Ice hockey at the 1952 Winter Olympics – Rosters
The ice hockey team rosters at the 1952 Winter Olympics consisted of the following players:[1]
Canada
George Abel, John Davies, Billie Dawe (captain), Bruce Dickson, Donald Gauf, William Gibson, Ralph Hansch, Bob Meyers, David Miller, Eric Paterson, Thomas Pollock, Allan Purvis, Gordon Robertson, Louis Secco, Francis Sullivan, Bob Watt. Head coach: Louis Holmes
Czechoslovakia
Slavomír Bartoň, Miloslav Blažek, Václav Bubník, Vlastimil Bubník, Miloslav Charouzd, Bronislav Danda, Karel Gut (captain), Vlastimil Hajšman, Jan Lidral, Miroslav Nový, Miloslav Ošmera, Zdeněk Pýcha, Miroslav Rejman, Jan Richter, Oldřich Sedlák, Jiří Sekyra, Jozef Záhorský. Head coach: Jiří Tožička Assistant coach: Josef Herman
Finland
Yrjö Hakala, Aarne Honkavaara (captain), Erkki Hytönen, Pentti Isotalo, Matti Karumaa, Ossi Kauppi, Keijo Kuusela, Kauko Mäkinen, Pekka Myllylä, Christian Rapp, Esko Rekomaa, Matti Rintakoski, Eero Saari, Eero Salisma, Lauri Silván, Unto Wiitala, Jukka Wuolio. Head coach: Risto Lindroos Assistant coach: Joe Wirkkunen
Germany
Karl Bierschel, Markus Egen, Karl Enzler, Georg Guggemos, Alfred Hoffmann, Engelbert Holderied, Walter Kremershof, Ludwig Kuhn, Dieter Niess, Hans Pescher, Fritz Poitsch, Herbert Schibukat (captain), Xaver Unsinn, Heinz Wackers, Karl Wild. Head coach: Joe Aitken
Norway
Jan Erik Adolfsen, Arne Berg, Egil Bjerklund, Per Dahl, Bjørn Gulbrandsen, Bjørn Oscar Gulbrandsen, Finn Gundersen, Arthur Kristiansen, Gunnar Kroge, Johnny Larntvet (captain), Roar Pedersen, Annar Petersen, Ragnar Rygel, Leif Solheim, Øivind Solheim, Roy Strandem, Per Voigt. Head coach: Bud McEachern
Poland
Michał Antuszewicz, Henryk Bromowicz, Kazimierz Chodakowski, Stefan Csorich (captain), Rudolf Czech, Alfred Gansiniec, Jan Hampel, Marian Jeżak, Eugeniusz Lewacki, Roman Penczek, Hilary Skarżyński, Tadeusz Świcarz, Stanisław Szlendak, Zdzisław Trojanowski, Antoni Wróbel, Alfred Wróbel. Head coach: Mieczysław Kasprzycki
Sweden
Göte Almqvist, Hans Andersson-Tvilling, Stig Andersson-Tvilling, Åke Andersson, Lars Björn, Göte Blomqvist, Thord Flodqvist, Erik Johansson (captain), Gösta Johansson, Rune Johansson, Sven Johansson, Åke Lassas, Holger Nurmela, Hans Öberg, Lars Pettersson, Lars Svensson, Sven Thunman. Coaches: Folke "Masen" Jansson, Herman Carlsson
Switzerland
Hans Bänninger, Gian Bazzi, François Blank, Bixio Celio, Reto Delnon, Walter Dürst, Émile Golaz, Emil Handschin, Paul Hofer, Willy Pfister, Gebhard Poltera, Ulrich Poltera (captain), Otto Schläpfer, Otto Schubiger, Alfred Streun, Hans-Martin Trepp, Paul Wyss. Head coach: Bibi Torriani
United States
Rube Bjorkman, Len Ceglarski, Joseph Czarnota, Richard Desmond, Andy Gambucci, Clifford Harrison, Gerald Kilmartin, John Mulhern, John Noah, Arnold Oss, Robert Rompre, James Sedin, Allen Van (captain), Donald Whiston, Ken Yackel. Head coach: Connie Pleban
References
- ^ "Ice Hockey at the 1952 Oslo Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
Sources
- Duplacey, James (1998). Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Total Sports. ISBN 0-8362-7114-9.
- Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Pres.
- Hockey Hall Of Fame page on the 1952 Olympics
- Wallechinsky, David (1988). The Complete Book of the Olympics. Penguin Books. pp. 614. ISBN 0-14-010771-1.
