The following is the list of squads that took part in the men's water polo tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
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: No.Pos.PlayerDoBAgeCapsClubTournamentgamesTournamentgoals 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 Australia entered a squad of ten players. They scored two goals but all scorers are unknown.
Head coach: No.Pos.PlayerDoBAgeCapsClubTournamentgamesTournamentgoals 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 Austria entered a squad of eleven players. They scored fourteen goals but all scorers are unknown.
Head coach: No.Pos.PlayerDoBAgeCapsClubTournamentgamesTournamentgoals 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 Belgium entered an unknown number of players ten of them are known. They scored 27 goals but only two scorers are known.
Head coach: No.Pos.PlayerDoBAgeCapsClubTournamentgamesTournamentgoals 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 The following players represented Brazil.
Claudino Castro Márvio dos Santos Lucio Figueirêdo João Havelange Douglas Lima Henrique Melmann Edson Peri Sérgio Rodrígues Leo Rossi Samuel Schemberg Daniel Sili
Egypt The following players represented Egypt.
Ahmed Fouad Nessim Jack Hakim Samir Gharbo Taha El-Gamal Omar Sabry Abdel Aziz Khalifa Abdel Aziz El-Shafei Dorri Abdel Kader Galal El-Din Abdel Meguid Abou El-Kheir Salah El-Din El-Sahrawi
Germany The following players represented Germany.
Günter Heine Paul Uellendahl Erich Sauermann Wilfried Bode Willi Sturm Heinz Zander Ferdinand Panke Emil Bildstein Philipp Dotzer
Great Britain The following players represented Great Britain.
Ian Johnson Charles Brand Jack Jones Gerry Worsell Ron Turner Terry Miller Jack Fergusson David Murray Stan Hawkins
Hungary Hungary entered a squad of 13 players. They scored 53 goals.
Head coach: No.Pos.PlayerDoBAgeCapsClubTournamentgamesTournamentgoals 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 The following players represented India.
Birendra Basak David Sopher Kedar Shah Isaac Mansoor Sambhu Saha Sachin Nag Khamlillal Shah Bijoy Barman Jehangir Naegamwalla Ran Chandnani
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 No.Pos.PlayerDoBAgeCapsClubTournamentgamesTournamentgoals 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 The following players represented Mexico.
Juan Trejo Arturo Coste Manuel Castro José Olguín Otilio Olguín Modesto Martínez
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 No.Pos.PlayerDoBAgeCapsClubTournamentgamesTournamentgoals 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 Portugal entered a squad of ten players. They scored two goals but both are unknown.
Head coach: No.Pos.PlayerDoBAgeCapsClubTournamentgamesTournamentgoals 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 The following players represented Romania.
Zoltan Norman Atila Kelemen Adalbert Iordache Gavrila Törok Zoltan Hospodar Octavian Iosim Francisc Şimon Arcadie Sarcadi
South Africa The following players represented South Africa.
William Aucamp Ron Meredith Gerald Goddard Douglas Melville Johnnie van Gent Des Cohen Solly Yach Dennis Pappas
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 No.Pos.PlayerDoBAgeCapsClubTournamentgamesTournamentgoals 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 The following players represented Spain.
Leandro Ribera Abad Ricardo Conde Josep Bazán Roberto Queralt Antonio Subirana Agustín Mestres Juan Abellán Francisco Castillo
Sweden The following players represented Sweden.
Rune Källqvist Erik Holm Roland Spångberg Stig Johansson Arne Jutner Hans Hellbrand Åke Julin Bo Larsson
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) No.Pos.PlayerDoBAgeCapsClubTournamentgamesTournamentgoals 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 Yugoslavia entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 44 goals but only four scorers are known.
Head coach: No.Pos.PlayerDoBAgeCapsClubTournamentgamesTournamentgoals 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
External links Olympic Report