Association football at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

The following squads were named for the 1956 Summer Olympics tournament.

Australia

Head coach: Richard Telfer No.Pos.PlayerDoBAgeCapsClubTournamentgamesTournamentgoalsMinutesplayedSub offSub onCardsyellow/red 1 GK Billy Henderson November 23, 1929 26 5 Granville 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 2 GK Ron Lord August 25, 1929 27 1 Auburn 2 0 180 0 0 3 FW Col Kitching November 11, 1933 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 4 MF Pete Stone 0 Bankstown 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 5 MF Ted Smith September 24, 1935 21 0 2 0 180 0 0 6 MF George Arthur 1925 31 0 Wallsend FC 2 0 180 0 0 7 FW Bill Harburn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 8 MF Alwyn Warren November 1, 1931 25 1 2 0 180 0 0 9 MF Alastair Rattray February 16, 1925 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 10 FW Alec Beattie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 11 DF Bob Bignall March 14, 1922 34 5 Corrimal 2 0 180 0 0 12 DF John Pettigrew October 31, 1934 21 1 2 0 180 0 0 13 MF Francis Loughran January 31, 1931 25 3 Moreland F.C. 2 1 180 0 0 14 MF Bob Wemyss July 1, 1928 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 15 MF Jack Lennard April 2, 1930 26 3 Cessnock 2 0 180 0 0 16 MF Brian Vogler May 30, 1932 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 17 FW Bruce Morrow May 5, 1936 20 0 Wallsend FC 2 2 180 0 0 18 DF Con Purser August 2, 1931 25 1 North Perth 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 19 FW Graham McMillan January 21, 1936 20 0 2 1 180 0 0 20 MF Cliff Sander November 11, 1931 25 6 2 0 180 0 0

Bulgaria

Head coaches: Stoyan Ormandzhiev & Krum Milev No.Pos.PlayerDoBAgeCapsClubTournamentgamesTournamentgoalsMinutesplayedSub offSub onCardsyellow/red 5 GK Georgi Naydenov December 21, 1931 24 ? CDNA 11 DF Kiril Rakarov May 24, 1932 24 ? CDNA 13 DF Manol Manolov October 22, 1926 30 ? CDNA 18 DF Nikola Kovachev June 4, 1934 22 ? CDNA 20 MF Stefan Bozhkov September 20, 1923 33 ? CDNA 2 MF Gavril Stoyanov July 9, 1929 27 ? CDNA 3 FW Todor Diev September 28, 1934 22 ? Spartak Plovdiv 19 FW Georgi Dimitrov May 1, 1931 25 ? CDNA 6 FW Dimitar Milanov August 25, 1929 27 ? CDNA 7 FW Ivan Kolev November 1, 1930 26 ? CDNA 12 FW Panayot Panayotov December 30, 1930 25 ? CDNA 9 GK Yordan Yosifov August 12, 1932 24 ? Slavia Sofia 1 FW Krum Yanev January 9, 1929 27 ? CDNA 10 DF Milcho Goranov November 6, 1928 28 ? Slavia Sofia 14 DF Iliya Kirchev December 28, 1932 23 ? Spartak Varna

United Team of Germany

Head coach: Sepp Herberger No.Pos.PlayerDoBAgeCapsClubTournamentgamesTournamentgoalsMinutesplayedSub offSub onCardsyellow/red 15 MF Albert Brülls March 26, 1937 19 ? Borussia Mönchengladbach 2 GK Manfred Eglin October 10, 1935 21 ? Karlsruher FV 11 FW Rolf Geiger October 16, 1934 22 ? Stuttgarter Kickers 3 MF Willi Gerdau February 12, 1929 27 ? Heider SV 1 GK Albert Görtz November 18, 1933 23 ? Düsseldorfer SC 99 14 MF Ernst-Günter Habig September 14, 1935 21 ? Rapid Köln 4 DF Hermann Höfer July 17, 1934 22 ? Eintracht Frankfurt 6 DF Karl Hoffmann October 10, 1935 21 ? Fortuna Düsseldorf 7 MF Rudi Hoffmann February 11, 1935 21 ? Viktoria Aschaffenburg 5 DF Günter Jäger December 21, 1935 20 ? Fortuna Düsseldorf 10 FW Matthias Mauritz November 13, 1924 32 ? Fortuna Düsseldorf 13 MF Herbert Schäfer October 16, 1927 29 ? Sportfreunde Siegen 9 FW Max Schwall September 2, 1932 24 ? FV Daxlanden 8 MF Fritz Semmelmann July 24, 1928 18 ? SpVgg Bayreuth 12 FW Johann Zeitler April 30, 1927 29 ? VfB Bayreuth

Great Britain

Great Britain is allowed to be one of the first football teams to order players alphabetically. The same system used by many World Cup squad like Argentina in 1978, 1982 and 1986, Italy in 1966 and 1968 and the Netherlands in 1974.

Head coach: Norman Creek No.Pos.PlayerDoBAgeCapsClubTournamentgamesTournamentgoalsMinutesplayedSub offSub onCardsyellow/red 2 George Bromilow December 4, 1931 24 ? Southport 4 Herbert Dodkins December 20, 1929 26 ? 5 Leslie Thomas Farrer December 22, 1922 33 ? 6 FW Bob Hardisty December 1, 1921 34 ? Bishop Auckland 7 FW John Laybourne May 26, 1927 29 ? 8 FW Derek Lewin May 18, 1930 26 ? Bishop Auckland 9 FW James Lewis June 26, 1927 29 ? Chelsea 2 2 11 Stanley Prince January 24, 1927 29 ? 13 GK Harry Sharratt December 16, 1929 26 ? Bishop Auckland 12 DF Terry Robinson August 11, 1929 27 ? Brentford 14 Donald Stoker December 30, 1922 23 ? Sutton United 15 Lawrence Topp November 11, 1923 33 ? Hendon F.C. 16 MF Charlie Twissell December 16, 1932 23 ? Plymouth Argyle 10 GK Mike Pinner February 16, 1934 22 ? Pegasus 1 DF Dexter Adams April 4, 1925 31 ? Hendon 3 FW James "Jimmy" T. R. Coates October 1929 26 ? Royal Navy FA and Kingstonian F.C.

India

Head coach: S. A. Rahim No.Pos.PlayerDoBAgeCapsClubTournamentgamesTournamentgoalsMinutesplayedSub offSub onCardsyellow/red 12 MF Hussain Ahmed 1932 ? Hyderabad 9 DF Syed Khaja Azizuddin July 12, 1929 27 ? Hyderabad Police 15 FW Tulsidas Balaram November 30, 1936 20 ? Hyderabad 5 FW Pradip Kumar Banerjee October 15, 1936 20 ? Bengal 1 FW Samar Banerjee (captain) 1932 ? Mohun Bagan AC 14 FW Neville D'Souza 1932 ? Bombay 7 FW Muhammad Kannayan 1932 ? Bombay-Nagpur Railway 6 MF Mariappa Kempiah February 10, 1933 23 ? East Bengal Club 2 FW J. Kittu Krishnaswamy 1932 ? East Bengal Club 10 DF Sheikh Abdul Latif May 8, 1934 22 ? HyderabadProvisional 30 for Melbourne, Indian Express, September, 1956, p.10 11 MF Muhammad Noor 1925 ? Hyderabad Police 17 GK S. S. Narayan November 12, 1934 22 ? Caltex Bombay 4 MF Nikhil Nandy 1932 ? Eastern Railway SC 3 FW Kesto Pal 1934 ? Bengal 8 DF Abdul Rahman 1934 ? Rajasthan Club 13 MF Muhammad Salaam 1931 ? Bengal 16 GK Peter Thangaraj December 24, 1935 20 ? Services 18 FW Mohammed Zulfiqaruddin ? Hyderabad Police

Indonesia

Head coach: Antun Pogačnik No.Pos.PlayerDoBAgeCapsClubTournamentgamesTournamentgoalsMinutesplayedSub offSub onCardsyellow/red 18 FW Achad Arifin November 1, 1936 ? PSP Padang 1 90 3 DF Chairuddin Siregar August 7, 1929 ? Persija Jakarta 2 180 15 FW Ashari Danoe October 21, 1932 24 ? PSIS Semarang 1 90 20 FW Jasrin Jusron February 2, 1936 ? PSIS Semarang 1 90 7 DF Kwee Kiat Sek January 11, 1934 22 ? Persib Bandung 2 180 1 GK Maulwi Saelan August 8, 1928 28 ? PSM Makassar 2 180 5 DF Mohamed Rashjid August 15, 1929 ? PSMS Medan 2 180 19 FW Phwa Sian Liong January 26, 1931 34 ? Persebaya Surabaya 1 180 12 FW Andi Ramang April 24, 1928 28 ? PSM Makassar 2 180 9 MF Tan Ling Houw July 26, 1930 26 ? Persija Jakarta 2 180 4 DF Thio Him Tjiang August 28, 1929 27 ? Persija Jakarta 2 180 17 FW Aang Witarsa December 3, 1930 26 ? Persib Bandung 2 180 8 MF Ramlan Yatim September 10, 1922 34 ? PSMS Medan 2 180 2 GK Paidjo ? Persema Malang 0 0 6 DF M. Sidhi ? Persebaya Surabaya 0 0 10 MF Rukma Sudjana August 27, 1935 ? Persib Bandung 0 0 11 MF Kasmuri ? Persip Pekalongan 0 0 13 FW Ramli Yatim July 12, 1921 ? PSMS Medan 0 0 14 FW Djamiat Dalhar November 25, 1927 ? Persija Jakarta 0 0 16 FW Ade Dana March 4, 1931 ? Persib Bandung 0 0

Japan

Head coach: Shigemaru Takenokoshi No.PlayerDate of birthAgeCapsClubTournamentgamesTournamentgoalsMinutesplayedSub offSub onCardsyellow/red 4 GK Yoshio Furukawa July 5, 1934 22 ? Dunlop Japan 7 Ryuzo Hiraki October 7, 1931 25 ? Kwansei Gakuin University 15 Isao Iwabuchi November 17, 1932 24 ? Toyota Motor SC 13 Tadao Kobayashi July 7, 1930 26 ? Tokyo Marine 10 Waichiro Omura January 1, 1933 23 ? Tanabe Pharmaceuticals 9 Michihiro Ozawa December 25, 1932 23 ? Toyo Industries 8 Hiroaki Sato February 5, 1932 24 ? NKK Corporation 11 Yasuo Takamori March 3, 1934 22 ? Rikkyo University 12 Masanori Tokita June 24, 1925 31 ? Tanabe Pharmaceuticals 17 Masao Uchino April 21, 1934 22 ? Chuo University 16 Shigeo Yaegashi March 24, 1933 23 ? Furukawa Electric 3 GK Yukio Shimomura January 25, 1932 24 ? Toyo Industries 2 Isamu Kinoshita ? 5 Takashi Takabayashi August 2, 1931 25 ? Tanabe Pharmaceuticals 6 Kakuichi Mimura August 16, 1931 25 ? Toho Titanium 1 Taizo Kawamoto January 17, 1914 42 ? Kawaso Electric 14 Ken Naganuma September 5, 1930 26 ? Furukawa Electric 18 Akira Kitaguchi March 8, 1935 21 ? Kwansei Gakuin University

Thailand

Head coach: Bunchoo Samutkojon No.Pos.PlayerDoBAgeCapsClubTournamentgamesTournamentgoalsMinutesplayedSub offSub onCardsyellow/red 1 GK Kasem Baikam 1932 (aged 19–20) ? 2 MF Samruay Chaiyonk ? 3 DF Prateep Chermudhai 1923 (aged 28–29) ? 4 FW Sukit Chitranukhroh 1928 (aged 23–24) ? 5 DF Surapong Chutimawong 1933 (aged 18–19) ? 6 MF Nophon Hayachanta 1933 (aged 18–19) ? 7 FW Bumphen Luttimol ? 9 FW Suchart Mutugun ? 8 FW Laevivathana Milinthachinda ? 12 MF Prasan Suvannasith ? 13 MF Wanchai Suvaree 1931 (aged 20–21) ? 11 GK Tu Suwanit ? 10 FW Nit Sriyabhaya ?

United States

Head coach: Jimmy Mills No.Pos.PlayerDoBAgeCapsClubTournamentgamesTournamentgoalsMinutesplayedSub offSub onCardsyellow/red 1 MF John Carden 0 Armed Forces Service Team 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 GK Ronald Coder 1929 0 0 Armed Forces Service Team 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 MF Bill Conterio November 29, 1929 27 0 Chicago Falcons 1 0 90 0 0 0 4 MF Jim Dorrian March 6, 1931 25 0 Danish F.C. 1 0 90 0 0 0 5 GK Svend Engedal June 23, 1928 28 0 Danish-American SC 1 0 90 0 0 0 6 DF Harry Keough November 15, 1927 28 13 St. Louis Kutis S.C. 1 0 90 0 0 0 7 FW William Looby November 11, 1931 25 5 St. Louis Kutis S.C. 1 0 90 0 0 0 8 DF Alfonso Marina 0 Brooklyn Hispano 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 FW Ruben Mendoza June 2, 1931 25 1 St. Louis Kutis S.C. 1 0 90 0 0 0 10 FW Lloyd Monsen May 7, 1931 25 2 New York Hakoah-Americans 1 0 90 0 0 0 11 FW Ed Murphy November 6, 1930 26 1 Chicago Falcons 1 0 90 0 0 0 12 FW Dick Packer 0 Uhrik Truckers 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 DF Zenon Snylyk November 14, 1933 23 0 Chicago Levy 1 0 90 0 0 0 14 DF Herman Wecke March 10, 1927 29 3 St. Louis Kutis S.C. 1 0 90 0 0 0 15 DF Siegbert Wirth 0 Armed Forces Service Team 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 MF Al Zerhusen December 4, 1931 25 0 Kolping SC 1 1 90 0 0 0

Soviet Union

Head coach: Gavril Kachalin No.Pos.PlayerDoBAgeCapsClubTournamentgamesTournamentgoalsMinutesplayedSub offSub onCardsyellow/red 4 DF Anatoli Bashashkin February 23, 1924 32 ? PFC CSKA Moscow 10 MF Iosif Betsa November 6, 1929 27 ? PFC CSKA Moscow 15 FW Anatoli Ilyin June 27, 1931 25 ? FC Spartak Moscow 12 FW Anatoli Isayev July 14, 1932 24 ? FC Spartak Moscow 16 FW Valentin Ivanov November 19, 1934 22 ? FC Torpedo Moscow 6 DF Boris Kuznetsov July 14, 1928 28 ? FC Dynamo Moscow 9 DF Anatoli Maslyonkin June 29, 1930 26 ? FC Spartak Moscow 8 MF Igor Netto January 9, 1930 26 ? FC Spartak Moscow 5 DF Mikhail Ogonkov July 24, 1932 24 ? FC Spartak Moscow 7 MF Aleksei Paramonov February 21, 1925 21 ? FC Spartak Moscow 2 GK Boris Razinsky July 12, 1933 23 ? PFC CSKA Moscow 18 FW Vladimir Ryzhkin December 29, 1930 25 ? FC Dynamo Moscow 14 FW Sergei Salnikov September 13, 1925 31 ? FC Spartak Moscow 13 FW Nikita Simonyan October 12, 1926 30 ? FC Spartak Moscow 17 FW Eduard Streltsov July 21, 1937 19 ? FC Torpedo Moscow 11 FW Boris Tatushin March 31, 1933 23 ? FC Spartak Moscow 3 DF Nikolai Tishchenko December 10, 1926 29 ? FC Spartak Moscow 1 GK Lev Yashin October 22, 1929 27 ? FC Dynamo Moscow 20 DF Anatoli Porkhunov July 28, 1928 28 ? FC CSKA Moscow 19 FW Yuri Belyaev April 2, 1934 22 ? FC CSKA Moscow

Yugoslavia

Head coach: Milovan Ćirić