Ice hockey at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Rosters

The ice hockey team rosters at the 1956 Winter Olympics consisted of the following players:

Austria

Adolf Hafner, Wolfgang Jöchl, Hermann Knoll, Kurt Kurz, Hans Mössmer, Robert Nusser, Franz Potucek, Alfred Püls, Hans Scarsini, Wilhelm Schmid, Max Singewald, Fritz Spielmann, Gerhard Springer, Konrad Staudinger, Hans Wagner, Walter Znenahlik, Hans Zollner

Canada

Denis Brodeur, Charles Brooker, Bill Colvin, Buddy Horne, Art Hurst, Byrle Klinck, Paul Knox, Ken Laufman, Howie Lee, James Logan, Floyd Martin, Jack McKenzie, Donald Rope, George Scholes, Gerry Théberge, Bob White, Keith Woodall

Czechoslovakia

Stanislav Bacílek, Slavomír Bartoň, Václav Bubník, Vlastimil Bubník, Jaromír Bünter, Otto Cimrman, Bronislav Danda, Karel Gut, Ján Jendek, Jan Kasper, Miroslav Klůc, Zdeněk Návrat, Václav Pantůček, Bohumil Prošek, František Vaněk, Jan Vodička, Vladimír Zábrodský

Germany

Paul Ambros, Martin Beck, Anton Biersack, Karl Bierschel, Markus Egen, Arthur Endress, Bruno Guttowski, Alfred Hoffmann, Hans Huber, Ulli Jansen, Günther Jochems, Reiner Kossmann, Rudolf Pittrich, Hans Rampf, Kurt Sepp, Ernst Trautwein, Martin Zach

Italy

Giancarlo Agazzi, Reno Alberton, Mario Bedogni, Vittorio Bolla, Giampiero Branduardi, Ernesto Crotti, Gianfranco Darin, Aldo Federici, Giuliano Ferraris, Giovanni Furlani, Francesco Macchietto, Aldo Maniacco, Carlo Montemurro, Giulio Oberhammer, Bernardo Tomei, Carmine Tucci

Poland

Henryk Bromowicz, Kazimierz Bryniarski, Mieczysław Chmura, Kazimierz Chodakowski, Rudolf Czech, Bronisław Gosztyła, Marian Herda, Szymon Janiczko, Edward Kocząb, Józef Kurek, Zdzisław Nowak, Stanisław Olczyk, Władysław Pabisz, Hilary Skarżyński, Adolf Wróbel, Alfred Wróbel, Janusz Zawadzki

Soviet Union

Yevgeni Babich, Vsevolod Bobrov, Alexei Guryshev, Nikolai Khlystov, Yuri Krylov, Alfred Kuchevsky, Valentin Kuzin, Grigory Mkrtychan, Viktor Nikiforov, Yuri Pantyukhov, Nikolai Puchkov, Viktor Shuvalov, Genrikh Sidorenkov, Nikolai Sologubov, Ivan Tregubov, Dmitry Ukolov, Alexander Uvarov

Sweden

Hans Andersson-Tvilling, Stig Andersson-Tvilling, Lars Björn, Sigurd Bröms, Stig Carlsson, Yngve Casslind, Sven Johansson, Vilgot Larsson, Åke Lassas, Lars-Eric Lundvall, Ove Malmberg, Nils Nisson, Holger Nurmela, Hans Öberg, Ronald Pettersson, Lars Svensson, Bertz Zetterberg

Switzerland

Bernhard Bagnoud, Franz Berry, Christian Conrad, Rätus Frei, Émile Golaz, Emil Handschin, Paul Hofer, Ruedi Keller, Walter Keller, Fritz Naef, Hans Ott, Hans Pappa, Kurt Peter, Georg Riesch, Martin Riesen, Otto Schläpfer, Sepp Weingärtner

United States

Wendell Anderson, Wellington Burtnett, Eugene Campbell, Gordon Christian, Bill Cleary, Richard Dougherty, Willard Ikola, John Matchefts, John Mayasich, Dick Meredith, Daniel McKinnon, Weldon Olson, John Petroske, Kenneth Purpur, Richard Rodenheiser, Ed Sampson

References

• Duplacey, James (1998). Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Total Sports. ISBN 0-8362-7114-9.
• Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Pres.
• Hockey Hall Of Fame page on the 1956 Olympics
• Wallechinsky, David (1988). The Complete Book of the Olympics. Penguin Books. p. 614. ISBN 0-14-010771-1.