Association football at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads
List of footballers
The following squads were named for the 1956 Summer Olympics tournament.[1]
Australia
Head coach: Richard Telfer
No.
|
Pos.
|
Player
|
DoB
|
Age
|
Caps
|
Club
|
Tournament games
|
Tournament goals
|
Minutes played
|
Sub off
|
Sub on
|
Cards yellow/red
|
1 |
GK |
Billy Henderson |
November 23, 1929 |
26 |
5 |
Granville |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0/0
|
2 |
GK |
Ron Lord |
August 25, 1929 |
27 |
1 |
Auburn |
2 |
0 |
180 |
0 |
0 |
|
3 |
FW |
Col Kitching |
November 11, 1933 |
22 |
2 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0/0
|
4 |
MF |
Pete Stone |
|
|
0 |
Bankstown |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0/0
|
5 |
MF |
Ted Smith |
September 24, 1935 |
21 |
0 |
|
2 |
0 |
180 |
0 |
0 |
|
6 |
MF |
George Arthur |
1925 |
31 |
0 |
Wallsend FC |
2 |
0 |
180 |
0 |
0 |
|
7 |
FW |
Bill Harburn |
|
|
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0/0
|
8 |
Midfielder (football) MF |
Alwyn Warren |
November 1, 1931 |
25 |
1 |
|
2 |
0 |
180 |
0 |
0 |
|
9 |
MF |
Alastair Rattray |
February 16, 1925 |
31 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0/0
|
10 |
FW |
Alec Beattie |
|
|
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0/0
|
11 |
DF |
Bob Bignall |
March 14, 1922 |
34 |
5 |
Corrimal |
2 |
0 |
180 |
0 |
0 |
|
12 |
DF |
John Pettigrew |
October 31, 1934 |
21 |
1 |
|
2 |
0 |
180 |
0 |
0 |
|
13 |
MF |
Francis Loughran |
January 31, 1931 |
25 |
3 |
Moreland F.C. |
2 |
1 |
180 |
0 |
0 |
|
14 |
MF |
Bob Wemyss |
July 1, 1928 |
28 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0/0
|
15 |
MF |
Jack Lennard |
April 2, 1930 |
26 |
3 |
Cessnock |
2 |
0 |
180 |
0 |
0 |
|
16 |
MF |
Brian Vogler |
May 30, 1932 |
24 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0/0
|
17 |
FW |
Bruce Morrow |
May 5, 1936 |
20 |
0 |
Wallsend FC |
2 |
2 |
180 |
0 |
0 |
|
18 |
DF |
Con Purser |
August 2, 1931 |
25 |
1 |
North Perth |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0/0
|
19 |
FW |
Graham McMillan |
January 21, 1936 |
20 |
0 |
|
2 |
1 |
180 |
0 |
0 |
|
20 |
MF |
Cliff Sander |
November 11, 1931 |
25 |
6 |
|
2 |
0 |
180 |
0 |
0 |
|
Bulgaria
Head coaches: Stoyan Ormandzhiev & Krum Milev
No.
|
Pos.
|
Player
|
DoB
|
Age
|
Caps
|
Club
|
Tournament games
|
Tournament goals
|
Minutes played
|
Sub off
|
Sub on
|
Cards yellow/red
|
5 |
GK |
Georgi Naydenov |
December 21, 1931 |
24 |
? |
CDNA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
11 |
DF |
Kiril Rakarov |
May 24, 1932 |
24 |
? |
CDNA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
13 |
DF |
Manol Manolov |
October 22, 1926 |
30 |
? |
CDNA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
18 |
DF |
Nikola Kovachev |
June 4, 1934 |
22 |
? |
CDNA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
20 |
MF |
Stefan Bozhkov |
September 20, 1923 |
33 |
? |
CDNA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
MF |
Gavril Stoyanov |
July 9, 1929 |
27 |
? |
CDNA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
FW |
Todor Diev |
September 28, 1934 |
22 |
? |
Spartak Plovdiv |
|
|
|
|
|
|
19 |
FW |
Georgi Dimitrov |
May 1, 1931 |
25 |
? |
CDNA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
6 |
FW |
Dimitar Milanov |
August 25, 1929 |
27 |
? |
CDNA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
7 |
FW |
Ivan Kolev |
November 1, 1930 |
26 |
? |
CDNA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
12 |
FW |
Panayot Panayotov |
December 30, 1930 |
25 |
? |
CDNA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
9 |
GK |
Yordan Yosifov |
August 12, 1932 |
24 |
? |
Slavia Sofia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
FW |
Krum Yanev |
January 9, 1929 |
27 |
? |
CDNA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 |
DF |
Milcho Goranov |
November 6, 1928 |
28 |
? |
Slavia Sofia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
14 |
DF |
Iliya Kirchev |
December 28, 1932 |
23 |
? |
Spartak Varna |
|
|
|
|
|
|
United Team of Germany
Head coach: Sepp Herberger
No.
|
Pos.
|
Player
|
DoB
|
Age
|
Caps
|
Club
|
Tournament games
|
Tournament goals
|
Minutes played
|
Sub off
|
Sub on
|
Cards yellow/red
|
15 |
MF |
Albert Brülls |
March 26, 1937 |
19 |
? |
Borussia Mönchengladbach |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
GK |
Manfred Eglin |
October 10, 1935 |
21 |
? |
Karlsruher FV |
|
|
|
|
|
|
11 |
FW |
Rolf Geiger |
October 16, 1934 |
22 |
? |
Stuttgarter Kickers |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
MF |
Willi Gerdau |
February 12, 1929 |
27 |
? |
Heider SV |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
GK |
Albert Görtz |
November 18, 1933 |
23 |
? |
Düsseldorfer SC 99 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
14 |
MF |
Ernst-Günter Habig |
September 14, 1935 |
21 |
? |
Rapid Köln |
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
DF |
Hermann Höfer |
July 17, 1934 |
22 |
? |
Eintracht Frankfurt |
|
|
|
|
|
|
6 |
DF |
Karl Hoffmann |
October 10, 1935 |
21 |
? |
Fortuna Düsseldorf |
|
|
|
|
|
|
7 |
MF |
Rudi Hoffmann |
February 11, 1935 |
21 |
? |
Viktoria Aschaffenburg |
|
|
|
|
|
|
5 |
DF |
Günter Jäger |
December 21, 1935 |
20 |
? |
Fortuna Düsseldorf |
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 |
FW |
Matthias Mauritz |
November 13, 1924 |
32 |
? |
Fortuna Düsseldorf |
|
|
|
|
|
|
13 |
MF |
Herbert Schäfer |
October 16, 1927 |
29 |
? |
Sportfreunde Siegen |
|
|
|
|
|
|
9 |
FW |
Max Schwall |
September 2, 1932 |
24 |
? |
FV Daxlanden |
|
|
|
|
|
|
8 |
MF |
Fritz Semmelmann |
July 24, 1928 |
18 |
? |
SpVgg Bayreuth |
|
|
|
|
|
|
12 |
FW |
Johann Zeitler |
April 30, 1927 |
29 |
? |
VfB Bayreuth |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Great Britain
Head coach: Norman Creek
No.
|
Pos.
|
Player
|
DoB
|
Age
|
Caps
|
Club
|
Tournament games
|
Tournament goals
|
Minutes played
|
Sub off
|
Sub on
|
Cards yellow/red
|
2 |
|
George Bromilow |
December 4, 1931 |
24 |
? |
Southport |
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
|
Herbert Dodkins |
December 20, 1929 |
26 |
? |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5 |
|
Leslie Thomas Farrer |
December 22, 1922 |
33 |
? |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6 |
FW |
Bob Hardisty |
December 1, 1921 |
34 |
? |
Bishop Auckland |
|
|
|
|
|
|
7 |
FW |
John Laybourne |
May 26, 1927 |
29 |
? |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8 |
FW |
Derek Lewin |
May 18, 1930 |
26 |
? |
Bishop Auckland |
|
|
|
|
|
|
9 |
FW |
James Lewis |
June 26, 1927 |
29 |
? |
Chelsea |
2 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
11 |
|
Stanley Prince |
January 24, 1927 |
29 |
? |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13 |
GK |
Harry Sharratt |
December 16, 1929 |
26 |
? |
Bishop Auckland |
|
|
|
|
|
|
12 |
DF |
Terry Robinson |
August 11, 1929 |
27 |
? |
Brentford
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14 |
|
Donald Stoker |
December 30, 1922 |
23 |
? |
Sutton United |
|
|
|
|
|
|
15 |
|
Lawrence Topp |
November 11, 1923 |
33 |
? |
Hendon F.C.[2] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
16 |
MF |
Charlie Twissell |
December 16, 1932 |
23 |
? |
Plymouth Argyle |
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 |
GK |
Mike Pinner |
February 16, 1934 |
22 |
? |
Pegasus |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
DF |
Dexter Adams |
April 4, 1925 |
31 |
? |
Hendon |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
FW |
James "Jimmy" T. R. Coates |
October 1929 |
26 |
? |
Royal Navy FA and Kingstonian F.C. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
India
Head coach: S. A. Rahim
Indonesia
Head coach: Antun Pogačnik
Japan
Head coach: Shigemaru Takenokoshi
No.
|
|
Player
|
Date of Birth
|
Age
|
Caps
|
Club
|
Tournament games
|
Tournament goals
|
Minutes played
|
Sub off
|
Sub on
|
Cards yellow/red
|
4 |
GK |
Yoshio Furukawa |
July 5, 1934 |
22 |
? |
Dunlop Japan |
|
|
|
|
|
|
7 |
|
Ryuzo Hiraki |
October 7, 1931 |
25 |
? |
Kwansei Gakuin University |
|
|
|
|
|
|
15 |
|
Isao Iwabuchi |
November 17, 1932 |
24 |
? |
Toyota Motor SC |
|
|
|
|
|
|
13 |
|
Tadao Kobayashi |
July 7, 1930 |
26 |
? |
Tokyo Marine |
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 |
|
Waichiro Omura |
January 1, 1933 |
23 |
? |
Tanabe Pharmaceuticals |
|
|
|
|
|
|
9 |
|
Michihiro Ozawa |
December 25, 1932 |
23 |
? |
Toyo Industries |
|
|
|
|
|
|
8 |
|
Hiroaki Sato |
February 5, 1932 |
24 |
? |
NKK Corporation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
11 |
|
Yasuo Takamori |
March 3, 1934 |
22 |
? |
Rikkyo University |
|
|
|
|
|
|
12 |
|
Masanori Tokita |
June 24, 1925 |
31 |
? |
Tanabe Pharmaceuticals |
|
|
|
|
|
|
17 |
|
Masao Uchino |
April 21, 1934 |
22 |
? |
Chuo University |
|
|
|
|
|
|
16 |
|
Shigeo Yaegashi |
March 24, 1933 |
23 |
? |
Furukawa Electric |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
GK |
Yukio Shimomura |
January 25, 1932 |
24 |
? |
Toyo Industries |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
Isamu Kinoshita |
|
|
? |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5 |
|
Takashi Takabayashi |
August 2, 1931 |
25 |
? |
Tanabe Pharmaceuticals |
|
|
|
|
|
|
6 |
|
Kakuichi Mimura |
August 16, 1931 |
25 |
? |
Toho Titanium |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
Taizo Kawamoto |
January 17, 1914 |
42 |
? |
Kawaso Electric |
|
|
|
|
|
|
14 |
|
Ken Naganuma |
September 5, 1930 |
26 |
? |
Furukawa Electric |
|
|
|
|
|
|
18 |
|
Akira Kitaguchi |
March 8, 1935 |
21 |
? |
Kwansei Gakuin University |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Thailand
Head coach: Bunchoo Samutkojon
United States
Head coach: Jimmy Mills
No.
|
Pos.
|
Player
|
DoB
|
Age
|
Caps
|
Club
|
Tournament games
|
Tournament goals
|
Minutes played
|
Sub off
|
Sub on
|
Cards yellow/red
|
1 |
MF |
John Carden |
|
|
0 |
Armed Forces Service Team |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0
|
2 |
GK |
Ronald Coder |
1929 |
0 |
0 |
Armed Forces Service Team |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0
|
3 |
MF |
Bill Conterio |
November 29, 1929 |
27 |
0 |
Chicago Falcons |
1 |
0 |
90 |
0 |
0 |
0
|
4 |
MF |
Jim Dorrian |
March 6, 1931 |
25 |
0 |
Danish F.C. |
1 |
0 |
90 |
0 |
0 |
0
|
5 |
GK |
Svend Engedal |
June 23, 1928 |
28 |
0 |
Danish-American SC |
1 |
0 |
90 |
0 |
0 |
0
|
6 |
DF |
Harry Keough |
November 15, 1927 |
28 |
13 |
St. Louis Kutis S.C. |
1 |
0 |
90 |
0 |
0 |
0
|
7 |
FW |
William Looby |
November 11, 1931 |
25 |
5 |
St. Louis Kutis S.C. |
1 |
0 |
90 |
0 |
0 |
0
|
8 |
DF |
Alfonso Marina |
|
|
0 |
Brooklyn Hispano |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0
|
9 |
FW |
Ruben Mendoza |
June 2, 1931 |
25 |
1 |
St. Louis Kutis S.C. |
1 |
0 |
90 |
0 |
0 |
0
|
10 |
FW |
Lloyd Monsen |
May 7, 1931 |
25 |
2 |
New York Hakoah-Americans |
1 |
0 |
90 |
0 |
0 |
0
|
11 |
FW |
Ed Murphy |
November 6, 1930 |
26 |
1 |
Chicago Falcons |
1 |
0 |
90 |
0 |
0 |
0
|
12 |
FW |
Dick Packer |
|
|
0 |
Uhrik Truckers |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0
|
13 |
DF |
Zenon Snylyk |
November 14, 1933 |
23 |
0 |
Chicago Levy |
1 |
0 |
90 |
0 |
0 |
0
|
14 |
DF |
Herman Wecke |
March 10, 1927 |
29 |
3 |
St. Louis Kutis S.C. |
1 |
0 |
90 |
0 |
0 |
0
|
15 |
DF |
Siegbert Wirth |
|
|
0 |
Armed Forces Service Team |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0
|
16 |
MF |
Al Zerhusen |
December 4, 1931 |
25 |
0 |
Kolping SC |
1 |
1 |
90 |
0 |
0 |
0
|
Soviet Union
Head coach: Gavril Kachalin
No.
|
Pos.
|
Player
|
DoB
|
Age
|
Caps
|
Club
|
Tournament games
|
Tournament goals
|
Minutes played
|
Sub off
|
Sub on
|
Cards yellow/red
|
4 |
DF |
Anatoli Bashashkin |
February 23, 1924 |
32 |
? |
PFC CSKA Moscow |
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 |
MF |
Iosif Betsa |
November 6, 1929 |
27 |
? |
PFC CSKA Moscow |
|
|
|
|
|
|
15 |
FW |
Anatoli Ilyin |
June 27, 1931 |
25 |
? |
FC Spartak Moscow |
|
|
|
|
|
|
12 |
FW |
Anatoli Isayev |
July 14, 1932 |
24 |
? |
FC Spartak Moscow |
|
|
|
|
|
|
16 |
FW |
Valentin Ivanov |
November 19, 1934 |
22 |
? |
FC Torpedo Moscow |
|
|
|
|
|
|
6 |
DF |
Boris Kuznetsov |
July 14, 1928 |
28 |
? |
FC Dynamo Moscow |
|
|
|
|
|
|
9 |
DF |
Anatoli Maslyonkin |
June 29, 1930 |
26 |
? |
FC Spartak Moscow |
|
|
|
|
|
|
8 |
MF |
Igor Netto |
January 9, 1930 |
26 |
? |
FC Spartak Moscow |
|
|
|
|
|
|
5 |
DF |
Mikhail Ogonkov |
July 24, 1932 |
24 |
? |
FC Spartak Moscow |
|
|
|
|
|
|
7 |
MF |
Aleksei Paramonov |
February 21, 1925 |
21 |
? |
FC Spartak Moscow |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
GK |
Boris Razinsky |
July 12, 1933 |
23 |
? |
PFC CSKA Moscow |
|
|
|
|
|
|
18 |
FW |
Vladimir Ryzhkin |
December 29, 1930 |
25 |
? |
FC Dynamo Moscow |
|
|
|
|
|
|
14 |
FW |
Sergei Salnikov |
September 13, 1925 |
31 |
? |
FC Spartak Moscow |
|
|
|
|
|
|
13 |
FW |
Nikita Simonyan |
October 12, 1926 |
30 |
? |
FC Spartak Moscow |
|
|
|
|
|
|
17 |
FW |
Eduard Streltsov |
July 21, 1937 |
19 |
? |
FC Torpedo Moscow |
|
|
|
|
|
|
11 |
FW |
Boris Tatushin |
March 31, 1933 |
23 |
? |
FC Spartak Moscow |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
DF |
Nikolai Tishchenko |
December 10, 1926 |
29 |
? |
FC Spartak Moscow |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
GK |
Lev Yashin |
October 22, 1929 |
27 |
? |
FC Dynamo Moscow |
|
|
|
|
|
|
20 |
DF |
Anatoli Porkhunov |
July 28, 1928 |
28 |
? |
FC CSKA Moscow |
|
|
|
|
|
|
19 |
FW |
Yuri Belyaev |
April 2, 1934 |
22 |
? |
FC CSKA Moscow |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yugoslavia
Head coach: Milovan Ćirić
No.
|
Pos.
|
Player
|
DoB
|
Age
|
Caps
|
Club
|
Tournament games
|
Tournament goals
|
Minutes played
|
Sub off
|
Sub on
|
Cards yellow/red
|
1 |
GK |
Petar Radenković |
October 1, 1934 |
22 |
? |
BSK Beograd |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
DF |
Mladen Koščak |
October 16, 1936 |
20 |
? |
Dinamo Zagreb |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
DF |
Nikola Radović |
October 20, 1932 |
24 |
? |
Hajduk Split |
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
DF |
Dobrosav Krstić |
February 5, 1934 |
22 |
? |
Vojvodina |
|
|
|
|
|
|
5 |
DF |
Ivan Šantek |
April 23, 1932 |
24 |
? |
NK Zagreb |
|
|
|
|
|
|
6 |
MF |
Kruno Radiljević |
1931 |
|
? |
Velež |
|
|
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7 |
FW |
Luka Lipošinović |
May 12, 1933 |
23 |
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Dinamo Zagreb |
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8 |
FW |
Muhamed Mujić |
April 25, 1932 |
24 |
? |
Velež |
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9 |
FW |
Zlatko Papec |
January 17, 1934 |
22 |
? |
Hajduk Split |
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10 |
FW |
Todor Veselinović |
October 22, 1930 |
26 |
? |
Vojvodina |
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11 |
MF |
Dragoslav Šekularac |
November 30, 1937 |
19 |
? |
Red Star Belgrade |
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12 |
GK |
Blagoja Vidinić |
June 11, 1934 |
22 |
? |
Radnički Beograd |
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13 |
DF |
Ibrahim Biogradlić |
March 8, 1931 |
25 |
? |
Sarajevo |
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14 |
MF |
Vladica Popović |
March 17, 1935 |
21 |
? |
Red Star Belgrade |
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15 |
DF |
Ljubiša Spajić |
March 7, 1926 |
30 |
? |
Red Star Belgrade |
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16 |
FW |
Sava Antić |
March 1, 1930 |
26 |
? |
BSK Beograd |
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17 |
FW |
Joško Vidošević |
January 11, 1935 |
21 |
? |
Hajduk Split |
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