Water polo at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads
The following is the list of squads that took part in the men's water polo tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[1]
- CF=Centre Forward
- CB=Centre Back
- D=Defender
- GK=Goalkeeper
Argentina
Argentina entered a squad of ten players. They scored six goals but only three scorers are known.[2]
Head coach:
No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Osvaldo Codaro | 9 December 1930 | 21 | ? | 3 | ? | |||
GK | Luis Díez | 2 November 1923 | 28 | ? | 3 | ? | ||
Luis González | ? | 0 | 0 | |||||
Rubén Maidana | ? | 0 | 0 | |||||
Roberto Marino | ? | 0 | 0 | |||||
Luis Normandín | 19 September 1932 | 19 | ? | 3 | ? | |||
Mario Sebastián | 7 May 1926 | 26 | ? | 3 | 3 | |||
Ladislao Szabo | 11 April 1923 | 29 | ? | 3 | ? | |||
Carlos Visentín | 28 November 1918 | 33 | ? | 3 | ? | |||
Marcelo Visentín | 30 May 1914 | 38 | ? | 3 | ? |
Australia
Australia entered a squad of ten players. They scored two goals but all scorers are unknown.[3]
Head coach:
No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Peter Bennett | 11 July 1926 | 26 | ? | Dolfish Swimming Team Paramaribo | 2 | ? | ||
Anthony Fenech | ? | 0 | 0 | |||||
John Foster | 11 May 1931 | 21 | ? | 2 | ? | |||
Malcolm Hastie | 29 February 1929 | 23 | ? | Victoria | 2 | ? | ||
Frank Jordan | 19 August 1932 | 19 | ? | 2 | ? | |||
GK | Doug Laing | 19 March 1931 | 21 | ? | 2 | ? | ||
James O'Doherty | ? | 0 | 0 | |||||
William Orchard | 31 October 1929 | 22 | ? | 2 | ? | |||
Raymond Smee | 25 October 1930 | 21 | ? | 2 | ? | |||
Keith Whitehead | 9 September 1931 | 20 | ? | 0 | 0 |
Austria
Austria entered a squad of eleven players. They scored fourteen goals but all scorers are unknown.[4]
Head coach:
No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Erich Bohuslav | 28 April 1927 | 25 | ? | Schwimm-Union Wien | 5 | ? | ||
Julius Depaoli | 29 March 1923 | 29 | ? | Schwimm-Union Wien | 5 | ? | ||
Ernst Endl | 25 December 1929 | 22 | ? | 3 | ? | |||
Anton Kunz | 9 January 1915 | 37 | ? | 1 | ? | |||
Heinrich Krumpfholz | 19 March 1925 | 27 | ? | Schwimm-Union Wien | 3 | ? | ||
Johann Liebenberger | 27 October 1930 | 21 | ? | 5 | ? | |||
GK | Johann Reichel | 20 July 1922 | 30 | ? | 5 | ? | ||
Peter Steinwender | 2 November 1928 | 23 | ? | Schwimm-Union Wien | 0 | 0 | ||
Rudolf Stiskalik | 18 May 1929 | 23 | ? | Schwimm-Union Wien | 4 | ? | ||
Hellmut Theimer | 15 February 1928 | 22 | ? | 2 | ? | |||
Franz Zigon | 9 March 1924 | 28 | ? | 2 | ? |
Belgium
Belgium entered an unknown number of players ten of them are known. They scored 27 goals but only two scorers are known.[5]
Head coach:
No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GK | Théo-Léo de Smet | 9 November 1917 | 34 | ? | 7 | ? | ||
Marcel Heyninck | 9 March 1931 | 21 | ? | 8 | 1 | |||
André Laurent | 14 February 1931 | 21 | ? | 8 | ? | |||
Georges Leenheere | 21 November 1919 | 32 | ? | 2 | ? | |||
GK | François Maesschalck | 19 October 1921 | 30 | ? | 1 | ? | ||
Alphonse Martin | 18 April 1930 | 22 | ? | 8 | ? | |||
Joseph Reynders | 16 December 1929 | 22 | ? | 1 | ? | |||
Roland Sierens | 15 July 1925 | 27 | ? | 6 | ? | |||
Jozef Smits | 28 March 1930 | 22 | ? | 7 | ? | |||
Johan Van Den Steen | 8 January 1929 | 23 | ? | 8 | 1 |
Brazil
The following players represented Brazil.[6]
Egypt
The following players represented Egypt.[7]
Germany
The following players represented Germany.[8]
Great Britain
The following players represented Great Britain.[9]
Hungary
Hungary entered a squad of 13 players. They scored 53 goals.[10]
Head coach:
No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GK | Róbert Antal | 21 July 1921 | 31 | ? | Budapesti Bástya | 2 | 0 | |
Antal Bolvári | 6 May 1932 | 20 | ? | Budapesti Honvéd Sportegyesület | 6 | 1 | ||
Dezső Fábián | 17 December 1918 | 33 | ? | Budapesti Kinizsi | 1 | 0 | ||
Dezső Gyarmati | 23 October 1927 | 24 | ? | Budapesti Dózsa | 8 | 7 | ||
István Hasznos | 8 December 1924 | 27 | ? | Szolnoki Dózsa | 2 | 7 | ||
GK | László Jeney | 30 May 1923 | 29 | ? | Budapesti Vasas Sport Club | 6 | 0 | |
György Kárpáti | 23 June 1935 | 17 | ? | Budapesti Kinizsi | 5 | 4 | ||
Dezső Lemhényi | 9 December 1917 | 34 | ? | Budapesti Dózsa | 2 | 5 | ||
Kálmán Markovits | 26 August 1931 | 20 | ? | Budapesti Vasas Sport Club | 6 | 3 | ||
Miklós Martin | 29 June 1931 | 21 | ? | Újpesti Dózsa Sportegyesület | 2 | 5 | ||
Károly Szittya | 18 June 1918 | 34 | ? | Ferencvárosi Torna Club | 3 | 5 | ||
István Szivós | 20 August 1920 | 31 | ? | Budapesti Vasas Sport Club | 6 | 16 | ||
György Vizvári | 18 December 1928 | 23 | ? | Budapesti Dózsa | 7 | 0 |
India
The following players represented India.[11]
Italy
Italy entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 43 goals but all scorers are unknown.[12]
Head coach: Giulio De Filippis and Mario Majoni
No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gildo Arena | 25 February 1921 | 31 | ? | Canottieri Napoli | 8 | ? | ||
Lucio Ceccarini | 13 December 1930 | 21 | ? | S.S. Lazio Nuoto | 1 | ? | ||
Renato De Sanzuane | 5 March 1925 | 27 | ? | Rari Nantes Camogli | 7 | ? | ||
GK | Raffaello Gambino | 28 April 1928 | 24 | ? | S.S. Lazio Nuoto | 7 | ? | |
Salvatore Gionta | 22 December 1930 | 21 | ? | S.S. Lazio Nuoto | 2 | ? | ||
Maurizio Mannelli | 1 January 1930 | 22 | ? | Circolo Canottieri Napoli | 8 | ? | ||
Geminio Ognio | 13 December 1917 | 34 | ? | S.S. Lazio Nuoto | 4 | ? | ||
Carlo Peretti | 5 March 1930 | 22 | ? | Rari Nantes Florentia | 5 | ? | ||
Enzo Polito | 29 October 1926 | 25 | ? | Circolo Canottieri Napoli | 6 | ? | ||
Cesare Rubini | 2 November 1923 | 28 | ? | Rari Nantes Camogli | 7 | ? | ||
GK | Renato Traiola | 19 December 1924 | 27 | ? | Circolo Canottieri Napoli | 1 | ? |
Mexico
The following players represented Mexico.[13]
Netherlands
The Netherlands entered an unknown number of players only seven of them are known. They scored 43 goals only 38 scorers are unknown.[14]
Head coach: Frans Kuyper
No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gerrit Bijlsma | 17 November 1929 | 22 | ? | 't IJ Amsterdam | 9 | 3 | ||
Cor Braasem | 15 May 1923 | 29 | ? | Neptunus Arnhem | 9 | 5 | ||
Joop Cabout | 28 October 1927 | 24 | ? | HZC De Robben | 9 | 1 | ||
Rudy van Feggelen | 14 April 1924 | 28 | ? | Haagse Zwem- en Polo Club | 9 | 18 | ||
GK | Max van Gelder | 20 October 1924 | 27 | ? | Haagse Zwem- en Polo Club | 9 | ? | |
Nijs Korevaar | 31 December 1927 | 24 | ? | Zwemvereniging De Maas Rotterdam | 9 | 3 | ||
Frits Smol | 6 July 1924 | 28 | ? | Haagse Zwem- en Polo Club | 9 | 8 |
Portugal
Portugal entered a squad of ten players. They scored two goals but both are unknown.[15]
Head coach:
No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Francisco Alves | 24 May 1923 | 29 | ? | Sport Algés e Dafundo | 2 | ? | ||
Eduardo Barbeiro | 11 January 1932 | 20 | ? | Sport Algés e Dafundo | 2 | ? | ||
Óscar Cabral | 18 November 1921 | 30 | ? | Sport Algés e Dafundo | 1 | ? | ||
José Manuel Correia | 26 July 1925 | 26 | ? | Sport Algés e Dafundo | 1 | ? | ||
GK | Máximo Couto | 14 September 1923 | 28 | ? | Sport Algés e Dafundo | 2 | ? | |
João Franco do Vale | 13 July 1930 | 22 | ? | Sport Algés e Dafundo | 2 | ? | ||
Rodrigo Basto Junior | 29 March 1919 | 33 | ? | Sport Algés e Dafundo | 1 | ? | ||
Fernando Madeira | 12 May 1932 | 20 | ? | Sport Algés e Dafundo | 1 | ? | ||
Armando Moutinho | 4 January 1915 | 37 | ? | Sport Algés e Dafundo | 2 | ? |
Romania
The following players represented Romania.[16]
South Africa
The following players represented South Africa.[17]
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union entered a squad of 13 players. They scored 38 goals but only four scorers are known.[18]
Head coach: Vadim Kuznetsov and Ivan Dmitriev
No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vadim Bubok | 1926 | ? | ? Leningrad | 0 | 0 | |||
GK | Boris Goykhman | 28 April 1919 | 33 | ? | VVS MVO Moscow | 9 | ? | |
Lev Kokorin | 1918 | ? | VMS Leningrad | 5 | ? | |||
GK | Igor Libel | 1914 | ? | VMS Leningrad | 0 | 0 | ||
Aleksandr Liferenko | 1930 | ? | CDSA Moscow | 8 | ? | |||
P'et're Mshveniyeradze | 24 March 1929 | 23 | ? | VVS MVO Moscow | 9 | 1 | ||
Valentin Prokopov | 10 June 1929 | 23 | ? | CDSA Moscow | 9 | 2 | ||
Nikolay Prostyakov | ? | VVS MVO Moscow | 0 | 0 | ||||
Yevgeny Semyonov | 1920 | ? | VVS MVO Moscow | 9 | ? | |||
Yury Shlyapin | 11 February 1932 | 20 | ? | Dinamo Moscow | 5 | ? | ||
Yury Teplov | 1931 | ? | Torpedo Moscow | 6 | ? | |||
Vitaly Ushakov | 1920 | ? | Torpedo Moscow | 1 | ? | |||
Anatoly Yegorov | 1922 | ? | VVS MVO Moscow | 2 | 1 |
Spain
The following players represented Spain.[19]
Sweden
The following players represented Sweden.[20]
United States
The United States entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 35 goals but only 19 scorers are known.[21]
Head coach: Urho Saari (coach); John Curran (manager)
No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GK | Harry Bisbey | 10 May 1931 | 21 | ? | U.S. Coast Guard | 9 | ? | |
Marvin Burns | 6 July 1928 | 24 | ? | Lynwood Swim Club | 5 | 1 | ||
Norman Dornblaser | 4 November 1933 | 18 | ? | El Segundo Swim Club | 7 | 1 | ||
Robert Hughes | 15 December 1930 | 21 | ? | University of Southern California | 9 | 6 | ||
Edward Jaworski | 11 March 1926 | 26 | ? | New York Athletic Club | 8 | ? | ||
Robert Koehler | ? | 0 | 0 | |||||
William Kooistra | 26 August 1926 | 25 | ? | Illinois Athletic Club | 7 | 7 | ||
Norman Lake | 8 December 1932 | 19 | ? | El Segundo Swim Club | 2 | ? | ||
James Norris | 7 July 1930 | 22 | ? | El Segundo Swim Club | 8 | ? | ||
John Spargo | 3 June 1931 | 21 | ? | U.S. Air Force | 5 | 4 | ||
Peter Stange | 28 February 1931 | 21 | ? | El Segundo Swim Club | 3 | ? |
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 44 goals but only four scorers are known.[22]
Head coach:
No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Juraj Amšel | 1924 | ? | HAVK Mladost | 0 | 0 | |||
Veljko Bakašun | 14 June 1920 | 32 | ? | Jadran Split | 6 | ? | ||
Marko Brainović | 17 July 1920 | 32 | ? | Jadran Split | 3 | ? | ||
Vladimir Ivković | 25 July 1929 | 23 | ? | VK Jug Dubrovnik | 9 | ? | ||
Zdravko Ježić | 17 August 1931 | 20 | ? | HAVK Mladost | 2 | ? | ||
GK | Zdravko-Ćiro Kovačić | 6 July 1925 | 27 | ? | Primorj Rijeka | 9 | ? | |
Ivo Kurtini | 23 June 1922 | 30 | ? | Primorj Rijeka | 9 | 4 | ||
Lovro Radonjić | 26 November 1925 | 26 | ? | Mornar Split | 9 | ? | ||
Dragoslav D. Šiljak | 1933 | 19 | ? | 0 | 0 | |||
Ivo Štakula | 25 February 1923 | 29 | ? | VK Jug Dubrovnik | 9 | ? | ||
Boško Vuksanović | 4 January 1928 | 24 | ? | VK Partizan | 6 | ? |
References
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- "Argentina Water Polo at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- "Australia Water Polo at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- "Austria Water Polo at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- "Belgium Water Polo at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
- "Brazil Water Polo at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- "Egypt Water Polo at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- "Germany Water Polo at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
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- "Italy Water Polo at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
- "Mexico Water Polo at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
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- "Romania Water Polo at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
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- "Spain Water Polo at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
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External links
- Olympic Report
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 3 November 2008.