List of water polo players Main article: Water polo at the 1952 Summer Olympics
The following is the list of squads that took part in the men's water polo tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
- 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.
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.
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.
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 Styskalik | 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.
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.
- Claudino Castro
- Márvio dos Santos
- Lucio Figueirêdo
- João Havelange
- Douglas Lima
- Henrique Melmann
- Edson Peri
- Sérgio Rodrígues
- Leo Rossi
- Samuel Schemberg
- Daniel Sili
Egypt
The following players represented Egypt.
- Ahmed Fouad Nessim
- Jack Hakim
- Samir Gharbo
- Taha El-Gamal
- Omar Sabry
- Abdel Aziz Khalifa
- Abdel Aziz El-Shafei
- Dorri Abdel Kader
- Galal El-Din Abdel Meguid Abou El-Kheir
- Salah El-Din El-Sahrawi
Germany
The following players represented Germany.
- Günter Heine
- Paul Uellendahl
- Erich Sauermann
- Wilfried Bode
- Willi Sturm
- Heinz Zander
- Ferdinand Panke
- Emil Bildstein
- Philipp Dotzer
Great Britain
The following players represented Great Britain.
- Ian Johnson
- Charles Brand
- Jack Jones
- Gerry Worsell
- Ron Turner
- Terry Miller
- Jack Fergusson
- David Murray
- Stan Hawkins
Hungary
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 | 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.
- Birendra Basak
- David Sopher
- Kedar Shah
- Isaac Mansoor
- Sambhu Saha
- Sachin Nag
- Khamlillal Shah
- Bijoy Barman
- Jehangir Naegamwalla
- Ran Chandnani
Italy
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 | 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.
Netherlands
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 | 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.
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.
- Zoltan Norman
- Atila Kelemen
- Adalbert Iordache
- Gavrila Törok
- Zoltan Hospodar
- Octavian Iosim
- Francisc Şimon
- Arcadie Sarcadi
South Africa
The following players represented South Africa.
- William Aucamp
- Ron Meredith
- Gerald Goddard
- Douglas Melville
- Johnnie van Gent
- Des Cohen
- Solly Yach
- Dennis Pappas
Soviet Union
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 | 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.
- Leandro Ribera Abad
- Ricardo Conde
- Josep Bazán
- Roberto Queralt
- Antonio Subirana
- Agustín Mestres
- Juan Abellán
- Francisco Castillo
Sweden
The following players represented Sweden.
- Rune Källqvist
- Erik Holm
- Roland Spångberg
- Stig Johansson
- Arne Jutner
- Hans Hellbrand
- Åke Julin
- Bo Larsson
United States
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 | 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.
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
- "Water Polo at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Water Polo". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
- "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.
- "Great Britain Water Polo at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- "Hungary Water Polo at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
- "India Water Polo at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- "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.
- "Netherlands Water Polo at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
- "Portugal Water Polo at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- "Romania Water Polo at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- "South Africa Water Polo at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- "Soviet Union Water Polo at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- "Spain Water Polo at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- "Sweden Water Polo at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- "United States Water Polo at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
- "Yugoslavia Water Polo at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
External links
- Olympic Report
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 3 November 2008.
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