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:

Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	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:

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:

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:

Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	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:

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

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

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:

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

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)

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:

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	?

India

Sudden

References

Olympic Report
Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 3 November 2008.
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