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

Australia

Australia entered a squad of nine players.^[1]

Head coach:

Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals
Peter Bennett	July 11, 1926	30	?	Dolfish	?	?
Jake Foster	May 11, 1931	25	?	Brighton	?	?
Doug Laing	March 19, 1931	25	?	Bondi ASC	?	?
William McCabe	August 30, 1935	21	?		?	?
John O'Brien	October 8, 1931	25	?		?	?
Bill Orchard	October 31, 1929	27	?		?	?
Ted Pierce	July 3, 1933	23	?	Balmain Water Polo Club	?	?
Raymond Smee	October 25, 1930	26	?	Bondi ASC	?	?
Keith Whitehead	September 9, 1931	24	?		?	?

Germany entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 16 goals but all scorers are unknown.

Head coach:

Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals
GK	Emil Bildstein	May 17, 1931	25	?		5	0
	Wilfried Bode	December 13, 1929	26	?	Wasserfreunde Hannover	6	?
	Hans-Günther Hilker	1932		?	Duisburg 98	3	?
GK	Karl Neuse	December 31, 1930	25	?		1	0
	Alfred Obschernikat	May 14, 1926	30	?	Duisburg 98	6	?
	Friedhelm Osselmann	April 9, 1934	22	?	Amateur SC Duisburg	5	?
	Erich Pennekamp	November 13, 1929	27	?	Duisburg 98	1	?
	Rudi Pennekamp			?	Duisburg 98	0	0
	Achim Schneider	July 31, 1934	22	?	Duisburg 98	6	?
	Hans Werner Seher	April 28, 1929	27	?		3	?
	Willi Sturm	January 28, 1928	28	?		6	?

Great Britain entered an unknown number of players. They scored 25 goals but all scorers are unknown.

Head coach:

Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals
	John Ferguson	April 4, 1930	26	?		3	?
GK	Arthur Grady	August 5, 1922	34	?		5	0
	John Jones	April 17, 1925	31	?		4	?
	Robert Knights	July 22, 1931	25	?		1	?
	Terence Miller	March 2, 1932	24	lots		4	?
	Peter Pass	March 8, 1933	23	?		5	?
	Clifford Spooner	December 21, 1933	22	?		3	?
	Ron Turner	June 11, 1929	27	?	The Penguins	5	?
	Gerald Worsell	May 1, 1930	26	?		5	?

Hungary entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 26 goals but only twenty scorers are known.

Head coach: Béla Rajki

Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals
	Antal Bolvári	May 6, 1932	24	?	Budapesti Honvéd Sportegyesület	4	2
GK	Ottó Boros	August 5, 1929	27	?	Szolnoki Dózsa	4	0
	Dezső Gyarmati	October 23, 1927	29	?	Budapesti Dózsa	6	3
	István Hevesi	April 2, 1931	25	?	Budapesti Honvéd Sportegyesület	3	?
GK	László Jeney	May 30, 1923	33	?	Budapesti Vasas Sport Club	2	0
	Tivadar Kanizsa	April 4, 1933	23	?	Szolnoki Dózsa	2	?
	György Kárpáti	June 23, 1935	21	?	Budapesti Kinizsi	6	6
	Kálmán Markovits	August 26, 1931	25	?	Budapesti Vasas Sport Club	6	3
	Mihály Mayer	December 27, 1933	22	?	Budapesti Dózsa	4	1
	István Szivós	August 20, 1920	36	?	Budapesti Vasas Sport Club	1	?
	Ervin Zádor	June 7, 1935	21	?	Vasas Sport Club Hajógyár SK	4	5
	Miklos Martin	June 29, 1931	24	?	Budapesti Dózsa	6	5

Italy entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 17 goals but all scorers are unknown.

Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals
GK	Cosimo Antonelli	July 23, 1925	31	?	S.S. Lazio Nuoto	1	0
	Alfonso Buonocore	March 11, 1933	23	?	Circolo Canottieri Napoli	5	?
GK	Enzo Cavazzoni	March 2, 1932	24	?	Rari Nantes Camogli	5	?
	Maurizio D'Achille	1932		?	A.S. Roma Pallanuoto	2	?
	Giuseppe D'Altrui	April 7, 1934	22	?	Rari Nantes Napoli	5	?
	Fritz Dennerlein	March 14, 1936	20	?	Circolo Canottieri Napoli	6	?
	Luigi Mannelli	February 21, 1939	17	?	Circolo Canottieri Napoli	1	?
	Angelo Marciani	April 19, 1928	28	?	Rari Nantes Camogli	6	?
	Rosario Parmegiani	March 12, 1937	19	?	Rari Nantes Napoli	0	0
	Paolo Pucci	1935		?	S.S. Lazio Nuoto	5	?
	Cesare Rubini	November 2, 1923	33	?	A.S. Roma Pallanuoto	6	?

Romania entered a squad of nine players. They scored 26 goals but all scorers are unknown.

Head coach: Balint Adalbert

Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Tournament games	Tournament goals
	Alexandru Bădiţă	October 2, 1937	18	?	3	?
	Ivan Bordi	1938		?	3	?
GK	Iosif Deutsch	1932		?	1	0
	Zoltan Hospodar	March 8, 1933	23	?	5	?
GK	Alexandru Marinescu	October 23, 1932	24	?	4	0
	Gavril Nagy	August 21, 1932	24	?	5	?
	Francisc Şimon	January 8, 1927	29	?	5	?
	Alexandru Szabo	January 20, 1937	19	?	4	?
	Aurel Zahan	August 8, 1938	18	?	5	?

The Soviet Union entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 21 goals.

Head coach:

Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Tournament games	Tournament goals
	Viktor Ageev	April 29, 1936	20	?	7	2
	Pyotr Breus	December 2, 1927	28	?	2	0
GK	Boris Goykhman	April 28, 1919	37	?	6	0
	Nodar Gvakhariya	April 16, 1932	24	?	3	4
	Vyacheslav Kurennoy	December 10, 1932	23	?	7	3
	Georgy Lezin			?	0	0
	Boris Markarov	March 12, 1935	21	?	4	1
	P'et're Mshveniyeradze	March 24, 1929	27	?	7	11
	Valentin Prokopov	June 10, 1929	27	?	6	0
GK	Mikhail Ryzhak	March 10, 1927	28	?	1	0
	Yury Shlyapin	February 11, 1932	24	?	7	0

The United States entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 15 goals but only three scorers are known.

Head coach: Neill Kohlhase (coach), Sam Greller (manager)

Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals
	Robert Frojen	December 1, 1930	25	?	Southern California Water Polo Club	6	?
	James Gaughran	July 5, 1932	24	?	Southern California Water Polo Club	2	?
	Donald Good			?		0	0
GK	Kenneth Hahn	June 5, 1928	28	?	Illinois Athletic Club	1	?
GK	Robert Horn	November 1, 1931	27	?	Southern California Water Polo Club	5	?
	Robert Hughes	December 15, 1930	25	?	University of Southern California	5	?
	William Kooistra	August 26, 1926	30	?	Illinois Athletic Club	5	1
	Sam Kooistra	August 18, 1935	21	?	Northwestern University	4	1
	William Ross	July 6, 1928	28	?	Southern California Water Polo Club	6	1
	Ronald Severa	August 13, 1936	20	?	Lynwood Swim Club	3	?
	Wally Wolf	October 2, 1930	26	?	Lynwood Swim Club	5	?

Yugoslavia entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 25 goals but all scorers are unknown.

Head coach: File Bonačić

Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals
	Juraj Amšel	1924		?	HAVK Mladost	0	0
	Ivo Cipci	April 25, 1933	23	?	Jadran Split	7	?
	Tomislav Franjković	May 19, 1931	25	?	Mornar Split	6	?
	Vladimir Ivković	July 25, 1929	27	?	VK Jug Dubrovnik	2	0
	Zdravko Ježić	August 17, 1931	25	?	HAVK Mladost	7	?
	Hrvoje Kačić	January 12, 1932	24	?	VK Jug Dubrovnik	7	?
GK	Zdravko-Ćiro Kovačić	July 6, 1925	31	?	Primorj Rijeka	7	?
	Lovro Radonjić	November 26, 1925	31	?	Mornar Split	6	?
	Ivo Štakula	February 25, 1923	33	?	Mornar Split	0	0
	Boško Vuksanović	January 4, 1928	28	?	VK Crvena zvezda	0	0
	Marijan Žužej	November 8, 1934	22	?	HAVK Mladost	7	?

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