Water polo at the 1952 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 1952 Summer Olympics.[1]

  • CF=Centre forward
  • CB=Centre back
  • D=Defender
  • GK=Goalkeeper

Argentina

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Argentina entered a squad of ten players. They scored six goals but only three scorers are known.[2]

Head coach:

No. Pos. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games
Tournament
goals
Osvaldo Codaro 9 December 1930 21 ? 3 ?
GK Luis Díez 2 November 1923 28 ? 3 ?
Luis González ? 0 0
Rubén Maidana ? 0 0
Roberto Marino ? 0 0
Luis Normandín 19 September 1932 19 ? 3 ?
Mario Sebastián 7 May 1926 26 ? 3 3
Ladislao Szabo 11 April 1923 29 ? 3 ?
Carlos Visentín 28 November 1918 33 ? 3 ?
Marcelo Visentín 30 May 1914 38 ? 3 ?

Australia

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Australia entered a squad of ten players. They scored two goals but all scorers are unknown.[3]

Head coach:

No. Pos. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games
Tournament
goals
Peter Bennett 11 July 1926 26 ?   Dolfish Swimming Team Paramaribo 2 ?
Anthony Fenech ? 0 0
John Foster 11 May 1931 21 ? 2 ?
Malcolm Hastie 29 February 1929 23 ?   Victoria 2 ?
Frank Jordan 19 August 1932 19 ? 2 ?
GK Doug Laing 19 March 1931 21 ? 2 ?
James O'Doherty ? 0 0
William Orchard 31 October 1929 22 ? 2 ?
Raymond Smee 25 October 1930 21 ? 2 ?
Keith Whitehead 9 September 1931 20 ? 0 0

Austria

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Austria entered a squad of eleven players. They scored fourteen goals but all scorers are unknown.[4]

Head coach:

No. Pos. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games
Tournament
goals
Erich Bohuslav 28 April 1927 25 ?   Schwimm-Union Wien 5 ?
Julius Depaoli 29 March 1923 29 ?   Schwimm-Union Wien 5 ?
Ernst Endl 25 December 1929 22 ? 3 ?
Anton Kunz 9 January 1915 37 ? 1 ?
Heinrich Krumpfholz 19 March 1925 27 ?   Schwimm-Union Wien 3 ?
Johann Liebenberger 27 October 1930 21 ? 5 ?
GK Johann Reichel 20 July 1922 30 ? 5 ?
Peter Steinwender 2 November 1928 23 ?   Schwimm-Union Wien 0 0
Rudolf Styskalik 18 May 1929 23 ?   Schwimm-Union Wien 4 ?
Hellmut Theimer 15 February 1928 22 ? 2 ?
Franz Zigon 9 March 1924 28 ? 2 ?

Belgium

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Belgium entered an unknown number of players ten of them are known. They scored 27 goals but only two scorers are known.[5]

Head coach:

No. Pos. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games
Tournament
goals
GK Théo-Léo de Smet 9 November 1917 34 ? 7 ?
Marcel Heyninck 9 March 1931 21 ? 8 1
André Laurent 14 February 1931 21 ? 8 ?
Georges Leenheere 21 November 1919 32 ? 2 ?
GK François Maesschalck 19 October 1921 30 ? 1 ?
Alphonse Martin 18 April 1930 22 ? 8 ?
Joseph Reynders 16 December 1929 22 ? 1 ?
Roland Sierens 15 July 1925 27 ? 6 ?
Jozef Smits 28 March 1930 22 ? 7 ?
Johan Van Den Steen 8 January 1929 23 ? 8 1

Brazil

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The following players represented Brazil.[6]

Egypt

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The following players represented Egypt.[7]

Germany

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The following players represented Germany.[8]

Great Britain

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The following players represented Great Britain.[9]

Hungary

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Hungary entered a squad of 13 players. They scored 53 goals.[10]

Head coach:

No. Pos. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games
Tournament
goals
GK Róbert Antal 21 July 1921 31 ?   Budapesti Bástya 2 0
Antal Bolvári 6 May 1932 20 ?   Budapesti Honvéd Sportegyesület 6 1
Dezső Fábián 17 December 1918 33 ?   Budapesti Kinizsi 1 0
Dezső Gyarmati 23 October 1927 24 ?   Budapesti Dózsa 8 7
István Hasznos 8 December 1924 27 ?   Szolnoki Dózsa 2 7
GK László Jeney 30 May 1923 29 ?   Budapesti Vasas Sport Club 6 0
György Kárpáti 23 June 1935 17 ?   Budapesti Kinizsi 5 4
Dezső Lemhényi 9 December 1917 34 ?   Budapesti Dózsa 2 5
Kálmán Markovits 26 August 1931 20 ?   Budapesti Vasas Sport Club 6 3
Miklós Martin 29 June 1931 21 ?   Újpesti Dózsa Sportegyesület 2 5
Károly Szittya 18 June 1918 34 ?   Ferencvárosi Torna Club 3 5
István Szivós 20 August 1920 31 ?   Budapesti Vasas Sport Club 6 16
György Vizvári 18 December 1928 23 ?   Budapesti Dózsa 7 0

India

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The following players represented India.[11]

Italy

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Italy entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 43 goals but all scorers are unknown.[12]

Head coach: Giulio De Filippis and Mario Majoni

No. Pos. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games
Tournament
goals
Gildo Arena 25 February 1921 31 ?   Canottieri Napoli 8 ?
Lucio Ceccarini 13 December 1930 21 ?   S.S. Lazio Nuoto 1 ?
Renato De Sanzuane 5 March 1925 27 ?   Rari Nantes Camogli 7 ?
GK Raffaello Gambino 28 April 1928 24 ?   S.S. Lazio Nuoto 7 ?
Salvatore Gionta 22 December 1930 21 ?   S.S. Lazio Nuoto 2 ?
Maurizio Mannelli 1 January 1930 22 ?   Circolo Canottieri Napoli 8 ?
Geminio Ognio 13 December 1917 34 ?   S.S. Lazio Nuoto 4 ?
Carlo Peretti 5 March 1930 22 ?   Rari Nantes Florentia 5 ?
Enzo Polito 29 October 1926 25 ?   Circolo Canottieri Napoli 6 ?
Cesare Rubini 2 November 1923 28 ?   Rari Nantes Camogli 7 ?
GK Renato Traiola 19 December 1924 27 ?   Circolo Canottieri Napoli 1 ?

Mexico

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The following players represented Mexico.[13]

Netherlands

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The Netherlands entered an unknown number of players only seven of them are known. They scored 43 goals only 38 scorers are unknown.[14]

Head coach: Frans Kuyper

No. Pos. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games
Tournament
goals
Gerrit Bijlsma 17 November 1929 22 ?   't IJ Amsterdam 9 3
Cor Braasem 15 May 1923 29 ?   Neptunus Arnhem 9 5
Joop Cabout 28 October 1927 24 ?   HZC De Robben 9 1
Rudy van Feggelen 14 April 1924 28 ?   Haagse Zwem- en Polo Club 9 18
GK Max van Gelder 20 October 1924 27 ?   Haagse Zwem- en Polo Club 9 ?
Nijs Korevaar 31 December 1927 24 ?   Zwemvereniging De Maas Rotterdam 9 3
Frits Smol 6 July 1924 28 ?   Haagse Zwem- en Polo Club 9 8

Portugal

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Portugal entered a squad of ten players. They scored two goals but both are unknown.[15]

Head coach:

No. Pos. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games
Tournament
goals
Francisco Alves 24 May 1923 29 ?   Sport Algés e Dafundo 2 ?
Eduardo Barbeiro 11 January 1932 20 ?   Sport Algés e Dafundo 2 ?
Óscar Cabral 18 November 1921 30 ?   Sport Algés e Dafundo 1 ?
José Manuel Correia 26 July 1925 26 ?   Sport Algés e Dafundo 1 ?
GK Máximo Couto 14 September 1923 28 ?   Sport Algés e Dafundo 2 ?
João Franco do Vale 13 July 1930 22 ?   Sport Algés e Dafundo 2 ?
Rodrigo Basto Junior 29 March 1919 33 ?   Sport Algés e Dafundo 1 ?
Fernando Madeira 12 May 1932 20 ?   Sport Algés e Dafundo 1 ?
Armando Moutinho 4 January 1915 37 ?   Sport Algés e Dafundo 2 ?

Romania

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The following players represented Romania.[16]

South Africa

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The following players represented South Africa.[17]

Soviet Union

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The Soviet Union entered a squad of 13 players. They scored 38 goals but only four scorers are known.[18]

Head coach: Vadim Kuznetsov and Ivan Dmitriev

No. Pos. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games
Tournament
goals
Vadim Bubok 1926 ?   ? Leningrad 0 0
GK Boris Goykhman 28 April 1919 33 ?   VVS MVO Moscow 9 ?
Lev Kokorin 1918 ?   VMS Leningrad 5 ?
GK Igor Libel 1914 ?   VMS Leningrad 0 0
Aleksandr Liferenko 1930 ?   CDSA Moscow 8 ?
P'et're Mshveniyeradze 24 March 1929 23 ?   VVS MVO Moscow 9 1
Valentin Prokopov 10 June 1929 23 ?   CDSA Moscow 9 2
Nikolay Prostyakov ?   VVS MVO Moscow 0 0
Yevgeny Semyonov 1920 ?   VVS MVO Moscow 9 ?
Yury Shlyapin 11 February 1932 20 ?   Dinamo Moscow 5 ?
Yury Teplov 1931 ?   Torpedo Moscow 6 ?
Vitaly Ushakov 1920 ?   Torpedo Moscow 1 ?
Anatoly Yegorov 1922 ?   VVS MVO Moscow 2 1

Spain

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The following players represented Spain.[19]

Sweden

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The following players represented Sweden.[20]

United States

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The United States entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 35 goals but only 19 scorers are known.[21]

Head coach: Urho Saari (coach); John Curran (manager)

No. Pos. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games
Tournament
goals
GK Harry Bisbey 10 May 1931 21 ?   U.S. Coast Guard 9 ?
Marvin Burns 6 July 1928 24 ?   Lynwood Swim Club 5 1
Norman Dornblaser 4 November 1933 18 ?   El Segundo Swim Club 7 1
Robert Hughes 15 December 1930 21 ?   University of Southern California 9 6
Edward Jaworski 11 March 1926 26 ?   New York Athletic Club 8 ?
Robert Koehler ? 0 0
William Kooistra 26 August 1926 25 ?   Illinois Athletic Club 7 7
Norman Lake 8 December 1932 19 ?   El Segundo Swim Club 2 ?
James Norris 7 July 1930 22 ?   El Segundo Swim Club 8 ?
John Spargo 3 June 1931 21 ?   U.S. Air Force 5 4
Peter Stange 28 February 1931 21 ?   El Segundo Swim Club 3 ?

Yugoslavia

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Yugoslavia entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 44 goals but only four scorers are known.[22]

Head coach:

No. Pos. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games
Tournament
goals
Juraj Amšel 1924 ?   HAVK Mladost 0 0
Veljko Bakašun 14 June 1920 32 ?   Jadran Split 6 ?
Marko Brainović 17 July 1920 32 ?   Jadran Split 3 ?
Vladimir Ivković 25 July 1929 23 ?   VK Jug Dubrovnik 9 ?
Zdravko Ježić 17 August 1931 20 ?   HAVK Mladost 2 ?
GK Zdravko-Ćiro Kovačić 6 July 1925 27 ?   Primorj Rijeka 9 ?
Ivo Kurtini 23 June 1922 30 ?   Primorj Rijeka 9 4
Lovro Radonjić 26 November 1925 26 ?   Mornar Split 9 ?
Dragoslav D. Šiljak 1933 19 ? 0 0
Ivo Štakula 25 February 1923 29 ?   VK Jug Dubrovnik 9 ?
Boško Vuksanović 4 January 1928 24 ?   VK Partizan 6 ?

References

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