The following is the list of squads that took part in the men's water polo tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
CF=Centre forward CB=Centre back D=Defender GK=Goalkeeper
Australia Australia entered a squad of nine players.
Head coach: No.Pos.PlayerDoBAgeCapsClubTournamentgamesTournamentgoals Peter Bennett 11 July 1926 30 ? Melbourne SC ? ? Jake Foster 11 May 1931 25 ? Brighton ? ? Doug Laing 19 March 1931 25 ? Bondi ASC ? ? William McCabe 30 August 1935 21 ? ? ? John O'Brien 8 October 1931 25 ? ? ? Bill Orchard 31 October 1929 27 ? ? ? Ted Peirce 3 July 1933 23 ? Balmain Water Polo Club ? ? Raymond Smee 25 October 1930 26 ? Bondi ASC ? ? Keith Whitehead 9 September 1931 24 ? ? ?
Great Britain Great Britain entered an unknown number of players. They scored 25 goals but all scorers are unknown.
Head coach: No.Pos.PlayerDoBAgeCapsClubTournamentgamesTournamentgoals John Ferguson 4 April 1930 26 ? Motherwell 3 ? GK Arthur Grady 5 August 1922 34 ? Plaistow United 5 0 John Jones 17 April 1925 31 ? Cheltenham 4 ? Robert Knights 22 July 1931 25 ? Polytechnic 1 ? Terence Miller 2 March 1932 24 lots Plaistow United and The Penguins 4 ? Peter Pass 8 March 1933 23 ? Polytechnic 5 ? Clifford Spooner 21 December 1933 22 ? Sutton & Cheam and Newport 3 ? Ron Turner 11 June 1929 27 ? The Penguins 5 ? Gerald Worsell 1 May 1930 26 ? Sutton & Cheam 5 ?
Hungary Hungary entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 26 goals but only twenty scorers are known.
Head coach: Béla Rajki No.Pos.PlayerDoBAgeCapsClubTournamentgamesTournamentgoals Antal Bolvári 6 May 1932 24 ? Budapesti Honvéd Sportegyesület 4 2 GK Ottó Boros 5 August 1929 27 ? Szolnoki Dózsa 4 0 Dezső Gyarmati 23 October 1927 29 ? Budapesti Dózsa 6 3 István Hevesi 2 April 1931 25 ? Budapesti Honvéd Sportegyesület 3 ? GK László Jeney 30 May 1923 33 ? Budapesti Vasas Sport Club 2 0 Tivadar Kanizsa 4 April 1933 23 ? Szolnoki Dózsa 2 ? György Kárpáti 23 June 1935 21 ? Budapesti Kinizsi 6 6 Kálmán Markovits 26 August 1931 25 ? Budapesti Vasas Sport Club 6 3 Mihály Mayer 27 December 1933 22 ? Budapesti Dózsa 4 1 István Szivós 20 August 1920 36 ? Budapesti Vasas Sport Club 1 ? Ervin Zádor 7 June 1935 21 ? Vasas Sport Club Hajógyár SK 4 5 Miklos Martin 29 June 1931 24 ? Budapesti Dózsa 6 5
Italy Italy entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 17 goals but all scorers are unknown.
Head coach: Mario Majoni No.Pos.PlayerDoBAgeCapsClubTournamentgamesTournamentgoals GK Cosimo Antonelli 23 July 1925 31 ? S.S. Lazio Nuoto 1 0 Alfonso Buonocore 11 March 1933 23 ? Circolo Canottieri Napoli 5 ? GK Enzo Cavazzoni 2 March 1932 24 ? Rari Nantes Camogli 5 ? Maurizio D'Achille 1932 ? A.S. Roma Pallanuoto 2 ? Giuseppe D'Altrui 7 April 1934 22 ? Rari Nantes Napoli 5 ? Fritz Dennerlein 14 March 1936 20 ? Circolo Canottieri Napoli 6 ? Luigi Mannelli 21 February 1939 17 ? Circolo Canottieri Napoli 1 ? Angelo Marciani 19 April 1928 28 ? Rari Nantes Camogli 6 ? Rosario Parmegiani 12 March 1937 19 ? Rari Nantes Napoli 0 0 Paolo Pucci 1935 ? S.S. Lazio Nuoto 5 ? Cesare Rubini 2 November 1923 33 ? A.S. Roma Pallanuoto 6 ?
Romania Romania entered a squad of nine players. They scored 26 goals but all scorers are unknown.
Head coach: Balint Adalbert No.Pos.PlayerDoBAgeCapsClubTournamentgamesTournamentgoals Alexandru Bădiţă 2 October 1937 18 ? 3 ? Ivan Bordi 1938 ? 3 ? GK Iosif Deutsch 1932 ? 1 0 Zoltan Hospodar 8 March 1933 23 ? 5 ? GK Alexandru Marinescu 23 October 1932 24 ? 4 0 Gavril Nagy 21 August 1932 24 ? 5 ? Francisc Şimon 8 January 1927 29 ? 5 ? Alexandru Szabo 20 January 1937 19 ? 4 ? Aurel Zahan 8 August 1938 18 ? 5 ?
Singapore The following players represented Singapore.
David Lim Thio Gim Hock Lionel Chee Eric Yeo Gan Eng Teck Wiebe Wolters Tan Eng Bock Skip Wolters Oh Chwee Hock Lim Teck Pan
Soviet Union The Soviet Union entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 21 goals.
Head coach: No.Pos.PlayerDoBAgeCapsClubTournamentgamesTournamentgoals Viktor Ageev 29 April 1936 20 ? 7 2 Pyotr Breus 2 December 1927 28 ? 2 0 GK Boris Goykhman 28 April 1919 37 ? 6 0 Nodar Gvakhariya 16 April 1932 24 ? 3 4 Vyacheslav Kurennoy 10 December 1932 23 ? 7 3 Georgy Lezin ? 0 0 Boris Markarov 12 March 1935 21 ? 4 1 P'et're Mshveniyeradze 24 March 1929 27 ? 7 11 Valentin Prokopov 10 June 1929 27 ? 6 0 GK Mikhail Ryzhak 10 March 1927 28 ? 1 0 Yury Shlyapin 11 February 1932 24 ? 7 0
United States 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) No.Pos.PlayerDoBAgeCapsClubTournamentgamesTournamentgoals Robert Frojen 1 December 1930 25 ? Southern California Water Polo Club 6 ? James Gaughran 5 July 1932 24 ? Southern California Water Polo Club 2 ? Donald Good ? 0 0 GK Kenneth Hahn 5 June 1928 28 ? Illinois Athletic Club 1 ? GK Robert Horn 1 November 1931 27 ? Southern California Water Polo Club 5 ? Robert Hughes 15 December 1930 25 ? University of Southern California 5 ? William Kooistra 26 August 1926 30 ? Illinois Athletic Club 5 1 Sam Kooistra 18 August 1935 21 ? Northwestern University 4 1 William Ross 6 July 1928 28 ? Southern California Water Polo Club 6 1 Ronald Severa 13 August 1936 20 ? Lynwood Swim Club 3 ? Wally Wolf 2 October 1930 26 ? Lynwood Swim Club 5 ?
United Team of Germany Germany entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 16 goals but all scorers are unknown.
Head coach: No.Pos.PlayerDoBAgeCapsClubTournamentgamesTournamentgoals GK Emil Bildstein 17 May 1931 25 ? 5 0 Wilfried Bode 13 December 1929 26 ? Wasserfreunde Hannover 6 ? Hans-Günther Hilker 1932 ? Duisburg 98 3 ? GK Karl Neuse 31 December 1930 25 ? 1 0 Alfred Obschernikat 14 May 1926 30 ? Duisburg 98 6 ? Friedhelm Osselmann 9 April 1934 22 ? Amateur SC Duisburg 5 ? Erich Pennekamp 13 November 1929 27 ? Duisburg 98 1 ? Rudi Pennekamp ? Duisburg 98 0 0 Achim Schneider 31 July 1934 22 ? Duisburg 98 6 ? Hans-Werner Seher 28 April 1929 27 ? 3 ? Willi Sturm 28 January 1928 28 ? 6 ?
Yugoslavia Yugoslavia entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 25 goals but all scorers are unknown.
Head coach: File Bonačić No.Pos.PlayerDoBAgeCapsClubTournamentgamesTournamentgoals Juraj Amšel 1924 ? HAVK Mladost 0 0 Ivo Cipci 25 April 1933 23 ? Jadran Split 7 ? Tomislav Franjković 19 May 1931 25 ? Mornar Split 6 ? Vladimir Ivković 25 July 1929 27 ? VK Jug Dubrovnik 2 0 Zdravko Ježić 17 August 1931 25 ? HAVK Mladost 7 ? Hrvoje Kačić 12 January 1932 24 ? VK Jug Dubrovnik 7 ? GK Zdravko-Ćiro Kovačić 6 July 1925 31 ? Primorj Rijeka 7 ? Lovro Radonjić 26 November 1925 31 ? Mornar Split 6 ? Ivo Štakula 25 February 1923 33 ? Mornar Split 0 0 Boško Vuksanović 4 January 1928 28 ? VK Crvena zvezda 0 0 Marijan Žužej 8 November 1934 22 ? HAVK Mladost 7 ?
References
External links Olympic Report