A total of eleven countries participated in men's field hockey at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Participating countries Position code GK = Goalkeeper B = Back HB = Halfback FW = Forward
Afghanistan Afghanistan had a squad of 18 players five of them are unknown. They scored seven goals but only one scorer is known.
Head coach: No.Pos.PlayerDoBAgeCapsClubTournamentgamesTournamentgoals Abouwi Ahmad Shah ? 0 ? B Jammal-ud-Din Affendi June 23, 1908 28 ? 2 ? GK Sayed Ali Atta August 25, 1913 22 ? 2 ? FW Sayed Ali Babaci March 12, 1915 21 ? 2 ? HB Mohammad Asif Shazada March 12, 1919 17 ? 2 ? HB Sayed Mohammad Ayub ? 2 ? FW Mian Faruq Shah June 3, 1907 29 ? 1 ? B Hussain Fazal October 21, 1906 29 ? 2 ? HB Saadat Malook Shazada August 26, 1916 19 ? 2 ? FW/B Zahir Shah Al-Zadah November 18, 1910 25 ? 2 ? FW Shuja ud-Din September 12, 1913 22 ? 2 ? FW Mohammad Sultan December 23, 1918 17 ? 2 1 FW Sardar Abdul Wahid March 12, 1901 35 ? 1 ?
Belgium Belgium had a squad of 22 players six of them are unknown.
Head coach: No.Pos.PlayerDoBAgeCapsClubTournamentgamesTournamentgoals B Lambert Adelot June 14, 1898 38 ? 3 0 FW Henri Delaval November 1, 1913 22 ? 3 2 FW Paul Delheid December 9, 1909 26 ? 3 2 Raymond Distave November 12, 1913 22 ? 0 0 Louis Eloy June 3, 1907 29 ? 0 0 Pierre Geelhand October 21, 1906 29 ? 0 0 Willy Hagenaers May 6, 1914 22 ? 0 0 HB Edmond Leplat February 8, 1911 25 ? 3 0 FW Eugène Moreau de Melen August 6, 1912 23 ? 2 0 FW Édouard Portielje October 15, 1915 20 ? 3 0 HB Jacques Putz October 17, 1911 24 ? 3 0 HB Jacques Rensburg June 8, 1903 33 ? 3 1 GK Emmanuel Van De Merghel November 15, 1909 26 ? 3 0 FW Reggy Van De Putte July 14, 1915 21 ? 3 0 FW Albert Van Den Branden March 23, 1910 26 ? 1 0 B Corneille Wellens July 14, 1905 31 ? 3 0
Denmark Denmark had a squad of 17 players.
Head coach: No.Pos.PlayerDoBAgeCapsClubTournamentgamesTournamentgoals FW Arne Blach July 8, 1900 36 ? Skovshoved Idrætsforening 1 0 FW Otto Busch August 16, 1904 19 ? KH København 2 1 Jørgen Gry May 19, 1915 21 ? Orient København 0 0 B Jørgen Robert Hansen March 23, 1911 25 ? Kalundborg Hockeyklub 2 0 HB Henning Holst October 25, 1891 44 ? Orient København 2 3 HB Vagn Hovard July 28, 1914 22 ? KH København 1 0 FW Johannes Robert Jensen February 2, 1916 20 ? Kalundborg Hockeyklub 2 0 FW Aage Kirkegaard October 14, 1914 21 ? Orient København 2 1 Gunner Larsen ? Kalundborg Hockeyklub 0 0 HB Henry Kristian Larsen May 16, 1914 22 ? Kalundborg Hockeyklub 1 0 FW Vagn Loft September 24, 1915 20 ? Orient København 0 0 FW Carl Malling May 23, 1905 31 ? KH København 1 0 FW Louis Prahm September 15, 1912 23 ? Orient København 2 1 Tage Schultz June 16, 1916 20 ? Orient København 0 0 HB Mogens Thomassen September 24, 1914 21 ? Orient København 2 0 B Mogens Venge March 29, 1912 24 ? KH København 2 0 GK Carl Günther Weiss April 29, 1915 21 ? KH København 2 0
France France had a squad of 22 players four of them are unknown. They scored seven goals but only six scorers are known.
Head coach: No.Pos.PlayerDoBAgeCapsClubTournamentgamesTournamentgoals B Guy Chevalier December 5, 1910 25 ? 4 ? FW Emmanuel Gonat October 1, 1916 19 ? 2 ? FW Joseph Goubert November 25, 1908 27 ? 5 1 HB Claude Gravereaux May 2, 1913 23 ? 3 ? HB Félix Grimonprez June 30, 1910 26 ? Lille Hockey Club 5 ? GK Étienne Guibel August 7, 1905 30 ? 1 ? HB Guy Hénon February 3, 1912 24 ? 2 ? FW Charles Imbault February 19, 1909 27 ? 1 ? B Paul Imbault February 19, 1909 27 ? 4 ? HB Marcel Lachmann December 6, 1908 27 ? 1 ? FW Claude Roques September 16, 1912 23 ? 2 ? FW Jean Rouget November 7, 1916 19 ? 1 1 FW Paul Sartorius September 20, 1912 23 ? 4 ? FW Claude Soulé November 14, 1911 24 ? 5 4 GK Raymond Tixier December 25, 1912 23 ? 4 ? HB François Verger November 29, 1911 24 ? 4 ? B Michel Verkindère February 9, 1911 25 ? 2 ? FW Anatole Vologe May 25, 1909 27 ? 5 ?
Germany Germany had a squad of 22 players.
Head coach: No.Pos.PlayerDoBAgeCapsClubTournamentgamesTournamentgoals B Hermann auf der Heide June 1, 1911 25 ? 1 0 FW Ludwig Beisiegel March 21, 1912 24 ? 1 2 FW Erich Cuntz December 23, 1916 19 ? Turnverein Sachsenhausen 1 2 GK Karl Dröse December 27, 1913 22 ? 3 0 HB Alfred Gerdes October 24, 1916 19 ? 3 0 FW Werner Hamel February 9, 1911 25 ? Berliner Hockey-Club 2 1 FW Harald Huffmann June 3, 1908 28 ? 3 0 HB Erwin Keller April 8, 1905 31 ? Berliner Hockey-Club 3 0 B Herbert Kemmer May 13, 1905 31 ? 3 0 FW Werner Kubitzki April 10, 1915 21 ? 1 0 FW Paul Mehlitz December 24, 1906 29 ? 2 1 HB Karl Menke July 3, 1906 30 ? 1 0 FW Fritz Messner January 18, 1912 24 ? 3 1 B Detlef Okrent October 26, 1909 26 ? 1 0 HB Heinrich Peter June 13, 1910 26 ? Heidelberger Hockey-Club 1 0 HB Heinz Raack May 18, 1917 19 ? 1 0 FW Carl Ruck December 23, 1912 23 ? 1 1 FW Hans Scherbart December 16, 1905 30 ? 3 0 HB Heinz Schmalix July 24, 1910 26 ? Berliner Hockey-Club 3 0 GK Tito Warnholtz February 17, 1906 30 ? 1 0 FW Kurt Weiß March 30, 1906 30 ? Berliner Sport-Club 3 6 B Erich Zander April 11, 1905 31 ? 3 0
Hungary Hungary had a squad of 21 players six of them are unknown.
Head coach: No.Pos.PlayerDoBAgeCapsClubTournamentgamesTournamentgoals B Béla Bácskai April 25, 1912 24 ? Magyar Hockey Club 1 0 FW Zoltán Berkes October 1, 1916 19 ? Magyar Athlétikai Club 1 0 HB Dénes Birkás March 13, 1907 29 ? Budapesti (Budai) Torna Egylet 3 0 GK István Csák February 18, 1915 21 ? Magyar Athlétikai Club 3 0 FW László Cseri June 6, 1912 24 ? Amateur Hockey Club 3 1 FW Béla Háray March 25, 1915 21 ? Budapesti (Budai) Torna Egylet 3 2 HB Gyula Kormos December 27, 1911 24 ? Amateur Hockey Club 2 0 B Gusztáv Lifkai June 11, 1912 24 ? Amateur Hockey Club 3 0 B Róbert Lifkai July 20, 1916 20 ? Amateur Hockey Club 1 0 FW Tamás Márffy March 20, 1907 29 ? Magyar Hockey Club 2 1 FW György Margó May 15, 1912 24 ? Magyar Hockey Club 2 0 HB Ferenc Miklós August 7, 1909 26 ? Magyar Hockey Club 3 0 HB/B Ferenc Szamosi February 15, 1915 21 ? Budapesti (Budai) Torna Egylet 2 0 FW Géza Teleki November 27, 1911 24 ? Magyar Hockey Club 3 0 HB/FW Zoltán Turcsányi November 7, 1914 21 ? Budapesti (Budai) Torna Egylet 1 0
India India had a squad of 22 players three of them are unknown.
Head coach: No.Pos.PlayerDoBAgeCapsClubTournamentgamesTournamentgoals GK Richard Allen June 4, 1902 34 ? Port Commissioners, Calcutta 4 0 FW Dhyan Chand August 29, 1905 30 ? HC United Provinces 5 13 FW Ali Dara April 1, 1915 21 ? 2 4 FW Lionel Emmett January 8, 1913 23 ? HC Bengal 1 0 FW Peter Fernandes September 15, 1916 19 ? HC Sindh 2 0 HB Joseph Galibardy January 10, 1915 21 ? HC Bengal 5 0 HB Earnest Goodsir-Cullen July 15, 1912 24 ? HC Madras 5 4 B Mohammed Hussain October 1, 1911 24 ? Manavdar 4 0 FW Sayed Jaffar 1911 ? HC Punjab 5 3 FW Ahmed Sher Khan November 1, 1912 23 ? HC Bhopal 1 0 HB Ahsan Khan April 7, 1916 20 ? HC Bhopal 1 0 HB Mirza Masood November 23, 1908 27 ? HC Manavdar 1 0 GK Cyril Michie August 20, 1900 35 ? HC Bengal 1 0 HB Baboo Nimal March 15, 1908 28 ? HC Bombay 3 0 B Joseph Phillips March 24, 1911 25 ? HC Bombay 1 0 FW Shabban Shahab-ud-Din November 8, 1909 26 ? HC Manavdar 4 1 B G.S. Garewal May 4, 1911 25 ? HC Punjab 1 0 FW Roop Singh September 8, 1910 25 ? HC United Provinces 5 10 B Carlyle Tapsell July 24, 1909 27 ? HC Bengal 4 3
Richard Carr was part of the original team but when he could not get leave from his employer, Ahmed Sher Khan was selected in his place.Indian hockey tour, Guardian, 7 July 1936 (via newspapers.com)
Japan Japan had a squad of 15 players four of them are unknown.
Head coach: No.Pos.PlayerDoBAgeCapsClubTournamentgamesTournamentgoals GK Shunkichi Hamada October 19, 1910 25 ? 3 ? B Michihiro Ito March 20, 1915 21 ? 3 ? FW Takeo Ito January 5, 1915 21 ? 3 ? FW Makoto Kikuchi 1911 ? 3 ? HB Daiji Kurauchi 1913 ? 3 ? B Toshio Ohtsu January 23, 1912 24 ? 3 ? HB Yoshio Sakai May 2, 1910 26 ? 3 ? HB Osamu Takechi 1914 ? 3 ? FW Noboru Tanaka 1912 ? 3 ? FW Sadao Wakizaka 1916 ? 3 ? FW Takehiko Yanagi March 28, 1916 20 ? 3 ?
Netherlands The Netherlands had a squad of 18 players six of them are unknown.
Head coach: No.Pos.PlayerDoBAgeCapsClubTournamentgamesTournamentgoals FW Ernst van den Berg December 3, 1915 20 ? Hockeyclub Amsterdam 5 6 FW Piet Gunning July 5, 1913 23 ? Hockeyclub Amsterdam 5 1 HB Ru van der Haar October 6, 1913 22 ? Hockeyclub Amsterdam 5 1 FW Inge Heybroek October 12, 1915 20 ? Hockeyclub Amsterdam 4 0 HB Tonny van Lierop September 9, 1910 25 ? Hockeyclub Amsterdam 5 0 HB Henk de Looper December 26, 1912 23 ? Hilversumse Mixed Hockey Club 5 0 GK Jan de Looper May 2, 1914 22 ? Hockeyclub Bloemendaal 5 0 FW Aat de Roos April 15, 1919 17 ? DKS 4 1 FW Hans Schnitger August 5, 1915 20 ? HTCC, Eindhoven 5 4 FW René Sparenberg December 3, 1918 17 ? Hockeyclub Amsterdam 5 0 B Rein de Waal November 24, 1904 31 ? Delftsche Studenten Hockeyclub 5 0 B Max Westerkamp October 8, 1912 23 ? HGC 5 0
Switzerland Switzerland had a squad of 22 players nine of them are unknown. They scored three goals but only two scorers are known.
Head coach: No.Pos.PlayerDoBAgeCapsClubTournamentgamesTournamentgoals FW Roland Annen September 22, 1916 19 ? 3 1 FW René Courvoisier June 9, 1907 29 ? 2 1 HB/FW Adolf Fehr November 25, 1908 27 ? 3 ? FW Konrad Fehr December 9, 1910 25 ? 2 ? HB/FW Louis Gilliéron November 18, 1909 26 ? 3 ? FW Jean Grüner October 10, 1916 19 ? 1 ? B Fridolin Kurmann December 12, 1912 23 ? 3 ? B Charles Légeret August 19, 1909 26 ? 3 ? HB Giancarlo Luzzani May 12, 1912 24 ? 1 ? FW/HB Walther Meier August 28, 1910 25 ? 3 ? HB Walter Scherrer December 3, 1908 27 ? 3 ? FW Roger Toffel October 8, 1909 26 ? 3 ? GK Ernst Tüscher August 3, 1911 25 ? 3 ?
United States The United States had a squad of 15 players.
Head coach: Frank Kavanaugh as coach and Leonard O'Brien as playing manager No.Pos.PlayerDoBAgeCapsClubTournamentgamesTournamentgoals FW William Boddington November 22, 1910 25 ? Westchester Field Hockey Club 3 0 FW Lanphear Buck December 9, 1901 34 ? Westchester Field Hockey Club 1 0 FW Amos Deacon May 28, 1904 32 ? Germantown Cricket Club 2 0 HB Horace Disston January 7, 1906 30 ? Philadelphia Cricket Club 3 1 B Samuel Ewing July 27, 1906 30 ? Merion Cricket Club 2 0 GK Paul Fentress November 13, 1913 22 ? Princeton University 3 0 HB James Gentle July 21, 1904 21 ? Philadelphia Cricket Club 3 0 B/HB Ellwood Godfrey July 17, 1910 26 ? Philadelphia Cricket Club 2 0 Wilson Hobson ? 0 0 FW Lawrence Knapp May 30, 1905 31 ? Westchester Field Hockey Club 1 0 FW David McMullin June 30, 1908 28 ? Philadelphia Cricket Club 3 0 B Leonard O'Brien January 20, 1904 32 ? 3 0 FW Charles Sheaffer December 6, 1904 31 ? Merion Cricket Club 3 1 FW Alexis Thompson May 20, 1914 22 ? Yale University 1 0 HB/FW John Turnbull June 30, 1910 26 ? Mt. Washington Club 3 0
References
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