Water polo at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

Each country was allowed to enter a team of 11 players and they all were eligible for participation.

CF=Centre Forward
CB=Centre Back
D=Defender
GK=Goalkeeper

Argentina

Argentina had only a squad of eight players entered.

Head coach:

Pos.	Player	DoB	Caps	Tournament games
	Mario Bistoletti		?	2
GK	Ricardo Bustamante		?	2
	Carlos Castro		?	2
	Jorge Moreau	1908	?	2
	Luciano Rovere		?	2
	S. Stipanicic		?	2
	Francisco Uranga		?	2
	César Vásquez		?	2

Belgium

Head coach:

Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Tournament games	Tournament goals
	René Bauwens	March 11, 1894	34	?	2	2
	F. Bettens			?	0	0
	Gérard Blitz	August 1, 1901	27	?	2	0
GK	Jules Brandeleer			?	2	0
	Pierre Coppieters	June 24, 1907	21	?	2	6
	Henri De Pauw	February 26, 1911	17	?	1	3
	Joseph Malissart			?	1	1
	André Mélardy			?	1	1
	J. J. Tensen			?	0	0
	Louis Van Gheem			?	2	1
	Fernand Visser			?	1	0

Czechoslovakia

Head coach:

Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Tournament games	Tournament goals
GK	Josef Bušek	August 28, 1901	26	?	1	0
	Kurt Epstein	January 21, 1904	22	?	1	0
	František Getreuer			?	1	0
	Hugo Klempfner			?	0	0
	J. Kroc			?	0	0
	A. Novotny			?	0	0
	Michal Schmuck	January 9, 1909	19	?	1	0
	František Schulz			?	1	1
	Pavol Steiner	March 29, 1908	20	?	1	0
	Ladislav Švehla			?	1	0
	Josef Tomášek			?	0	0

France

France had only a squad of nine players entered.

Head coach:

Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals
	Émile Bulteel	August 3, 1906	22	?	EN Tourcoing	5	0
	Henri Cuvelier			?	EN Tourcoing	6	2
GK	Paul Dujardin	May 10, 1894	34	?	EN Tourcoing	6	0
	Jules Keignaert	June 15, 1907	21	?	EN Tourcoing	3	0
	Henri Padou	May 15, 1898	30	?	EN Tourcoing	6	3
	Ernest Roget			?	EN Tourcoing	1	0
	Albert Thévenon	September 16, 1901	26	?	Libellule	4	0
	Achille Tribouillet			?	EN Tourcoing	6	1
	Albert Vandeplancke	1912		?	EN Tourcoing	5	0

Germany

Head coach: Moritz Nußbaum

Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals
	Heinrich Atmer			?	Wasserfreunde 98 Hannover	0	0
	Max Amann	January 19, 1905	23	?	Hellas Magdeburg	3	3
	Karl Bähre	April 14, 1899	29	?	Wasserfreunde 98 Hannover	3	8
	Emil Benecke	October 4, 1898	29	?	Hellas Magdeburg	3	3
GK	Johann Blank	April 17, 1904	24	?	Bayern 07 Nürnberg	1	0
	Otto Cordes	August 31, 1905	22	?	Hellas Magdeburg	3	1
	Fritz Gunst	September 22, 1908	19	?	Wasserfreunde 98 Hannover	3	1
	Otto Kühne			?	Wasserfreunde 98 Hannover	0	0
	Karl-Heinz Protze			?	Hellas Magdeburg	0	0
GK	Erich Rademacher	June 9, 1901	26	?	Hellas Magdeburg	2	0
	Joachim Rademacher	June 20, 1906	21	?	Hellas Magdeburg	3	2

Great Britain

Great Britain had only a squad of ten players entered.

Head coach:

Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals
GK	Leslie Ablett	6 March 1904	24	?		3	0
	Nicholas Beaman	1897		?		4	3
	Jack Budd	1899		?		4	3
	W. G. Freeguard			?		0	0
	Jack Hatfield	15 August 1893	34	?		2	1
	Richard Hodgson	24 December 1892	35	?		2	0
	Edward Peter	28 March 1902	26	?		4	1
	William Quick			?		1	0
	Paul Radmilovic	5 March 1886	42	?	Weston-super-Mare Water Polo Club	4	4
	Edward Temme	16 September 1904	23	?	Plaistow Swimming Club	4	0

Hungary

Head coach:

Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals
GK	István Barta	August 13, 1895	32	?	III. Kerületi Vivó Egylet	4	0
	György Bródy	July 21, 1908	20	?		0	0
	Oszkar Csorba			?		0	0
	László Czele			?		0	0
	Olivér Halassy	July 31, 1909	19	?	Újpesti Torna Egylet	4	3
	Márton Homonnai	February 5, 1906	22	?	Magyar Testgyakorlók Köre	4	2
	Sándor Ivády	May 1, 1903	25	?	Magyar Atlétikai Club	4	0
	Alajos Keserű	March 8, 1905	23	?	Ferencvárosi Torna Club	4	10
	Ferenc Keserű	August 27, 1903	24	?	Magyar Testgyakorlók Köre	4	4
	József Vértesy	February 19, 1901	27	?	Ferencvárosi Torna Club	4	7
	János Wenk	April 24, 1894	32	?		0	0

Ireland

Ireland had only a squad of nine players entered.

Head coach:

Pos.	Player	DoB	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals
	James Brady		?		0	0
	Thomas Dockrell		?	Dublin Swimming Club	1	0
	H. G. Ellerker		?		0	0
	Charles Fagan	1899	?		1	0
	Norman Judd		?	Dublin Swimming Club	1	0
	Patrick McClure		?		1	1
GK	Stanley Moore		?		1	0
	John O'Connor		?	Dublin Swimming Club	1	0
	Michael O'Connor		?	Dublin Swimming Club	1	0

Luxembourg

Head coach:

Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Tournament games	Tournament goals
	G. Arnoldy			?	0	0
GK	Georges Bauer			?	1	0
	L. Hengen			?	0	0
	Victor Klees	December 4, 1887	40	?	1	0
	J. P. Konsbrück			?	0	0
	Eugène Kuborn	November 14, 1902	25	?	1	0
	Charles Mersch	January 17, 1908	20	?	1	0
	Jules Staudt			?	1	1
	Norbert Staudt			?	1	0
	V. Thom			?	0	0
	Félix Unden			?	1	0

Malta

Malta had only a squad of nine players entered.

Head coach:

Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals
	Harry Bonavia	January 4, 1908	20	?	Sliema United	1	1
	Carmelo Busietta			?	Sliema United	2	0
	Victor Busietta			?	Sliema United	2	0
	Louis Darmanin	November 19, 1908	19	?	Sliema United	2	0
	Edward Magri			?	Sliema United	1	1
GK	Francisco Nappa			?	Valletta United	2	0
	Victor Pace	May 3, 1907	21	?	Sliema United	1	0
	Turu Rizzo	March 13, 1894	34	?	Sliema United	1	0
	Robert Vella	January 15, 1905	23	?	Sliema United	2	1

Netherlands

Head coach:

Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals
	Koos Köhler	November 25, 1905	22	?	De Robben Hilversum	2	6
	Sjaak Köhler	October 2, 1902	25	?	Haagse Zwem- en Polo Club	2	1
	F. J. A. Kuyper			?		0	0
	Cornelis Leenheer	June 5, 1906	22	?	't IJ Amsterdam	2	4
	H. Minnes			?		0	0
GK	Abraham van Olst	September 24, 1897	30	?	't IJ Amsterdam	2	0
	G. B. Rijke			?		0	0
	Jan Scholte	January 5, 1910	18	?	HZC De Robben	2	1
	Han van Senus	October 10, 1900	27	?	't IJ Amsterdam	2	1
	Pieter van Senus	December 8, 1903	34	?	Amsterdamsche Zwemclub 1870	0	0
	Jean van Silfhout	February 4, 1902	26	?		2	1

Spain

Spain had only a squad of eight players entered.

Head coach:

Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games
	Jaime Cruells	1906		?		1
	Luis Gibernau			?		0
GK	Gonzalo Jiménez	June 30, 1902	26	?		1
	Rafael Jiménez			?		1
	Manuel Majo			?		1
	José María Puig	1903		?		1
	Angel Sabata	March 28, 1911	17	?	Club Natació Barcelona	1
	Mariano Trigo	August 31, 1900	27	?		1

Switzerland

Switzerland had only a squad of ten players entered.

Head coach:

Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals
	Armand Boppart			?		0	0
	Eric Brochon			?		1	0
	Robert Hürlimann			?		1	0
	Ernest Hüttenmoser			?		1	1
	Robert Mermoud	September 25, 1908	19	?		1	0
	Fernand Moret	1905		?		1	0
	E. Ruchti			?		0	0
GK	Othmar Schmalz			?		1	0
	E. Tschümperly			?		0	0
	Robert Wyss	January 17, 1901	27	?	Old Boys Basel	1	0

United States

Head coach:

Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals
	John Cattus			?		0	0
GK	Harry Daniels	June 24, 1900	28	?	Chicago Athletic Association	2	0
	Joseph Farley			?		0	0
	Richard Grennberg	June 13, 1902	26	?	Chicago Athletic Association	1	0
	Sam Greller	May 18, 1907	21	?	Illinois Athletic Club	2	0
	George Mitchell	April 23, 1901	27	?	Olympic Club San Francisco	2	0
	Wally O'Connor	April 25, 1905	22	?	Los Angeles Athletic Club	1	1
	Paul Samson	June 12, 1905	23	?	Illinois Athletic Club	1	0
	George Schroth	December 31, 1899	28	?	Olympic Club San Francisco	2	0
	Herbert Topp	April 20, 1900	28	?	Chicago Athletic Association	2	0
	Johnny Weissmuller	June 2, 1904	24	?	Illinois Athletic Club	1	0

References

Olympic Report
Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 30 September 2008.
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