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

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:

Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals
Peter Bennett	11 July 1926	30	?	Melbourne 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.^[3]

Head coach:

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.^[4]

Head coach: Béla Rajki

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.^[5]

Head coach: Mario Majoni

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.^[6]

Head coach: Balint Adalbert

Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	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:

Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	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)

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.^[10]

Head coach:

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.^[11]

Head coach: File Bonačić

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 Archived 12 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine
Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 3 November 2008.

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