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Water polo at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

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Water polo
  • CF=Centre Forward
  • CB=Centre Back
  • D=Defender
  • GK=Goalkeeper

Argentina entered a squad of ten players. They scored six goals but only three scorers are known.

Head coach:

No. Pos. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games
Tournament
goals
Osvaldo Codaro December 9, 1930 21 ? 3 ?
GK Luis Díez November 2, 1923 28 ? 3 ?
Luis González ? 0 0
Rubén Maidana ? 0 0
Roberto Marino ? 0 0
Luis Normandín September 19, 1932 19 ? 3 ?
Mario Sebastián May 7, 1926 26 ? 3 3
Ladislao Szabo April 11, 1923 29 ? 3 ?
Carlos Visentín November 28, 1918 33 ? 3 ?
Marcelo Visentín May 30, 1914 38 ? 3 ?

Australia entered a squad of ten players. They scored two goals but all scorers are unknown.

Head coach:

No. Pos. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games
Tournament
goals
Peter Bennett July 11, 1926 26 ? Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands) Dolfish Swimming Team Paramaribo 2 ?
Anthony Fenech ? 0 0
John Foster May 11, 1931 21 ? 2 ?
Malcolm Hastie February 29, 1929 23 ? Australia Victoria 2 ?
Frank Jordan August 19, 1932 19 ? 2 ?
GK Doug Laing March 19, 1931 21 ? 2 ?
James O'Doherty ? 0 0
William Orchard October 31, 1929 22 ? 2 ?
Raymond Smee October 25, 1930 21 ? 2 ?
Keith Whitehead September 9, 1931 20 ? 0 0

Austria entered a squad of eleven players. They scored fourteen goals but all scorers are unknown.

Head coach:

No. Pos. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games
Tournament
goals
Erich Bohuslav April 28, 1927 25 ? Austria Schwimm-Union Wien 5 ?
Julius Depaoli March 29, 1923 29 ? Austria Schwimm-Union Wien 5 ?
Ernst Endl December 25, 1929 22 ? 3 ?
Anton Kunz January 9, 1915 37 ? 1 ?
Heinrich Krumpfholz March 19, 1925 27 ? Austria Schwimm-Union Wien 3 ?
Johann Liebenberger October 27, 1930 21 ? 5 ?
GK Johann Reichel July 20, 1922 30 ? 5 ?
Peter Steinwender November 2, 1928 23 ? Austria Schwimm-Union Wien 0 0
Rudolf Stiskalik May 18, 1929 23 ? Austria Schwimm-Union Wien 4 ?
Hellmut Theimer February 15, 1928 22 ? 2 ?
Franz Zigon March 9, 1924 28 ? 2 ?

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. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games
Tournament
goals
GK Théo-Léo de Smet November 9, 1917 34 ? 7 ?
Marcel Heyninck March 9, 1931 21 ? 8 1
André Laurent February 14, 1931 21 ? 8 ?
Georges Leenheere November 21, 1919 32 ? 2 ?
GK François Maesschalck October 19, 1921 30 ? 1 ?
Alphonse Martin April 18, 1930 22 ? 8 ?
Joseph Reynders December 16, 1929 22 ? 1 ?
Roland Sierens July 15, 1925 27 ? 6 ?
Jozef Smits March 28, 1930 22 ? 7 ?
Johan Van den Steen January 8, 1929 23 ? 8 1

Hungary entered a squad of 13 players. They scored 53 goals.

Head coach:

No. Pos. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games
Tournament
goals
GK Róbert Antal July 21, 1921 31 ? Hungary Budapesti Bástya 2 0
Antal Bolvári May 6, 1932 20 ? Hungary Budapesti Honvéd Sportegyesület 6 1
Dezső Fábián December 17, 1918 33 ? Hungary Budapesti Kinizsi 1 0
Dezső Gyarmati October 23, 1927 24 ? Hungary Budapesti Dózsa 8 7
István Hasznos December 8, 1924 27 ? Hungary Szolnoki Dózsa 2 7
GK László Jeney May 30, 1923 29 ? Hungary Budapesti Vasas Sport Club 6 0
György Kárpáti June 23, 1935 17 ? Hungary Budapesti Kinizsi 5 4
Dezső Lemhényi December 9, 1917 34 ? Hungary Budapesti Dózsa 2 5
Kálmán Markovits August 26, 1931 20 ? Hungary Budapesti Vasas Sport Club 6 3
Miklós Martin June 29, 1931 21 ? Hungary Újpesti Dózsa Sportegyesület 2 5
Károly Szittya June 18, 1918 34 ? Hungary Ferencvárosi Torna Club 3 5
István Szivós August 20, 1920 31 ? Hungary Budapesti Vasas Sport Club 6 16
György Vizvári December 18, 1928 23 ? Hungary Budapesti Dózsa 7 0

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. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games
Tournament
goals
Gildo Arena February 25, 1921 31 ? Italy Canottieri Napoli 8 ?
Lucio Ceccarini December 13, 1930 21 ? Italy S.S. Lazio Nuoto 1 ?
Renato De Sanzuane March 5, 1925 27 ? Italy Rari Nantes Camogli 7 ?
GK Raffaello Gambino April 28, 1928 24 ? Italy S.S. Lazio Nuoto 7 ?
Salvatore Gionta December 22, 1930 21 ? Italy S.S. Lazio Nuoto 2 ?
Maurizio Mannelli January 1, 1930 22 ? Italy Circolo Canottieri Napoli 8 ?
Geminio Ognio December 13, 1917 34 ? Italy S.S. Lazio Nuoto 4 ?
Carlo Peretti March 5, 1930 22 ? Italy Rari Nantes Florentia 5 ?
Enzo Polito October 29, 1926 25 ? Italy Circolo Canottieri Napoli 6 ?
Cesare Rubini November 2, 1923 28 ? Italy Rari Nantes Camogli 7 ?
GK Renato Traiola December 19, 1924 27 ? Italy Circolo Canottieri Napoli 1 ?

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. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games
Tournament
goals
Gerrit Bijlsma November 17, 1929 22 ? Netherlands 't IJ Amsterdam 9 3
Cor Braasem May 15, 1923 29 ? Netherlands Neptunus Arnhem 9 5
Joop Cabout October 28, 1927 24 ? Netherlands HZC De Robben 9 1
Rudy van Feggelen April 14, 1924 28 ? Netherlands Haagse Zwem- en Polo Club 9 18
GK Max van Gelder October 20, 1924 27 ? Netherlands Haagse Zwem- en Polo Club 9 ?
Nijs Korevaar December 31, 1927 24 ? Netherlands Zwemvereniging De Maas Rotterdam 9 3
Frits Smol July 6, 1924 28 ? Netherlands Haagse Zwem- en Polo Club 9 8

Portugal entered a squad of ten players. They scored two goals but both are unknown.

Head coach:

No. Pos. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games
Tournament
goals
Francisco Alves May 24, 1923 29 ? Portugal Sport Algés e Dafundo 2 ?
Eduardo Barbeiro January 11, 1932 20 ? Portugal Sport Algés e Dafundo 2 ?
Óscar Cabral November 18, 1921 30 ? Portugal Sport Algés e Dafundo 1 ?
José Manuel Correia July 26, 1925 26 ? Portugal Sport Algés e Dafundo 1 ?
GK Máximo Couto September 14, 1923 28 ? Portugal Sport Algés e Dafundo 2 ?
João Franco do Vale July 13, 1930 22 ? Portugal Sport Algés e Dafundo 2 ?
Rodrigo Basto Junior March 29, 1919 33 ? Portugal Sport Algés e Dafundo 1 ?
Fernando Madeira May 12, 1932 20 ? Portugal Sport Algés e Dafundo 1 ?
Armando Moutinho January 4, 1915 37 ? Portugal Sport Algés e Dafundo 2 ?

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. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games
Tournament
goals
Vadim Bubok ? 0 0
GK Boris Goykhman April 28, 1919 33 ? Soviet Union TsSK VMF 9 ?
Lev Kokorin 1918 ? 5 ?
Igor Libel ? 0 0
Aleksandr Liferenko 1930 ? 8 ?
P'et're Mshveniyeradze March 24, 1929 23 ? 9 1
Valentin Prokopov June 10, 1929 23 ? 9 2
Nikolay Prostyakov ? 0 0
Yevgeny Semyonov 1920 ? 9 ?
Yury Shlyapin February 11, 1932 20 ? 5 ?
Yury Teplov 1931 ? 6 ?
Vitaly Ushakov 1920 ? 1 ?
Anatoly Yegorov 1922 ? 2 1

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. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games
Tournament
goals
GK Harry Bisbey May 10, 1931 21 ? United States U.S. Coast Guard 9 ?
Marvin Burns July 6, 1928 24 ? United States Lynwood Swim Club 5 1
Norman Dornblaser November 4, 1933 18 ? United States El Segundo Swim Club 7 1
Robert Hughes December 15, 1930 21 ? United States University of Southern California 9 6
Edward Jaworski March 11, 1926 26 ? United States New York Athletic Club 8 ?
Robert Koehler ? 0 0
William Kooistra August 26, 1926 25 ? United States Illinois Athletic Club 7 7
Norman Lake December 8, 1932 19 ? United States El Segundo Swim Club 2 ?
James Norris July 7, 1930 22 ? United States El Segundo Swim Club 8 ?
John Spargo June 3, 1931 21 ? United States U.S. Air Force 5 4
Peter Stange February 28, 1931 21 ? United States El Segundo Swim Club 3 ?

Yugoslavia entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 44 goals but only four scorers are known.

Head coach:

No. Pos. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games
Tournament
goals
Juraj Amšel 1924 ? Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia HAVK Mladost 0 0
Veljko Bakašun June 14, 1920 32 ? Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jadran Split 6 ?
Marko Brainović July 17, 1920 32 ? Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jadran Split 3 ?
Vladimir Ivković July 25, 1929 23 ? Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia VK Jug Dubrovnik 9 ?
Zdravko Ježić August 17, 1931 20 ? Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia HAVK Mladost 2 ?
GK Zdravko-Ćiro Kovačić July 6, 1925 27 ? Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Primorj Rijeka 9 ?
Ivo Kurtini June 23, 1922 30 ? Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Primorj Rijeka 9 4
Lovro Radonjić November 26, 1925 26 ? Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mornar Split 9 ?
Dragoslav D. Šiljak 1933 19 ? 0 0
Ivo Štakula February 25, 1923 29 ? Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia VK Jug Dubrovnik 9 ?
Boško Vuksanović January 4, 1928 24 ? Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia VK Partizan 6 ?

References

  • Olympic Report
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 3 November 2008.
  • sports-reference