Field hockey at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

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A total of eleven countries participated in men's field hockey at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Participating countries

Position code
  • GK = Goalkeeper
  • B = Back
  • HB = Halfback
  • FW = Forward

Afghanistan

Afghanistan had a squad of 18 players five of them are unknown. They scored seven goals but only one scorer is known.

Head coach:

No. Pos. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games 		Tournament
goals
Abouwi Ahmad Shah ? 0 ?
B Jammal-ud-Din Affendi June 23, 1908 28 ? 2 ?
GK Sayed Ali Atta August 25, 1913 22 ? 2 ?
FW Sayed Ali Babaci March 12, 1915 21 ? 2 ?
HB Mohammad Asif Shazada March 12, 1919 17 ? 2 ?
HB Sayed Mohammad Ayub ? 2 ?
FW Mian Faruq Shah June 3, 1907 29 ? 1 ?
B Hussain Fazal October 21, 1906 29 ? 2 ?
HB Saadat Malook Shazada August 26, 1916 19 ? 2 ?
FW/B Zahir Shah Al-Zadah November 18, 1910 25 ? 2 ?
FW Shuja ud-Din September 12, 1913 22 ? 2 ?
FW Mohammad Sultan December 23, 1918 17 ? 2 1
FW Sardar Abdul Wahid March 12, 1901 35 ? 1 ?

Belgium

Belgium had a squad of 22 players six of them are unknown.

Head coach:

No. Pos. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games 		Tournament
goals
B Lambert Adelot June 14, 1898 38 ? 3 0
FW Henri Delaval November 1, 1913 22 ? 3 2
FW Paul Delheid December 9, 1909 26 ? 3 2
Raymond Distave November 12, 1913 22 ? 0 0
Louis Eloy June 3, 1907 29 ? 0 0
Pierre Geelhand October 21, 1906 29 ? 0 0
Willy Hagenaers May 6, 1914 22 ? 0 0
HB Edmond Leplat February 8, 1911 25 ? 3 0
FW Eugène Moreau de Melen August 6, 1912 23 ? 2 0
FW Édouard Portielje October 15, 1915 20 ? 3 0
HB Jacques Putz October 17, 1911 24 ? 3 0
HB Jacques Rensburg June 8, 1903 33 ? 3 1
GK Emmanuel Van De Merghel November 15, 1909 26 ? 3 0
FW Reggy Van De Putte July 14, 1915 21 ? 3 0
FW Albert Van Den Branden March 23, 1910 26 ? 1 0
B Corneille Wellens July 14, 1905 31 ? 3 0

Denmark

Denmark had a squad of 17 players.

Head coach:

No. Pos. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games 		Tournament
goals
FW Arne Blach July 8, 1900 36 ? Denmark Skovshoved Idrætsforening 1 0
FW Otto Busch August 16, 1904 19 ? Denmark KH København 2 1
Jørgen Gry May 19, 1915 21 ? Denmark Orient København 0 0
B Jørgen Robert Hansen March 23, 1911 25 ? Denmark Kalundborg Hockeyklub 2 0
HB Henning Holst October 25, 1891 44 ? Denmark Orient København 2 3
HB Vagn Hovard July 28, 1914 22 ? Denmark KH København 1 0
FW Johannes Robert Jensen February 2, 1916 20 ? Denmark Kalundborg Hockeyklub 2 0
FW Aage Kirkegaard October 14, 1914 21 ? Denmark Orient København 2 1
Gunner Larsen ? Denmark Kalundborg Hockeyklub 0 0
HB Henry Kristian Larsen May 16, 1914 22 ? Denmark Kalundborg Hockeyklub 1 0
FW Vagn Loft September 24, 1915 20 ? Denmark Orient København 0 0
FW Carl Malling May 23, 1905 31 ? Denmark KH København 1 0
FW Louis Prahm September 15, 1912 23 ? Denmark Orient København 2 1
Tage Schultz June 16, 1916 20 ? Denmark Orient København 0 0
HB Mogens Thomassen September 24, 1914 21 ? Denmark Orient København 2 0
B Mogens Venge March 29, 1912 24 ? Denmark KH København 2 0
GK Carl Günther Weiss April 29, 1915 21 ? Denmark KH København 2 0

France

France had a squad of 22 players four of them are unknown. They scored seven goals but only six scorers are known.

Head coach:

No. Pos. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games 		Tournament
goals
B Guy Chevalier December 5, 1910 25 ? 4 ?
FW Emmanuel Gonat October 1, 1916 19 ? 2 ?
FW Joseph Goubert November 25, 1908 27 ? 5 1
HB Claude Gravereaux May 2, 1913 23 ? 3 ?
HB Félix Grimonprez June 30, 1910 26 ? France Lille Hockey Club 5 ?
GK Étienne Guibel August 7, 1905 30 ? 1 ?
HB Guy Hénon February 3, 1912 24 ? 2 ?
FW Charles Imbault February 19, 1909 27 ? 1 ?
B Paul Imbault February 19, 1909 27 ? 4 ?
HB Marcel Lachmann December 6, 1908 27 ? 1 ?
FW Claude Roques September 16, 1912 23 ? 2 ?
FW Jean Rouget November 7, 1916 19 ? 1 1
FW Paul Sartorius September 20, 1912 23 ? 4 ?
FW Claude Soulé November 14, 1911 24 ? 5 4
GK Raymond Tixier December 25, 1912 23 ? 4 ?
HB François Verger November 29, 1911 24 ? 4 ?
B Michel Verkindère February 9, 1911 25 ? 2 ?
FW Anatole Vologe May 25, 1909 27 ? 5 ?

Germany

Germany had a squad of 22 players.

Head coach:

No. Pos. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games 		Tournament
goals
B Hermann auf der Heide June 1, 1911 25 ? 1 0
FW Ludwig Beisiegel March 21, 1912 24 ? 1 2
FW Erich Cuntz December 23, 1916 19 ? Germany Turnverein Sachsenhausen 1 2
GK Karl Dröse December 27, 1913 22 ? 3 0
HB Alfred Gerdes October 24, 1916 19 ? 3 0
FW Werner Hamel February 9, 1911 25 ? Germany Berliner Hockey-Club 2 1
FW Harald Huffmann June 3, 1908 28 ? 3 0
HB Erwin Keller April 8, 1905 31 ? Germany Berliner Hockey-Club 3 0
B Herbert Kemmer May 13, 1905 31 ? 3 0
FW Werner Kubitzki April 10, 1915 21 ? 1 0
FW Paul Mehlitz December 24, 1906 29 ? 2 1
HB Karl Menke July 3, 1906 30 ? 1 0
FW Fritz Messner January 18, 1912 24 ? 3 1
B Detlef Okrent October 26, 1909 26 ? 1 0
HB Heinrich Peter June 13, 1910 26 ? Germany Heidelberger Hockey-Club 1 0
HB Heinz Raack May 18, 1917 19 ? 1 0
FW Carl Ruck December 23, 1912 23 ? 1 1
FW Hans Scherbart December 16, 1905 30 ? 3 0
HB Heinz Schmalix July 24, 1910 26 ? Germany Berliner Hockey-Club 3 0
GK Tito Warnholtz February 17, 1906 30 ? 1 0
FW Kurt Weiß March 30, 1906 30 ? Germany Berliner Sport-Club 3 6
B Erich Zander April 11, 1905 31 ? 3 0

Hungary

Hungary had a squad of 21 players six of them are unknown.

Head coach:

No. Pos. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games 		Tournament
goals
B Béla Bácskai April 25, 1912 24 ? Hungary Magyar Hockey Club 1 0
FW Zoltán Berkes October 1, 1916 19 ? Hungary Magyar Athlétikai Club 1 0
HB Dénes Birkás March 13, 1907 29 ? Hungary Budapesti (Budai) Toran Egylet 3 0
GK István Csák February 18, 1915 21 ? Hungary Magyar Athlétikai Club 3 0
FW László Cseri June 6, 1912 24 ? Hungary Amateur Hockey Club 3 1
FW Béla Háray March 25, 1915 21 ? Hungary Budapesti (Budai) Toran Egylet 3 2
HB Gyula Kormos December 27, 1911 24 ? Hungary Amateur Hockey Club 2 0
B Gusztáv Lifkai June 11, 1912 24 ? Hungary Amateur Hockey Club 3 0
B Róbert Lifkai July 20, 1916 20 ? Hungary Amateur Hockey Club 1 0
FW Tamás Márffy March 20, 1907 29 ? Hungary Magyar Hockey Club 2 1
FW György Margó May 15, 1912 24 ? Hungary Magyar Hockey Club 2 0
HB Ferenc Miklós August 7, 1909 26 ? Hungary Magyar Hockey Club 3 0
HB/B Ferenc Szamosi February 15, 1915 21 ? Hungary Budapesti (Budai) Toran Egylet 2 0
FW Géza Teleki November 27, 1911 24 ? Hungary Magyar Hockey Club 3 0
HB/FW Zoltán Turcsányi November 7, 1914 21 ? Hungary Budapesti (Budai) Toran Egylet 1 0

India

India had a squad of 22 players three of them are unknown.

Head coach:

No. Pos. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games 		Tournament
goals
GK Richard Allen June 4, 1902 34 ? British Raj Port Commissioners, Calcutta 4 0
FW Dhyan Chand August 29, 1905 30 ? British Raj HC United Provinces 5 13
FW Ali Dara April 1, 1915 21 ? 2 4
FW Lionel Emmett January 8, 1913 23 ? British Raj HC Bengal 1 0
FW Peter Fernandes September 15, 1916 19 ? British Raj HC Sindh 2 0
HB Joseph Galibardy January 10, 1915 21 ? British Raj HC Bengal 5 0
HB Earnest Goodsir-Cullen July 15, 1912 24 ? British Raj HC Madras 5 4
B Mohammed Hussain October 1, 1911 24 ? British Raj Manavdar 4 0
FW Sayed Jaffar 1911 ? British Raj HC Punjab 5 3
FW Ahmed Sher Khan November 1, 1912 23 ? British Raj HC Bhopal 1 0
HB Ahsan Khan April 7, 1916 20 ? British Raj HC Bhopal 1 0
HB Mirza Masood November 23, 1908 27 ? British Raj HC Manavdar 1 0
GK Cyril Michie August 20, 1900 35 ? British Raj HC Bengal 1 0
HB Baboo Nimal March 15, 1908 28 ? British Raj HC Bombay 3 0
B Joseph Phillips March 24, 1911 25 ? British Raj HC Bombay 1 0
FW Shabban Shahab-ud-Din November 8, 1909 26 ? British Raj HC Manavdar 4 1
B G.S. Garewal May 4, 1911 25 ? British Raj HC Punjab 1 0
FW Roop Singh September 8, 1910 25 ? British Raj HC United Provinces 5 10
B Carlyle Tapsell July 24, 1909 27 ? British Raj HC Bengal 4 3

Richard Carr was part of the original team but when he could not get leave from his employer, Ahmed Sher Khan was selected in his place.

Japan

Japan had a squad of 15 players four of them are unknown.

Head coach:

No. Pos. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games 		Tournament
goals
GK Shunkichi Hamada October 19, 1910 25 ? 3 ?
B Michihiro Ito March 20, 1915 21 ? 3 ?
FW Takeo Ito January 5, 1915 21 ? 3 ?
FW Makoto Kikuchi 1911 ? 3 ?
HB Daiji Kurauchi 1913 ? 3 ?
B Toshio Ohtsu January 23, 1912 24 ? 3 ?
HB Yoshio Sakai May 2, 1910 26 ? 3 ?
HB Osamu Takechi 1914 ? 3 ?
FW Noboru Tanaka 1912 ? 3 ?
FW Sadao Wakizaka 1916 ? 3 ?
FW Takehiko Yanagi March 28, 1916 20 ? 3 ?

Netherlands

The Netherlands had a squad of 18 players six of them are unknown.

Head coach:

No. Pos. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games 		Tournament
goals
FW Ernst van den Berg December 3, 1915 20 ? Netherlands Hockeyclub Amsterdam 5 6
FW Piet Gunning July 5, 1913 23 ? Netherlands Hockeyclub Amsterdam 5 1
HB Ru van der Haar October 6, 1913 22 ? Netherlands Hockeyclub Amsterdam 5 1
FW Inge Heybroek October 12, 1915 20 ? Netherlands Hockeyclub Amsterdam 4 0
HB Tonny van Lierop September 9, 1910 25 ? Netherlands Hockeyclub Amsterdam 5 0
HB Henk de Looper December 26, 1912 23 ? Netherlands Hilversumse Mixed Hockey Club 5 0
GK Jan de Looper May 2, 1914 22 ? Netherlands Hockeyclub Bloemendaal 5 0
FW Aat de Roos April 15, 1919 17 ? Netherlands DKS 4 1
FW Hans Schnitger August 5, 1915 20 ? Netherlands HTCC, Eindhoven 5 4
FW René Sparenberg December 3, 1918 17 ? Netherlands Hockeyclub Amsterdam 5 0
B Rein de Waal November 24, 1904 31 ? Netherlands Delftsche Studenten Hockeyclub 5 0
B Max Westerkamp October 8, 1912 23 ? Netherlands HGC 5 0

Switzerland

Switzerland had a squad of 22 players nine of them are unknown. They scored three goals but only two scorers are known.

Head coach:

No. Pos. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games 		Tournament
goals
FW Roland Annen September 22, 1916 19 ? 3 1
FW René Courvoisier June 9, 1907 29 ? 2 1
HB/FW Adolf Fehr November 25, 1908 27 ? 3 ?
FW Konrad Fehr December 9, 1910 25 ? 2 ?
HB/FW Louis Gilliéron November 18, 1909 26 ? 3 ?
FW Jean Grüner October 10, 1916 19 ? 1 ?
B Fridolin Kurmann December 12, 1912 23 ? 3 ?
B Charles Légeret August 19, 1909 26 ? 3 ?
HB Giancarlo Luzzani May 12, 1912 24 ? 1 ?
FW/HB Walther Meier August 28, 1910 25 ? 3 ?
HB Walter Scherrer December 3, 1908 27 ? 3 ?
FW Roger Toffel October 8, 1909 26 ? 3 ?
GK Ernst Tüscher August 3, 1911 25 ? 3 ?

United States

The United States had a squad of 15 players.

Head coach: Frank Kavanaugh as coach and Leonard O'Brien as playing manager

No. Pos. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games 		Tournament
goals
FW William Boddington November 22, 1910 25 ? United States Westchester Field Hockey Club 3 0
FW Lanphear Buck December 9, 1901 34 ? United States Westchester Field Hockey Club 1 0
FW Amos Deacon May 28, 1904 32 ? United States Germantown Cricket Club 2 0
HB Horace Disston January 7, 1906 30 ? United States Philadelphia Cricket Club 3 1
B Samuel Ewing July 27, 1906 30 ? United States Merion Cricket Club 2 0
GK Paul Fentress November 13, 1913 22 ? United States Princeton University 3 0
HB James Gentle July 21, 1904 21 ? United States Philadelphia Cricket Club 3 0
B/HB Ellwood Godfrey July 17, 1910 26 ? United States Philadelphia Cricket Club 2 0
Wilson Hobson ? 0 0
FW Lawrence Knapp May 30, 1905 31 ? United States Westchester Field Hockey Club 1 0
FW David McMullin June 30, 1908 28 ? United States Philadelphia Cricket Club 3 0
B Leonard O'Brien January 20, 1904 32 ? 3 0
FW Charles Sheaffer December 6, 1904 31 ? United States Merion Cricket Club 3 1
FW Alexis Thompson May 20, 1914 22 ? United States Yale University 1 0
HB/FW John Turnbull June 30, 1910 26 ? United States Mt. Washington Club 3 0

References

  1. ^ Indian hockey tour, Guardian, 7 July 1936 (via newspapers.com)
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