Water polo at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads
- CF=Centre Forward
- CB=Centre Back
- D=Defender
- GK=Goalkeeper
Argentina
Argentina entered a squad of ten players. They scored six goals but only three scorers are known.
Head coach:
No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Osvaldo Codaro | December 9, 1930 | 21 | ? | 3 | ? | |||
GK | Luis Díez | November 2, 1923 | 28 | ? | 3 | ? | ||
Luis González | ? | 0 | 0 | |||||
Rubén Maidana | ? | 0 | 0 | |||||
Roberto Marino | ? | 0 | 0 | |||||
Luis Normandín | September 19, 1932 | 19 | ? | 3 | ? | |||
Mario Sebastián | May 7, 1926 | 26 | ? | 3 | 3 | |||
Ladislao Szabo | April 11, 1923 | 29 | ? | 3 | ? | |||
Carlos Visentín | November 28, 1918 | 33 | ? | 3 | ? | |||
Marcelo Visentín | May 30, 1914 | 38 | ? | 3 | ? |
Australia
Australia entered a squad of ten players. They scored two goals but all scorers are unknown.
Head coach:
No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Peter Bennett | July 11, 1926 | 26 | ? | Dolfish Swimming Team Paramaribo | 2 | ? | ||
Anthony Fenech | ? | 0 | 0 | |||||
John Foster | May 11, 1931 | 21 | ? | 2 | ? | |||
Malcolm Hastie | February 29, 1929 | 23 | ? | Victoria | 2 | ? | ||
Frank Jordan | August 19, 1932 | 19 | ? | 2 | ? | |||
GK | Doug Laing | March 19, 1931 | 21 | ? | 2 | ? | ||
James O'Doherty | ? | 0 | 0 | |||||
William Orchard | October 31, 1929 | 22 | ? | 2 | ? | |||
Raymond Smee | October 25, 1930 | 21 | ? | 2 | ? | |||
Keith Whitehead | September 9, 1931 | 20 | ? | 0 | 0 |
Austria
Austria entered a squad of eleven players. They scored fourteen goals but all scorers are unknown.
Head coach:
No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Erich Bohuslav | April 28, 1927 | 25 | ? | Schwimm-Union Wien | 5 | ? | ||
Julius Depaoli | March 29, 1923 | 29 | ? | Schwimm-Union Wien | 5 | ? | ||
Ernst Endl | December 25, 1929 | 22 | ? | 3 | ? | |||
Anton Kunz | January 9, 1915 | 37 | ? | 1 | ? | |||
Heinrich Krumpfholz | March 19, 1925 | 27 | ? | Schwimm-Union Wien | 3 | ? | ||
Johann Liebenberger | October 27, 1930 | 21 | ? | 5 | ? | |||
GK | Johann Reichel | July 20, 1922 | 30 | ? | 5 | ? | ||
Peter Steinwender | November 2, 1928 | 23 | ? | Schwimm-Union Wien | 0 | 0 | ||
Rudolf Stiskalik | May 18, 1929 | 23 | ? | Schwimm-Union Wien | 4 | ? | ||
Hellmut Theimer | February 15, 1928 | 22 | ? | 2 | ? | |||
Franz Zigon | March 9, 1924 | 28 | ? | 2 | ? |
Belgium
Belgium entered an unknown number of players ten of them are known. They scored 27 goals but only two scorers are known.
Head coach:
No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GK | Théo-Léo de Smet | November 9, 1917 | 34 | ? | 7 | ? | ||
Marcel Heyninck | March 9, 1931 | 21 | ? | 8 | 1 | |||
André Laurent | February 14, 1931 | 21 | ? | 8 | ? | |||
Georges Leenheere | November 21, 1919 | 32 | ? | 2 | ? | |||
GK | François Maesschalck | October 19, 1921 | 30 | ? | 1 | ? | ||
Alphonse Martin | April 18, 1930 | 22 | ? | 8 | ? | |||
Joseph Reynders | December 16, 1929 | 22 | ? | 1 | ? | |||
Roland Sierens | July 15, 1925 | 27 | ? | 6 | ? | |||
Jozef Smits | March 28, 1930 | 22 | ? | 7 | ? | |||
Johan Van den Steen | January 8, 1929 | 23 | ? | 8 | 1 |
Hungary
Hungary entered a squad of 13 players. They scored 53 goals.
Head coach:
No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GK | Róbert Antal | July 21, 1921 | 31 | ? | Budapesti Bástya | 2 | 0 | |
Antal Bolvári | May 6, 1932 | 20 | ? | Budapesti Honvéd Sportegyesület | 6 | 1 | ||
Dezső Fábián | December 17, 1918 | 33 | ? | Budapesti Kinizsi | 1 | 0 | ||
Dezső Gyarmati | October 23, 1927 | 24 | ? | Budapesti Dózsa | 8 | 7 | ||
István Hasznos | December 8, 1924 | 27 | ? | Szolnoki Dózsa | 2 | 7 | ||
GK | László Jeney | May 30, 1923 | 29 | ? | Budapesti Vasas Sport Club | 6 | 0 | |
György Kárpáti | June 23, 1935 | 17 | ? | Budapesti Kinizsi | 5 | 4 | ||
Dezső Lemhényi | December 9, 1917 | 34 | ? | Budapesti Dózsa | 2 | 5 | ||
Kálmán Markovits | August 26, 1931 | 20 | ? | Budapesti Vasas Sport Club | 6 | 3 | ||
Miklós Martin | June 29, 1931 | 21 | ? | Újpesti Dózsa Sportegyesület | 2 | 5 | ||
Károly Szittya | June 18, 1918 | 34 | ? | Ferencvárosi Torna Club | 3 | 5 | ||
István Szivós | August 20, 1920 | 31 | ? | Budapesti Vasas Sport Club | 6 | 16 | ||
György Vizvári | December 18, 1928 | 23 | ? | Budapesti Dózsa | 7 | 0 |
Italy
Italy entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 43 goals but all scorers are unknown.
Head coach: Giulio De Filippis and Mario Majoni
No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gildo Arena | February 25, 1921 | 31 | ? | Canottieri Napoli | 8 | ? | ||
Lucio Ceccarini | December 13, 1930 | 21 | ? | S.S. Lazio Nuoto | 1 | ? | ||
Renato De Sanzuane | March 5, 1925 | 27 | ? | Rari Nantes Camogli | 7 | ? | ||
GK | Raffaello Gambino | April 28, 1928 | 24 | ? | S.S. Lazio Nuoto | 7 | ? | |
Salvatore Gionta | December 22, 1930 | 21 | ? | S.S. Lazio Nuoto | 2 | ? | ||
Maurizio Mannelli | January 1, 1930 | 22 | ? | Circolo Canottieri Napoli | 8 | ? | ||
Geminio Ognio | December 13, 1917 | 34 | ? | S.S. Lazio Nuoto | 4 | ? | ||
Carlo Peretti | March 5, 1930 | 22 | ? | Rari Nantes Florentia | 5 | ? | ||
Enzo Polito | October 29, 1926 | 25 | ? | Circolo Canottieri Napoli | 6 | ? | ||
Cesare Rubini | November 2, 1923 | 28 | ? | Rari Nantes Camogli | 7 | ? | ||
GK | Renato Traiola | December 19, 1924 | 27 | ? | Circolo Canottieri Napoli | 1 | ? |
Netherlands
The Netherlands entered an unknown number of players only seven of them are known. They scored 43 goals only 38 scorers are unknown.
Head coach: Frans Kuyper
No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gerrit Bijlsma | November 17, 1929 | 22 | ? | 't IJ Amsterdam | 9 | 3 | ||
Cor Braasem | May 15, 1923 | 29 | ? | Neptunus Arnhem | 9 | 5 | ||
Joop Cabout | October 28, 1927 | 24 | ? | HZC De Robben | 9 | 1 | ||
Rudy van Feggelen | April 14, 1924 | 28 | ? | Haagse Zwem- en Polo Club | 9 | 18 | ||
GK | Max van Gelder | October 20, 1924 | 27 | ? | Haagse Zwem- en Polo Club | 9 | ? | |
Nijs Korevaar | December 31, 1927 | 24 | ? | Zwemvereniging De Maas Rotterdam | 9 | 3 | ||
Frits Smol | July 6, 1924 | 28 | ? | Haagse Zwem- en Polo Club | 9 | 8 |
Portugal
Portugal entered a squad of ten players. They scored two goals but both are unknown.
Head coach:
No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Francisco Alves | May 24, 1923 | 29 | ? | Sport Algés e Dafundo | 2 | ? | ||
Eduardo Barbeiro | January 11, 1932 | 20 | ? | Sport Algés e Dafundo | 2 | ? | ||
Óscar Cabral | November 18, 1921 | 30 | ? | Sport Algés e Dafundo | 1 | ? | ||
José Manuel Correia | July 26, 1925 | 26 | ? | Sport Algés e Dafundo | 1 | ? | ||
GK | Máximo Couto | September 14, 1923 | 28 | ? | Sport Algés e Dafundo | 2 | ? | |
João Franco do Vale | July 13, 1930 | 22 | ? | Sport Algés e Dafundo | 2 | ? | ||
Rodrigo Basto Junior | March 29, 1919 | 33 | ? | Sport Algés e Dafundo | 1 | ? | ||
Fernando Madeira | May 12, 1932 | 20 | ? | Sport Algés e Dafundo | 1 | ? | ||
Armando Moutinho | January 4, 1915 | 37 | ? | Sport Algés e Dafundo | 2 | ? |
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union entered a squad of 13 players. They scored 38 goals but only four scorers are known.
Head coach: Vadim Kuznetsov and Ivan Dmitriev
No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vadim Bubok | ? | 0 | 0 | |||||
GK | Boris Goykhman | April 28, 1919 | 33 | ? | TsSK VMF | 9 | ? | |
Lev Kokorin | 1918 | ? | 5 | ? | ||||
Igor Libel | ? | 0 | 0 | |||||
Aleksandr Liferenko | 1930 | ? | 8 | ? | ||||
P'et're Mshveniyeradze | March 24, 1929 | 23 | ? | 9 | 1 | |||
Valentin Prokopov | June 10, 1929 | 23 | ? | 9 | 2 | |||
Nikolay Prostyakov | ? | 0 | 0 | |||||
Yevgeny Semyonov | 1920 | ? | 9 | ? | ||||
Yury Shlyapin | February 11, 1932 | 20 | ? | 5 | ? | |||
Yury Teplov | 1931 | ? | 6 | ? | ||||
Vitaly Ushakov | 1920 | ? | 1 | ? | ||||
Anatoly Yegorov | 1922 | ? | 2 | 1 |
United States
The United States entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 35 goals but only 19 scorers are known.
Head coach: Urho Saari (coach); John Curran (manager)
No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GK | Harry Bisbey | May 10, 1931 | 21 | ? | U.S. Coast Guard | 9 | ? | |
Marvin Burns | July 6, 1928 | 24 | ? | Lynwood Swim Club | 5 | 1 | ||
Norman Dornblaser | November 4, 1933 | 18 | ? | El Segundo Swim Club | 7 | 1 | ||
Robert Hughes | December 15, 1930 | 21 | ? | University of Southern California | 9 | 6 | ||
Edward Jaworski | March 11, 1926 | 26 | ? | New York Athletic Club | 8 | ? | ||
Robert Koehler | ? | 0 | 0 | |||||
William Kooistra | August 26, 1926 | 25 | ? | Illinois Athletic Club | 7 | 7 | ||
Norman Lake | December 8, 1932 | 19 | ? | El Segundo Swim Club | 2 | ? | ||
James Norris | July 7, 1930 | 22 | ? | El Segundo Swim Club | 8 | ? | ||
John Spargo | June 3, 1931 | 21 | ? | U.S. Air Force | 5 | 4 | ||
Peter Stange | February 28, 1931 | 21 | ? | El Segundo Swim Club | 3 | ? |
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 44 goals but only four scorers are known.
Head coach:
No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Juraj Amšel | 1924 | ? | HAVK Mladost | 0 | 0 | |||
Veljko Bakašun | June 14, 1920 | 32 | ? | Jadran Split | 6 | ? | ||
Marko Brainović | July 17, 1920 | 32 | ? | Jadran Split | 3 | ? | ||
Vladimir Ivković | July 25, 1929 | 23 | ? | VK Jug Dubrovnik | 9 | ? | ||
Zdravko Ježić | August 17, 1931 | 20 | ? | HAVK Mladost | 2 | ? | ||
GK | Zdravko-Ćiro Kovačić | July 6, 1925 | 27 | ? | Primorj Rijeka | 9 | ? | |
Ivo Kurtini | June 23, 1922 | 30 | ? | Primorj Rijeka | 9 | 4 | ||
Lovro Radonjić | November 26, 1925 | 26 | ? | Mornar Split | 9 | ? | ||
Dragoslav D. Šiljak | 1933 | 19 | ? | 0 | 0 | |||
Ivo Štakula | February 25, 1923 | 29 | ? | VK Jug Dubrovnik | 9 | ? | ||
Boško Vuksanović | January 4, 1928 | 24 | ? | VK Partizan | 6 | ? |
References
- Olympic Report
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 3 November 2008.
- sports-reference