# 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.
* 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:
| Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | 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:
| 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:
| 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:
| Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | 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:
| 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
| 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.
* Juan Trejo
* Arturo Coste
* Manuel Castro
* José Olguín
* Otilio Olguín
* Modesto Martínez

## 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
| 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:
| 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
| 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)
| 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:
| 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 | ? |