | 2 | ? | ||
| Rodrigo Basto Junior | March 29, 1919 | 33 | ? | 1 | ? | |||
| Fernando Madeira | May 12, 1932 | 20 | ? | | 1 | ? | ||
| Armando Moutinho | January 4, 1915 | 37 | ? | | 2 | ? |
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union entered a squad of 13 players. They scored 38 goals but only four scorers are known.
Head coach: Vadim Kuznetsov and Ivan Dmitriev
| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vadim Bubok | ? | 0 | 0 | |||||
| GK | Boris Goykhman | April 28, 1919 | 33 | ? | | 9 | ? | |
| Lev Kokorin | 1918 | ? | 5 | ? | ||||
| Igor Libel | ? | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Aleksandr Liferenko | 1930 | ? | 8 | ? | ||||
| P'et're Mshveniyeradze | March 24, 1929 | 23 | ? | 9 | 1 | |||
| Valentin Prokopov | June 10, 1929 | 23 | ? | 9 | 2 | |||
| Nikolay Prostyakov | ? | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Yevgeny Semyonov | 1920 | ? | 9 | ? | ||||
| Yury Shlyapin | February 11, 1932 | 20 | ? | 5 | ? | |||
| Yury Teplov | 1931 | ? | 6 | ? | ||||
| Vitaly Ushakov | 1920 | ? | 1 | ? | ||||
| Anatoly Yegorov | 1922 | ? | 2 | 1 |
United States
The United States entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 35 goals but only 19 scorers are known.
Head coach: Urho Saari (coach); John Curran (manager)
| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Harry Bisbey | May 10, 1931 | 21 | ? | | 9 | ? | |
| Marvin Burns | July 6, 1928 | 24 | ? | | 5 | 1 | ||
| Norman Dornblaser | November 4, 1933 | 18 | ? | | 7 | 1 | ||
| Robert Hughes | December 15, 1930 | 21 | ? | | 9 | 6 | ||
| Edward Jaworski | March 11, 1926 | 26 | ? | | 8 | ? | ||
| Robert Koehler | ? | 0 | 0 | |||||
| William Kooistra | August 26, 1926 | 25 | ? | | 7 | 7 | ||
| Norman Lake | December 8, 1932 | 19 | ? | | 2 | ? | ||
| James Norris | July 7, 1930 | 22 | ? | | 8 | ? | ||
| John Spargo | June 3, 1931 | 21 | ? | | 5 | 4 | ||
| Peter Stange | February 28, 1931 | 21 | ? | | 3 | ? |
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 44 goals but only four scorers are known.
Head coach:
| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juraj Amšel | 1924 | ? | | 0 | 0 | |||
| Veljko Bakašun | June 14, 1920 | 32 | ? | | 6 | ? | ||
| Marko Brainović | July 17, 1920 | 32 | ? | | 3 | ? | ||
| Vladimir Ivković | July 25, 1929 | 23 | ? | | 9 | ? | ||
| Zdravko Ježić | August 17, 1931 | 20 | ? | | 2 | ? | ||
| GK | Zdravko-Ćiro Kovačić | July 6, 1925 | 27 | ? | | 9 | ? | |
| Ivo Kurtini | June 23, 1922 | 30 | ? | | 9 | 4 | ||
| Lovro Radonjić | November 26, 1925 | 26 | ? | | 9 | ? | ||
| Dragoslav D. Šiljak | 1933 | 19 | ? | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ivo Štakula | February 25, 1923 | 29 | ? | | 9 | ? | ||
| Boško Vuksanović | January 4, 1928 | 24 | ? | | 6 | ? |
References
- Olympic Report
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 3 November 2008.
- sports-reference
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