Field hockey at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

Field hockey at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Tournament details
Host country	Great Britain
City	London
Teams	13
Venue(s)	Guinness Ground, Park Royal; Lyons' Ground, Sudbury; Polytechnic Ground, Chiswick; Wembley Stadium
Tournament statistics
Matches played	49
Goals scored	118 (2.41 per match)

Afghanistan

Manager: Shahzada Muhammad Yusuf

Player	DoB	Caps	Tournament games	Tournament goals
Mohammad Attai			3	0
G. Jagi			2	0
Mohammad Khogaini			3	0
Bakhteyar Gulam Mangal	1928		3	1
Ahmed Jahan Nuristani			3	0
Abdul Kadir Nuristani	1925		3	0
Din Mohammad Nuristani	1928		3	0
Jahan Gulam Nuristani	1925		2	0
Mohammad Amin Nuristani	1928		2	0
Mohammad Jahan Nuristani			1	?
Mohammad Kadir Nuristani	1925	?	3	?
Ahmad Tajik		?	1
Khan Nasrullah Totakhail	1925	?	3	?
Ahmad Yusufzai		?	1	?

Argentina

Head coach:

Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals
Roberto Anderson			?		3	1
Luis Bianchi			?		3	0
Juan Brigo			?		3	0
Carlos Mercali			?		3	0
Roberto Márquez			?		3	2
Tommie Quinn	August 19, 1927	20	?	Hurling Club	3	0
Valerio Sánchez			?		1	0
Luis Scally	June 26, 1915	33	?	Hurling Club	3	0
Tommy Scally	June 28, 1927	21	?	Hurling Club	3	2
Tomás Wade			?	Hurling Club	3	0
Jorge Wilson			?		2	0
Ángel Zucchi			?		3	0

Austria

Head coach:

Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Tournament games	Tournament goals
B	Adam Bischof	October 13, 1915	32	?	3	?
FW	Karl Brandl	May 2, 1912	36	?	3	?
	Siegfried Egger			?	0	0
B	Karl Holzapfel	October 20, 1923	24	?	3	?
	Wolfgang Klee			?	0	0
FW	Johann Koller	April 3, 1921	27	?	2	?
FW	Franz Lovato	February 28, 1923	25	?	3	?
FW	Walter Niederle	February 17, 1921	27	?	3	?
FW	Oskar Nowak	March 25, 1913	35	?	3	?
FW	Karl Ördögh	March 10, 1908	40	?	2	?
	Josef Pecanka			?	0	0
GK	Franz Raule	November 20, 1920	27	?	3	?
HB	Friedrich Rückert	July 7, 1920	28	?	3	?
HB	Franz Strachota	October 14, 1918	29	?	2	?
HB	Ernst Schala	July 13, 1916	32	?	3	?

Belgium

Head coach:

Player	DoB	Age	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals
Lucien Boekmans	December 14, 1922	25		2	0
Robert Cayman	March 17, 1919	28		4	0
Henri Delaval	November 1, 1913	34		3	1
José Delaval	March 27, 1921	27		4	0
Jean Dubois	October 4, 1926	21	Royal Leopold Club	4	0
Jean-Jacques Enderle	January 9, 1920	28		4	0
Roger Goossens	December 7, 1926	21	Royal Leopold Club	3	0
Jacques Kielbaey	July 28, 1920	27		4	0
Harold Mechelynck	July 1, 1924	24		4	0
Henri Niemegeerts	February 15, 1922	26		4	1
Joseph Van Muylders	May 5, 1923	25		1	0
Lucien Van Weydeveld	November 25, 1926	21		4	0
André Waterkeyn	August 23, 1917	30		1	0

Denmark

Head coach:

Player	DoB	Age	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals
Preben Blach	December 15, 1920	27	Skovshoved IF, Klampenborg	4	1
Ernest Bohr	March 7, 1924	24	Orient Lyngby Hockey Club	2	0
Otto Busch	January 13, 1983	34	København Hockey Club	1	0
Eigil Hansen	February 3, 1922	26	København Hockey Club	4	0
Robert Hansen	March 23, 1911	37	Kalundborg HK	4	0
Vagn Hovard	September 6, 1998	33	København Hockey Club	1	0
Robert Jensen	February 2, 1916	32	Kalundborg HK	4	0
Egon Johansen	November 9, 1919	28	Kalundborg HK	4	0
Svend Jørgensen	December 24, 1904	43	København Hockey Club	3	0
Vagn Loft	September 24, 1915	32	Orient Lyngby Hockey Club	2	0
Erling Nielsen	May 1, 1922	26	Kalundborg HK	3	0
Poul Moll Nielsen	April 21, 1930	18	Slagelse HK	1	0
Jørgen Boye Nielsen	February 28, 1925	23	Orient Lyngby Hockey Club	4	0
Hjalmar Thomsen	April 30, 1913	35	Skovshoved IF, Klampenborg	2	0
Mogens Venge	March 29, 1912	36	København Hockey Club	3	0
Henrik Sørensen	August 21, 1924	23	Kalundborg HK	2	0

France

Head coach:

Player	DoB	Age	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals
Bernard Boone	September 23, 1919	28		3	0
Jacques Butin	September 20, 1925	22		4	0
Guy Chevalier	December 5, 1910	37	Lille MHC, Lille	2	0
Jean-François Dubessay	April 1, 1921	27		3	0
Claude Hauet	March 25, 1925	23		4	0
Jean Hauet	March 25, 1925	23		4	0
Michel Lacroix	November 10, 1921	26		4	0
Robert Lucas	October 5, 1922	25		1	0
Diran Manoukian	March 22, 1919	29	Stade Français Hockey	4	0
André Meyer	October 5, 1919	28		3	0
Philippe Reynaud	February 3, 1922	26		4	0
Jean Rouget	November 7, 1916	31		1	1
Jacques Thieffry	May 10, 1924	24		4	0
Pierre Vandame	June 17, 1913	35		3	1

Great Britain

Head coach:

Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals
GK	Dave Brodie	29 May 1910	38	Babcock and Wilcox Hockey Club	5	0
HB	George Sime	28 February 1915	33	Stepps Hockey Club	5	0
LB	William Lindsay	3 March 1916	32	Corinthian Hockey Club	5	0
HB	Michael Walford	27 November 1915	32	Sherborne Hockey Club	5	0
HB	Frank Reynolds	21 August 1917	30	Army Hockey Association	5	1
	Robin Lindsay	11 January 1914	34	Teddington Hockey Club	5	0
	John Peake	26 August 1924	23	Combined Services	5	1
	Neil White	2 May 1920	28	University of Cambridge	4	3
	Bob Adlard	15 November 1915	32	Cheltenham Hockey Club	5	5
IL	Norman Borrett	1 October 1917	30	Taunton Vale Hockey Club	5	10
	William Griffiths	26 June 1922	26	Newport Athletic Hockey Club	5	1
	Ronald Davies	28 December 1914	33	Cardiff Hockey Club	1	0
	Edgar Hitchman	27 May 1915	33	Cardiff Hockey Club	0	0
OL	W O Greene			School of Military Engineering (Ripon)	0	0
	David Brynmor Thomas	29 April 1912	36	Cardiff Hockey Club	0	0
LB	Peter Whitbread	28 March 1917	31	Old Kingstonian Hockey Club	0	0
	A H Young			Whitecraigs Hockey Club	0	0

India

Head coach: NN Mukherjee

Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals
HB	Kishan Lal	February 2, 1917	31	Indian Railways	5	2
GK	Ranganathan Francis	March 15, 1920	28		2	0
GK	Leo Pinto	April 11, 1914	34	Tata Sports Club	3	0
	Walter D’Souza	December 16, 1920	27	Lusitanian Hockey Team	1	0
RB	Trilochan Singh	February 12, 1923	25	Brothers Club	5	2
	Akhtar Hussain	August 23, 1926	21		1	0
B	K. D. Singh 'Babu'	February 22, 1922	26		5	4
FB	Randhir Singh Gentle	September 22, 1922	25		3	0
HB	Keshav Dutt	December 29, 1925	22		5	0
	Amir Kumar	August 10, 1923	24		4	0
	Maxie Vaz	1923	25		4	0
CF	Balbir Singh Sr.	December 31, 1923	23	Punjab Police	4	8
	Patrick Jansen	December 14, 1920	27		5	7
	Latif-ur Rehman	January 1, 1929	19		1	0
	Lawrie Fernandes	1929	19		4	0
	Gerry Glackan	1923	25		1	1
	Reginald Rodrigues	May 29, 1922	26		1	1
	Grahanandan Singh	February 18, 1926	22	Services (Indian Navy)	2	0
CH	Jaswant Singh Rajput	1926	22	Bhowanipore	1	0
HB	Leslie Claudius	March 25, 1927	21	Bengal Nagpur Railway	1	0

Netherlands

Head coach:

Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals
FW	André Boerstra	December 11, 1924	23	HHIJC	7	3
	Henk Bouwman	June 30, 1926	33	Bloemendaal	1	0
	Piet Bromberg	March 4, 1917	31	HHIJC	7	7
HB	Harry Derckx	March 19, 1918	30	DHV	7	0
HB	Han Drijver	March 11, 1927	21	TOGO	7	0
	Dick Esser	July 9, 1918	30	TOGO	7	1
	Wim van Heel	September 27, 1922	25	HHIJC	7	0
	Roepie Kruize	January 18, 1925	23	HHIJC	6	6
	Jenne Langhout	September 27, 1918	29	HMHC	7	0
GK	Ton Richter	November 16, 1919	28	Be Fair	7	0
CM	Dick Loggere	May 6, 1921	27	Laren	7	0
	Eddy Tiel	December 29, 1926	21	HHIJC	7	0

Pakistan

Head coach:

Player	DoB	Age	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals
Aziz Malik	April 16, 1916	32	West Punjab Police	7	9
Mukhtar Bhatti	October 1932	16	Brothers Club	3	0
Hamidullah Burki	November 10, 1920	27	Brothers Club	6	0
Ali Dara	April 1, 1915	33	Aryans, Lahore	7	10
Milton D'Mello			BOAC	1	0
Abdul Hamid	January 7, 1927	21	NWFP	3	1
Abdul Ghafoor Khan	1920	26	Aryans, Lahore	4	0
Abdul Qayyum Khan	November 1922	25	Pak Independents	1	0
Aziz-ur Rehman	1923	24	Pak Independents	2	0
Niaz Khan	August 21, 1917	30	Naeem Club	6	0
Khawaja Muhammad Taqi	1918	30	Pak Independents	2	0
Muhammad Khurram	March 1920	27	Aryans, Lahore	1	0
Masood Ahmed Khan	June 1918	28	Brothers Club	6	1
Anwar Baig	November 1924	22	Frontier	6	0
Abdul Razzaq	1921	25	Aryans, Lahore	6	1
Syed Muhammad Salim	September 5, 1909	38	Naeem Club, Lahore	1	0
Shazada Muhammad Shah-Rukh	October 2, 1926	21	Aryans, Lahore	6	0
Mahmood-ul Hassan	August 10, 1924	23	Burma Shell	4	0
Remat Ullah Sheikh	February 1921	27	Septans Club, Rawalpindi	5	0

Spain

Head coach:

Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals
HB	Manuel Agustín	April 12, 1912	36	Barcelona	3	0
FW	Jaime Allende	July 22, 1924	24		3	0
DF	Ricardo Cabot Boix	January 12, 1917	31	Barcelona	1	0
FW	Juan del Campo	February 1, 1923	25		2	0
	Enrique Estébanez	October 23, 1912	35	Atlético Madrid	1	0
	Pedro Farreras	April 4, 1916	32	Real Club de Polo	3	0
	Pedro Gasset	July 22, 1924	24	Atlètic Terrassa	3	2
	Eduardo Jardón	October 3, 1914	33	Club de Campo	1	0
	Fernando Jardón	August 16, 1916	31	Club de Campo	3	0
	Francisco Jardón	March 29, 1911	37	Club de Campo	3	0
	Luis Pratsmasó	March 30, 1916	32	Junior	2	1
	Manuel Royes				2	0
	Rafael Ruiz	December 10, 1916	31		3	0
	Enrique Sáinz	August 19, 1917	30	Club de Campo	3	0

Switzerland

Head coach:

Player	DoB	Age	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals
Armand Schlée			Black Boys HC, Geneva	1	0
Emil Grub			Red Sox Hockey Club, Zürich	1	0
Edouard Siegrist			Black Boys HC, Geneva	3	0
Fritz Kehrer			Red Sox Hockey Club, Zürich	3	0
Fridolin Kurmann	December 12, 1912	35	Red Sox Hockey Club, Zürich	3	0
Fritz Stühlinger	January 21, 1924	24	Basler Hockey Club, Basel	2	0
Hugo Walser			HC Olten, Olten	1	0
Jean Gruner	October 10, 1916	31		1	0
Josef Rippstein	August 16, 1916	31	HC Olten, Olten	2	0
Jean-Pierre Roche	April 10, 1924	24	Lausanne HC	2	0
Karl Vogt			HC Olten, Olten	3	0
Manuel Royes			HC Olten, Olten	2	0
Otto Grolimund			HC Olten, Olten	2	1
Pierre Pasche			Black Boys HC, Geneva	2	1
Roland Jenzer			Basler Hockey Club, Basel	2	0
Robert Eger			HC Olten, Olten	3	0

United States

Head coach: Henry Goode as playing manager and Kurt Orban as playing coach

Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals
HB	Donald Buck	September 26, 1916	31	?	Mt. Washington Club	2	0
	David Cauffman	October 29, 1916				0	0
FW	Claus Gerson	November 12, 1917	30	?	New York Tennis and Hockey Club	3	0
FW	Henry Goode	June 7, 1918	30	?		1	0
FW	Frederick Hewitt	September 16, 1916	31	?	Mt. Washington Club	2	1
HB	William Kurtz	December 18, 1917	30	?	Philadelphia Field Hockey Association	2	0
HB	Hendrick Lubbers	December 30, 1926	21	?		3	0
FW	Harry Marcoplos	January 28, 1926	22	?	Baltimore Field Hockey Club	3	0
FW	Kurt Orban	August 6, 1916	31	?	Downtown Athletic Club	3	0
B	John Renwick	May 13, 1921	27	?	Rye Field Hockey Club	3	0
	Phillip Schoettle			?		0	0
HB	Sanders Sims	June 1, 1921	26	?	Philadelphia Hockey and Tennis Club	1	0
GK	John Slade	May 30, 1908	40	?	Westchester Field Hockey Club	2	0
B	Walter Stude	December 3, 1913	34	?	Baltimore Field Hockey Club	3	0
FW/HB/GK	Felix Ucko	January 4, 1919	32	?	New York Field Hockey Club	3	0
FW	William Wilson	October 26, 1917	30	?	Westchester Field Hockey Club	2	0

Felix Ucko played in every match a different position.

Position glossary

GK=Goalkeeper
B=Back
HB=Halfback
FW=Forward
FB=Fullback
CH=Centrehalf
CM=CentreMidfield

References

Olympic Report
Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2008.
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