Water polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads
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The following is the list of squads that took part in the men's water polo tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
- CF=Centre forward
- CB=Centre back
- D=Defender
- GK=Goalkeeper
Australia
Australia entered a squad of nine players.
Head coach:
| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Bennett | 11 July 1926 | 30 | ? |  M<elbourne SC |
? | ? | ||
| Jake Foster | 11 May 1931 | 25 | ? | Brighton |
? | ? | ||
| Doug Laing | 19 March 1931 | 25 | ? | Bondi ASC |
? | ? | ||
| William McCabe | 30 August 1935 | 21 | ? | ? | ? | |||
| John O'Brien | 8 October 1931 | 25 | ? | ? | ? | |||
| Bill Orchard | 31 October 1929 | 27 | ? | ? | ? | |||
| Ted Pierce | 3 July 1933 | 23 | ? | Balmain Water Polo Club |
? | ? | ||
| Raymond Smee | 25 October 1930 | 26 | ? | Bondi ASC |
? | ? | ||
| Keith Whitehead | 9 September 1931 | 24 | ? | ? | ? |
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 | 4 April 1930 | 26 | ? |  Motherwell |
3 | ? | ||
| GK | Arthur Grady | 5 August 1922 | 34 | ? | Plaistow United |
5 | 0 | |
| John Jones | 17 April 1925 | 31 | ? | Cheltenham |
4 | ? | ||
| Robert Knights | 22 July 1931 | 25 | ? | Polytechnic |
1 | ? | ||
| Terence Miller | 2 March 1932 | 24 | lots | Plaistow United and The Penguins |
4 | ? | ||
| Peter Pass | 8 March 1933 | 23 | ? | Polytechnic |
5 | ? | ||
| Clifford Spooner | 21 December 1933 | 22 | ? | Sutton & Cheam and Newport |
3 | ? | ||
| Ron Turner | 11 June 1929 | 27 | ? | The Penguins |
5 | ? | ||
| Gerald Worsell | 1 May 1930 | 26 | ? | Sutton & Cheam |
5 | ? |
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 | 6 May 1932 | 24 | ? |  Budapesti Honvéd Sportegyesület |
4 | 2 | ||
| GK | Ottó Boros | 5 August 1929 | 27 | ? | Szolnoki Dózsa |
4 | 0 | |
| Dezső Gyarmati | 23 October 1927 | 29 | ? | Budapesti Dózsa |
6 | 3 | ||
| István Hevesi | 2 April 1931 | 25 | ? | Budapesti Honvéd Sportegyesület |
3 | ? | ||
| GK | László Jeney | 30 May 1923 | 33 | ? | Budapesti Vasas Sport Club |
2 | 0 | |
| Tivadar Kanizsa | 4 April 1933 | 23 | ? | Szolnoki Dózsa |
2 | ? | ||
| György Kárpáti | 23 June 1935 | 21 | ? | Budapesti Kinizsi |
6 | 6 | ||
| Kálmán Markovits | 26 August 1931 | 25 | ? | Budapesti Vasas Sport Club |
6 | 3 | ||
| Mihály Mayer | 27 December 1933 | 22 | ? | Budapesti Dózsa |
4 | 1 | ||
| István Szivós | 20 August 1920 | 36 | ? | Budapesti Vasas Sport Club |
1 | ? | ||
| Ervin Zádor | 7 June 1935 | 21 | ? | Vasas Sport Club Hajógyár SK |
4 | 5 | ||
| Miklos Martin | 29 June 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 | 23 July 1925 | 31 | ? |  S.S. Lazio Nuoto |
1 | 0 | |
| Alfonso Buonocore | 11 March 1933 | 23 | ? | Circolo Canottieri Napoli |
5 | ? | ||
| GK | Enzo Cavazzoni | 2 March 1932 | 24 | ? | Rari Nantes Camogli |
5 | ? | |
| Maurizio D'Achille | 1932 | ? | A.S. Roma Pallanuoto |
2 | ? | |||
| Giuseppe D'Altrui | 7 April 1934 | 22 | ? | Rari Nantes Napoli |
5 | ? | ||
| Fritz Dennerlein | 14 March 1936 | 20 | ? | Circolo Canottieri Napoli |
6 | ? | ||
| Luigi Mannelli | 21 February 1939 | 17 | ? | Circolo Canottieri Napoli |
1 | ? | ||
| Angelo Marciani | 19 April 1928 | 28 | ? | Rari Nantes Camogli |
6 | ? | ||
| Rosario Parmegiani | 12 March 1937 | 19 | ? | Rari Nantes Napoli |
0 | 0 | ||
| Paolo Pucci | 1935 | ? | S.S. Lazio Nuoto |
5 | ? | |||
| Cesare Rubini | 2 November 1923 | 33 | ? | A.S. Roma Pallanuoto |
6 | ? |
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 | 2 October 1937 | 18 | ? | 3 | ? | |||
| Ivan Bordi | 1938 | ? | 3 | ? | ||||
| GK | Iosif Deutsch | 1932 | ? | 1 | 0 | |||
| Zoltan Hospodar | 8 March 1933 | 23 | ? | 5 | ? | |||
| GK | Alexandru Marinescu | 23 October 1932 | 24 | ? | 4 | 0 | ||
| Gavril Nagy | 21 August 1932 | 24 | ? | 5 | ? | |||
| Francisc Şimon | 8 January 1927 | 29 | ? | 5 | ? | |||
| Alexandru Szabo | 20 January 1937 | 19 | ? | 4 | ? | |||
| Aurel Zahan | 8 August 1938 | 18 | ? | 5 | ? |
Singapore
The following players represented Singapore.
- David Lim
- Thio Gim Hock
- Lionel Chee
- Eric Yeo
- Gan Eng Teck
- Wiebe Wolters
- Tan Eng Bock
- Skip Wolters
- Oh Chwee Hock
- Lim Teck Pan
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 | 29 April 1936 | 20 | ? | 7 | 2 | |||
| Pyotr Breus | 2 December 1927 | 28 | ? | 2 | 0 | |||
| GK | Boris Goykhman | 28 April 1919 | 37 | ? | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nodar Gvakhariya | 16 April 1932 | 24 | ? | 3 | 4 | |||
| Vyacheslav Kurennoy | 10 December 1932 | 23 | ? | 7 | 3 | |||
| Georgy Lezin | ? | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Boris Markarov | 12 March 1935 | 21 | ? | 4 | 1 | |||
| P'et're Mshveniyeradze | 24 March 1929 | 27 | ? | 7 | 11 | |||
| Valentin Prokopov | 10 June 1929 | 27 | ? | 6 | 0 | |||
| GK | Mikhail Ryzhak | 10 March 1927 | 28 | ? | 1 | 0 | ||
| Yury Shlyapin | 11 February 1932 | 24 | ? | 7 | 0 |
United States
The United States entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 15 goals but only three scorers are known.
Head coach: Neill Kohlhase (coach), Sam Greller (manager)
| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Frojen | 1 December 1930 | 25 | ? |  Southern California Water Polo Club |
6 | ? | ||
| James Gaughran | 5 July 1932 | 24 | ? | Southern California Water Polo Club |
2 | ? | ||
| Donald Good | ? | 0 | 0 | |||||
| GK | Kenneth Hahn | 5 June 1928 | 28 | ? | Illinois Athletic Club |
1 | ? | |
| GK | Robert Horn | 1 November 1931 | 27 | ? | Southern California Water Polo Club |
5 | ? | |
| Robert Hughes | 15 December 1930 | 25 | ? | University of Southern California |
5 | ? | ||
| William Kooistra | 26 August 1926 | 30 | ? | Illinois Athletic Club |
5 | 1 | ||
| Sam Kooistra | 18 August 1935 | 21 | ? | Northwestern University |
4 | 1 | ||
| William Ross | 6 July 1928 | 28 | ? | Southern California Water Polo Club |
6 | 1 | ||
| Ronald Severa | 13 August 1936 | 20 | ? | Lynwood Swim Club |
3 | ? | ||
| Wally Wolf | 2 October 1930 | 26 | ? | Lynwood Swim Club |
5 | ? |
United Team of 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 | 17 May 1931 | 25 | ? | 5 | 0 | ||
| Wilfried Bode | 13 December 1929 | 26 | ? |  Wasserfreunde Hannover |
6 | ? | ||
| Hans-Günther Hilker | 1932 | ? | Duisburg 98 |
3 | ? | |||
| GK | Karl Neuse | 31 December 1930 | 25 | ? | 1 | 0 | ||
| Alfred Obschernikat | 14 May 1926 | 30 | ? | Duisburg 98 |
6 | ? | ||
| Friedhelm Osselmann | 9 April 1934 | 22 | ? | Amateur SC Duisburg |
5 | ? | ||
| Erich Pennekamp | 13 November 1929 | 27 | ? | Duisburg 98 |
1 | ? | ||
| Rudi Pennekamp | ? | Duisburg 98 |
0 | 0 | ||||
| Achim Schneider | 31 July 1934 | 22 | ? | Duisburg 98 |
6 | ? | ||
| Hans-Werner Seher | 28 April 1929 | 27 | ? | 3 | ? | |||
| Willi Sturm | 28 January 1928 | 28 | ? | 6 | ? |
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 | 25 April 1933 | 23 | ? | Jadran Split |
7 | ? | ||
| Tomislav Franjković | 19 May 1931 | 25 | ? | Mornar Split |
6 | ? | ||
| Vladimir Ivković | 25 July 1929 | 27 | ? | VK Jug Dubrovnik |
2 | 0 | ||
| Zdravko Ježić | 17 August 1931 | 25 | ? | HAVK Mladost |
7 | ? | ||
| Hrvoje Kačić | 12 January 1932 | 24 | ? | VK Jug Dubrovnik |
7 | ? | ||
| GK | Zdravko-Ćiro Kovačić | 6 July 1925 | 31 | ? | Primorj Rijeka |
7 | ? | |
| Lovro Radonjić | 26 November 1925 | 31 | ? | Mornar Split |
6 | ? | ||
| Ivo Štakula | 25 February 1923 | 33 | ? | Mornar Split |
0 | 0 | ||
| Boško Vuksanović | 4 January 1928 | 28 | ? | VK Crvena zvezda |
0 | 0 | ||
| Marijan Žužej | 8 November 1934 | 22 | ? | HAVK Mladost |
7 | ? |
References
- ^ "Water Polo at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Water Polo". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ "Australia Water Polo at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Olympics". Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
- ^ "Great Britain Water Polo at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ "Hungary Water Polo at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ "Italy Water Polo at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ "Romania Water Polo at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ "Singapore Water Polo at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
- ^ "Soviet Union Water Polo at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ "United States Water Polo at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ "United Team of Germany Water Polo at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ "Yugoslavia Water Polo at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
External links
- Olympic Report
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 3 November 2008.
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