Water polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

Main article: Water polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics

The following is the list of squads that took part in the men's water polo tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics.[1]

  • CF=Centre forward
  • CB=Centre back
  • D=Defender
  • GK=Goalkeeper

Australia

Australia entered a squad of nine players.[2]

Head coach:

No. Pos. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games 		Tournament
goals
Peter Bennett 11 July 1926 30 ? Australia Melbourne SC ? ?
Jake Foster 11 May 1931 25 ? Australia Brighton ? ?
Doug Laing 19 March 1931 25 ? Australia 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 ? Australia Balmain Water Polo Club ? ?
Raymond Smee 25 October 1930 26 ? Australia 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.[3]

Head coach:

No. Pos. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games 		Tournament
goals
John Ferguson 4 April 1930 26 ? United Kingdom Motherwell 3 ?
GK Arthur Grady 5 August 1922 34 ? United Kingdom Plaistow United 5 0
John Jones 17 April 1925 31 ? United Kingdom Cheltenham 4 ?
Robert Knights 22 July 1931 25 ? United Kingdom Polytechnic 1 ?
Terence Miller 2 March 1932 24 lots United Kingdom Plaistow United and The Penguins 4 ?
Peter Pass 8 March 1933 23 ? United Kingdom Polytechnic 5 ?
Clifford Spooner 21 December 1933 22 ? United Kingdom Sutton & Cheam and Newport 3 ?
Ron Turner 11 June 1929 27 ? United Kingdom The Penguins 5 ?
Gerald Worsell 1 May 1930 26 ? United Kingdom Sutton & Cheam 5 ?

Hungary

Hungary entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 26 goals but only twenty scorers are known.[4]

Head coach: Béla Rajki

No. Pos. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games 		Tournament
goals
Antal Bolvári 6 May 1932 24 ? Hungary Budapesti Honvéd Sportegyesület 4 2
GK Ottó Boros 5 August 1929 27 ? Hungary Szolnoki Dózsa 4 0
Dezső Gyarmati 23 October 1927 29 ? Hungary Budapesti Dózsa 6 3
István Hevesi 2 April 1931 25 ? Hungary Budapesti Honvéd Sportegyesület 3 ?
GK László Jeney 30 May 1923 33 ? Hungary Budapesti Vasas Sport Club 2 0
Tivadar Kanizsa 4 April 1933 23 ? Hungary Szolnoki Dózsa 2 ?
György Kárpáti 23 June 1935 21 ? Hungary Budapesti Kinizsi 6 6
Kálmán Markovits 26 August 1931 25 ? Hungary Budapesti Vasas Sport Club 6 3
Mihály Mayer 27 December 1933 22 ? Hungary Budapesti Dózsa 4 1
István Szivós 20 August 1920 36 ? Hungary Budapesti Vasas Sport Club 1 ?
Ervin Zádor 7 June 1935 21 ? Hungary Vasas Sport Club Hajógyár SK 4 5
Miklos Martin 29 June 1931 24 ? Hungary Budapesti Dózsa 6 5

Italy

Italy entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 17 goals but all scorers are unknown.[5]

Head coach: Mario Majoni

No. Pos. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games 		Tournament
goals
GK Cosimo Antonelli 23 July 1925 31 ? Italy S.S. Lazio Nuoto 1 0
Alfonso Buonocore 11 March 1933 23 ? Italy Circolo Canottieri Napoli 5 ?
GK Enzo Cavazzoni 2 March 1932 24 ? Italy Rari Nantes Camogli 5 ?
Maurizio D'Achille 1932 ? Italy A.S. Roma Pallanuoto 2 ?
Giuseppe D'Altrui 7 April 1934 22 ? Italy Rari Nantes Napoli 5 ?
Fritz Dennerlein 14 March 1936 20 ? Italy Circolo Canottieri Napoli 6 ?
Luigi Mannelli 21 February 1939 17 ? Italy Circolo Canottieri Napoli 1 ?
Angelo Marciani 19 April 1928 28 ? Italy Rari Nantes Camogli 6 ?
Rosario Parmegiani 12 March 1937 19 ? Italy Rari Nantes Napoli 0 0
Paolo Pucci 1935 ? Italy S.S. Lazio Nuoto 5 ?
Cesare Rubini 2 November 1923 33 ? Italy A.S. Roma Pallanuoto 6 ?

Romania

Romania entered a squad of nine players. They scored 26 goals but all scorers are unknown.[6]

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.[7]

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 21 goals.[8]

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.[9]

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 ? United States Southern California Water Polo Club 6 ?
James Gaughran 5 July 1932 24 ? United States Southern California Water Polo Club 2 ?
Donald Good ? 0 0
GK Kenneth Hahn 5 June 1928 28 ? United States Illinois Athletic Club 1 ?
GK Robert Horn 1 November 1931 27 ? United States Southern California Water Polo Club 5 ?
Robert Hughes 15 December 1930 25 ? United States University of Southern California 5 ?
William Kooistra 26 August 1926 30 ? United States Illinois Athletic Club 5 1
Sam Kooistra 18 August 1935 21 ? United States Northwestern University 4 1
William Ross 6 July 1928 28 ? United States Southern California Water Polo Club 6 1
Ronald Severa 13 August 1936 20 ? United States Lynwood Swim Club 3 ?
Wally Wolf 2 October 1930 26 ? United States Lynwood Swim Club 5 ?

United Team of Germany

Germany entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 16 goals but all scorers are unknown.[10]

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 ? Germany Wasserfreunde Hannover 6 ?
Hans-Günther Hilker 1932 ? Germany Duisburg 98 3 ?
GK Karl Neuse 31 December 1930 25 ? 1 0
Alfred Obschernikat 14 May 1926 30 ? Germany Duisburg 98 6 ?
Friedhelm Osselmann 9 April 1934 22 ? Germany Amateur SC Duisburg 5 ?
Erich Pennekamp 13 November 1929 27 ? Germany Duisburg 98 1 ?
Rudi Pennekamp ? Germany Duisburg 98 0 0
Achim Schneider 31 July 1934 22 ? Germany 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.[11]

Head coach: File Bonačić

No. Pos. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games 		Tournament
goals
Juraj Amšel 1924 ? Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia HAVK Mladost 0 0
Ivo Cipci 25 April 1933 23 ? Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jadran Split 7 ?
Tomislav Franjković 19 May 1931 25 ? Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mornar Split 6 ?
Vladimir Ivković 25 July 1929 27 ? Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia VK Jug Dubrovnik 2 0
Zdravko Ježić 17 August 1931 25 ? Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia HAVK Mladost 7 ?
Hrvoje Kačić 12 January 1932 24 ? Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia VK Jug Dubrovnik 7 ?
GK Zdravko-Ćiro Kovačić 6 July 1925 31 ? Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Primorj Rijeka 7 ?
Lovro Radonjić 26 November 1925 31 ? Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mornar Split 6 ?
Ivo Štakula 25 February 1923 33 ? Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mornar Split 0 0
Boško Vuksanović 4 January 1928 28 ? Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia VK Crvena zvezda 0 0
Marijan Žužej 8 November 1934 22 ? Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia HAVK Mladost 7 ?

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