Water polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads
Main article: Water polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- CF=Centre Forward
- CB=Centre Back
- D=Defender
- GK=Goalkeeper
Australia
Australia entered a squad of nine players.[1]
Head coach:
| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Bennett | July 11, 1926 | 30 | ? | Dolfish | ? | ? | ||
| Jake Foster | May 11, 1931 | 25 | ? | Brighton | ? | ? | ||
| Doug Laing | March 19, 1931 | 25 | ? | Bondi ASC | ? | ? | ||
| William McCabe | August 30, 1935 | 21 | ? | ? | ? | |||
| John O'Brien | October 8, 1931 | 25 | ? | ? | ? | |||
| Bill Orchard | October 31, 1929 | 27 | ? | ? | ? | |||
| Ted Pierce | July 3, 1933 | 23 | ? | Balmain Water Polo Club | ? | ? | ||
| Raymond Smee | October 25, 1930 | 26 | ? | Bondi ASC | ? | ? | ||
| Keith Whitehead | September 9, 1931 | 24 | ? | ? | ? | |||
Germany
Germany entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 16 goals but all scorers are unknown.
Head coach:
| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Emil Bildstein | May 17, 1931 | 25 | ? | 5 | 0 | ||
| Wilfried Bode | December 13, 1929 | 26 | ? | Wasserfreunde Hannover | 6 | ? | ||
| Hans-Günther Hilker | 1932 | ? | Duisburg 98 | 3 | ? | |||
| GK | Karl Neuse | December 31, 1930 | 25 | ? | 1 | 0 | ||
| Alfred Obschernikat | May 14, 1926 | 30 | ? | Duisburg 98 | 6 | ? | ||
| Friedhelm Osselmann | April 9, 1934 | 22 | ? | Amateur SC Duisburg | 5 | ? | ||
| Erich Pennekamp | November 13, 1929 | 27 | ? | Duisburg 98 | 1 | ? | ||
| Rudi Pennekamp | ? | Duisburg 98 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Achim Schneider | July 31, 1934 | 22 | ? | Duisburg 98 | 6 | ? | ||
| Hans Werner Seher | April 28, 1929 | 27 | ? | 3 | ? | |||
| Willi Sturm | January 28, 1928 | 28 | ? | 6 | ? |
Great Britain
Great Britain entered an unknown number of players. They scored 25 goals but all scorers are unknown.
Head coach:
| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Ferguson | April 4, 1930 | 26 | ? | 3 | ? | |||
| GK | Arthur Grady | August 5, 1922 | 34 | ? | 5 | 0 | ||
| John Jones | April 17, 1925 | 31 | ? | 4 | ? | |||
| Robert Knights | July 22, 1931 | 25 | ? | 1 | ? | |||
| Terence Miller | March 2, 1932 | 24 | lots | 4 | ? | |||
| Peter Pass | March 8, 1933 | 23 | ? | 5 | ? | |||
| Clifford Spooner | December 21, 1933 | 22 | ? | 3 | ? | |||
| Ron Turner | June 11, 1929 | 27 | ? | The Penguins | 5 | ? | ||
| Gerald Worsell | May 1, 1930 | 26 | ? | 5 | ? |
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Hungary
Hungary entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 26 goals but only twenty scorers are known.
Head coach: Béla Rajki
| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antal Bolvári | May 6, 1932 | 24 | ? |  Budapesti Honvéd Sportegyesület | 4 | 2 | ||
| GK | Ottó Boros | August 5, 1929 | 27 | ? | Szolnoki Dózsa | 4 | 0 | |
| Dezső Gyarmati | October 23, 1927 | 29 | ? | Budapesti Dózsa | 6 | 3 | ||
| István Hevesi | April 2, 1931 | 25 | ? | Budapesti Honvéd Sportegyesület | 3 | ? | ||
| GK | László Jeney | May 30, 1923 | 33 | ? | Budapesti Vasas Sport Club | 2 | 0 | |
| Tivadar Kanizsa | April 4, 1933 | 23 | ? | Szolnoki Dózsa | 2 | ? | ||
| György Kárpáti | June 23, 1935 | 21 | ? | Budapesti Kinizsi | 6 | 6 | ||
| Kálmán Markovits | August 26, 1931 | 25 | ? | Budapesti Vasas Sport Club | 6 | 3 | ||
| Mihály Mayer | December 27, 1933 | 22 | ? | Budapesti Dózsa | 4 | 1 | ||
| István Szivós | August 20, 1920 | 36 | ? | Budapesti Vasas Sport Club | 1 | ? | ||
| Ervin Zádor | June 7, 1935 | 21 | ? | Vasas Sport Club Hajógyár SK | 4 | 5 | ||
| Miklos Martin | June 29, 1931 | 24 | ? | Budapesti Dózsa | 6 | 5 |
Italy
Italy entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 17 goals but all scorers are unknown.
Head coach: Mario Majoni
| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Cosimo Antonelli | July 23, 1925 | 31 | ? | S.S. Lazio Nuoto | 1 | 0 | |
| Alfonso Buonocore | March 11, 1933 | 23 | ? | Circolo Canottieri Napoli | 5 | ? | ||
| GK | Enzo Cavazzoni | March 2, 1932 | 24 | ? | Rari Nantes Camogli | 5 | ? | |
| Maurizio D'Achille | 1932 | ? | A.S. Roma Pallanuoto | 2 | ? | |||
| Giuseppe D'Altrui | April 7, 1934 | 22 | ? | Rari Nantes Napoli | 5 | ? | ||
| Fritz Dennerlein | March 14, 1936 | 20 | ? | Circolo Canottieri Napoli | 6 | ? | ||
| Luigi Mannelli | February 21, 1939 | 17 | ? | Circolo Canottieri Napoli | 1 | ? | ||
| Angelo Marciani | April 19, 1928 | 28 | ? | Rari Nantes Camogli | 6 | ? | ||
| Rosario Parmegiani | March 12, 1937 | 19 | ? | Rari Nantes Napoli | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paolo Pucci | 1935 | ? | S.S. Lazio Nuoto | 5 | ? | |||
| Cesare Rubini | November 2, 1923 | 33 | ? | A.S. Roma Pallanuoto | 6 | ? |
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Romania
Romania entered a squad of nine players. They scored 26 goals but all scorers are unknown.
Head coach: Balint Adalbert
| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandru Bădiţă | October 2, 1937 | 18 | ? | 3 | ? | |||
| Ivan Bordi | 1938 | ? | 3 | ? | ||||
| GK | Iosif Deutsch | 1932 | ? | 1 | 0 | |||
| Zoltan Hospodar | March 8, 1933 | 23 | ? | 5 | ? | |||
| GK | Alexandru Marinescu | October 23, 1932 | 24 | ? | 4 | 0 | ||
| Gavril Nagy | August 21, 1932 | 24 | ? | 5 | ? | |||
| Francisc Şimon | January 8, 1927 | 29 | ? | 5 | ? | |||
| Alexandru Szabo | January 20, 1937 | 19 | ? | 4 | ? | |||
| Aurel Zahan | August 8, 1938 | 18 | ? | 5 | ? |
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Soviet Union
The Soviet Union entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 21 goals.
Head coach:
| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viktor Ageev | April 29, 1936 | 20 | ? | 7 | 2 | |||
| Pyotr Breus | December 2, 1927 | 28 | ? | 2 | 0 | |||
| GK | Boris Goykhman | April 28, 1919 | 37 | ? | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nodar Gvakhariya | April 16, 1932 | 24 | ? | 3 | 4 | |||
| Vyacheslav Kurennoy | December 10, 1932 | 23 | ? | 7 | 3 | |||
| Georgy Lezin | ? | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Boris Markarov | March 12, 1935 | 21 | ? | 4 | 1 | |||
| P'et're Mshveniyeradze | March 24, 1929 | 27 | ? | 7 | 11 | |||
| Valentin Prokopov | June 10, 1929 | 27 | ? | 6 | 0 | |||
| GK | Mikhail Ryzhak | March 10, 1927 | 28 | ? | 1 | 0 | ||
| Yury Shlyapin | February 11, 1932 | 24 | ? | 7 | 0 |
United States
The United States entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 15 goals but only two scorers are known.
Head coach: Neill Kohlhase (coach), Sam Greller (manager)
| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Frojen | December 1, 1930 | 25 | ? |  Southern California Water Polo Club | 6 | ? | ||
| James Gaughran | July 5, 1932 | 24 | ? | Southern California Water Polo Club | 2 | ? | ||
| Donald Good | ? | 0 | 0 | |||||
| GK | Kenneth Hahn | June 5, 1928 | 28 | ? | Illinois Athletic Club | 1 | ? | |
| GK | Robert Horn | November 1, 1931 | 27 | ? | Southern California Water Polo Club | 5 | ? | |
| Robert Hughes | December 15, 1930 | 25 | ? | University of Southern California | 5 | ? | ||
| William Kooistra | August 26, 1926 | 30 | ? | Illinois Athletic Club | 5 | 1 | ||
| Sam Kooistra | August 18, 1935 | 21 | ? | Northwestern University | 4 | 1 | ||
| William Ross | July 6, 1928 | 28 | ? | Southern California Water Polo Club | 6 | ? | ||
| Ronald Severa | August 13, 1936 | 20 | ? | Lynwood Swim Club | 3 | ? | ||
| Wally Wolf | October 2, 1930 | 26 | ? | Lynwood Swim Club | 5 | ? |
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 25 goals but all scorers are unknown.
Head coach: File Bonačić
| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juraj Amšel | 1924 | ? | HAVK Mladost | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ivo Cipci | April 25, 1933 | 23 | ? | Jadran Split | 7 | ? | ||
| Tomislav Franjković | May 19, 1931 | 25 | ? | Mornar Split | 6 | ? | ||
| Vladimir Ivković | July 25, 1929 | 27 | ? | VK Jug Dubrovnik | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zdravko Ježić | August 17, 1931 | 25 | ? | HAVK Mladost | 7 | ? | ||
| Hrvoje Kačić | January 12, 1932 | 24 | ? | VK Jug Dubrovnik | 7 | ? | ||
| GK | Zdravko-Ćiro Kovačić | July 6, 1925 | 31 | ? | Primorj Rijeka | 7 | ? | |
| Lovro Radonjić | November 26, 1925 | 31 | ? | Mornar Split | 6 | ? | ||
| Ivo Štakula | February 25, 1923 | 33 | ? | Mornar Split | 0 | 0 | ||
| Boško Vuksanović | January 4, 1928 | 28 | ? | VK Crvena zvezda | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marijan Žužej | November 8, 1934 | 22 | ? | HAVK Mladost | 7 | ? |
References
- ↑ "Australia Water Polo at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Olympics". Retrieved 2016-03-28.
- Olympic Report
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 3 November 2008.
- sports-reference
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