# Association football at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

The following squads were named for the 1956 Summer Olympics tournament.

## Australia

Head coach: Richard Telfer
| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games | Tournament goals | Minutes played | Sub off | Sub on | Cards yellow/red |
| 1 | GK | Billy Henderson | November 23, 1929 | 26 | 5 | Granville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 |
| 2 | GK | Ron Lord | August 25, 1929 | 27 | 1 | Auburn | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | FW | Col Kitching | November 11, 1933 | 22 | 2 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 |
| 4 | MF | Pete Stone | | | 0 | Bankstown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 |
| 5 | MF | Ted Smith | September 24, 1935 | 21 | 0 | | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | MF | George Arthur | 1925 | 31 | 0 | Wallsend FC | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | FW | Bill Harburn | | | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 |
| 8 | Midfielder (football) MF | Alwyn Warren | November 1, 1931 | 25 | 1 | | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | MF | Alastair Rattray | February 16, 1925 | 31 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 |
| 10 | FW | Alec Beattie | | | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 |
| 11 | DF | Bob Bignall | March 14, 1922 | 34 | 5 | Corrimal | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | DF | John Pettigrew | October 31, 1934 | 21 | 1 | | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | MF | Francis Loughran | January 31, 1931 | 25 | 3 | Moreland F.C. | 2 | 1 | 180 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | MF | Bob Wemyss | July 1, 1928 | 28 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 |
| 15 | MF | Jack Lennard | April 2, 1930 | 26 | 3 | Cessnock | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | MF | Brian Vogler | May 30, 1932 | 24 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 |
| 17 | FW | Bruce Morrow | May 5, 1936 | 20 | 0 | Wallsend FC | 2 | 2 | 180 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | DF | Con Purser | August 2, 1931 | 25 | 1 | North Perth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 |
| 19 | FW | Graham McMillan | January 21, 1936 | 20 | 0 | | 2 | 1 | 180 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | MF | Cliff Sander | November 11, 1931 | 25 | 6 | | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | |

## Bulgaria

Head coaches: Stoyan Ormandzhiev & Krum Milev
| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club |
| 5 | GK | Georgi Naydenov | December 21, 1931 | 24 | ? | CDNA |
| 11 | DF | Kiril Rakarov | May 24, 1932 | 24 | ? | CDNA |
| 13 | DF | Manol Manolov | October 22, 1926 | 30 | ? | CDNA |
| 18 | DF | Nikola Kovachev | June 4, 1934 | 22 | ? | CDNA |
| 20 | MF | Stefan Bozhkov | September 20, 1923 | 33 | ? | CDNA |
| 2 | MF | Gavril Stoyanov | July 9, 1929 | 27 | ? | CDNA |
| 3 | FW | Todor Diev | September 28, 1934 | 22 | ? | Spartak Plovdiv |
| 19 | FW | Georgi Dimitrov | May 1, 1931 | 25 | ? | CDNA |
| 6 | FW | Dimitar Milanov | August 25, 1929 | 27 | ? | CDNA |
| 7 | FW | Ivan Kolev | November 1, 1930 | 26 | ? | CDNA |
| 12 | FW | Panayot Panayotov | December 30, 1930 | 25 | ? | CDNA |
| 9 | GK | Yordan Yosifov | August 12, 1932 | 24 | ? | Slavia Sofia |
| 1 | FW | Krum Yanev | January 9, 1929 | 27 | ? | CDNA |
| 10 | DF | Milcho Goranov | November 6, 1928 | 28 | ? | Slavia Sofia |
| 14 | DF | Iliya Kirchev | December 28, 1932 | 23 | ? | Spartak Varna |

## United Team of Germany

Head coach: Sepp Herberger
| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club |
| 15 | MF | Albert Brülls | March 26, 1937 | 19 | ? | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
| 2 | GK | Manfred Eglin | October 10, 1935 | 21 | ? | Karlsruher FV |
| 11 | FW | Rolf Geiger | October 16, 1934 | 22 | ? | Stuttgarter Kickers |
| 3 | MF | Willi Gerdau | February 12, 1929 | 27 | ? | Heider SV |
| 1 | GK | Albert Görtz | November 18, 1933 | 23 | ? | Düsseldorfer SC 99 |
| 14 | MF | Ernst-Günter Habig | September 14, 1935 | 21 | ? | Rapid Köln |
| 4 | DF | Hermann Höfer | July 17, 1934 | 22 | ? | Eintracht Frankfurt |
| 6 | DF | Karl Hoffmann | October 10, 1935 | 21 | ? | Fortuna Düsseldorf |
| 7 | MF | Rudi Hoffmann | February 11, 1935 | 21 | ? | Viktoria Aschaffenburg |
| 5 | DF | Günter Jäger | December 21, 1935 | 20 | ? | Fortuna Düsseldorf |
| 10 | FW | Matthias Mauritz | November 13, 1924 | 32 | ? | Fortuna Düsseldorf |
| 13 | MF | Herbert Schäfer | October 16, 1927 | 29 | ? | Sportfreunde Siegen |
| 9 | FW | Max Schwall | September 2, 1932 | 24 | ? | FV Daxlanden |
| 8 | MF | Fritz Semmelmann | July 24, 1928 | 18 | ? | SpVgg Bayreuth |
| 12 | FW | Johann Zeitler | April 30, 1927 | 29 | ? | VfB Bayreuth |

## Great Britain

Head coach: Norman Creek
| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games | Tournament goals |
| 2 | | George Bromilow | December 4, 1931 | 24 | ? | Southport | | |
| 4 | | Herbert Dodkins | December 20, 1929 | 26 | ? | | | |
| 5 | | Leslie Thomas Farrer | December 22, 1922 | 33 | ? | | | |
| 6 | FW | Bob Hardisty | December 1, 1921 | 34 | ? | Bishop Auckland | | |
| 7 | FW | John Laybourne | May 26, 1927 | 29 | ? | | | |
| 8 | FW | Derek Lewin | May 18, 1930 | 26 | ? | Bishop Auckland | | |
| 9 | FW | James Lewis | June 26, 1927 | 29 | ? | Chelsea | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | | Stanley Prince | January 24, 1927 | 29 | ? | | | |
| 13 | GK | Harry Sharratt | December 16, 1929 | 26 | ? | Bishop Auckland | | |
| 12 | DF | Terry Robinson | August 11, 1929 | 27 | ? | Brentford | | |
| 14 | | Donald Stoker | December 30, 1922 | 23 | ? | Sutton United | | |
| 15 | | Lawrence Topp | November 11, 1923 | 33 | ? | Hendon F.C. | | |
| 16 | MF | Charlie Twissell | December 16, 1932 | 23 | ? | Plymouth Argyle | | |
| 10 | GK | Mike Pinner | February 16, 1934 | 22 | ? | Pegasus | | |
| 1 | DF | Dexter Adams | April 4, 1925 | 31 | ? | Hendon | | |
| 3 | FW | James "Jimmy" T. R. Coates | October 1929 | 26 | ? | Royal Navy FA and Kingstonian F.C. | | |

## India

Head coach: S. A. Rahim
| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club |
| 12 | MF | Hussain Ahmed | 1932 | | ? | Hyderabad |
| 9 | DF | Syed Khaja Azizuddin | July 12, 1929 | 27 | ? | Hyderabad Police |
| 15 | FW | Tulsidas Balaram | November 30, 1936 | 20 | ? | Hyderabad |
| 5 | FW | P. K. Banerjee | October 15, 1936 | 20 | ? | Bengal |
| 1 | FW | Samar Banerjee (captain) | 1932 | | ? | Mohun Bagan AC |
| 14 | FW | Neville D'Souza | 1932 | | ? | Bombay |
| 7 | FW | Muhammad Kannayan | 1932 | | ? | Bombay-Nagpur Railway |
| 6 | MF | Mariappa Kempiah | February 10, 1933 | 23 | ? | East Bengal Club |
| 2 | FW | Kittu | 1932 | | ? | East Bengal Club |
| 10 | DF | Sheikh Abdul Latif | May 8, 1934 | 22 | ? | Hyderabad |
| 11 | MF | Muhammad Noor | 1925 | | ? | Hyderabad Police |
| 17 | GK | S. S. Narayan | November 12, 1934 | 22 | ? | Caltex Bombay |
| 4 | MF | Nikhil Nandy | 1932 | | ? | Eastern Railway SC |
| 3 | FW | Kesto Pal | 1934 | | ? | Bengal |
| 8 | DF | Abdul Rahman | 1934 | | ? | Rajasthan Club |
| 13 | MF | Muhammad Salaam | 1931 | | ? | Bengal |
| 16 | GK | Peter Thangaraj | December 24, 1935 | 20 | ? | Services |
| 18 | FW | Mohammed Zulfiqaruddin | | | ? | Hyderabad Police |

## Indonesia

Head coach: Antun Pogačnik
| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games | Minutes played |
| 18 | FW | Achad Arifin | November 1, 1936 | | ? | PSP Padang | 1 | 90 |
| 3 | DF | Chairuddin Siregar | August 7, 1929 | | ? | Persija Jakarta | 2 | 180 |
| 15 | FW | Ashari Danoe | October 21, 1932 | 24 | ? | PSIS Semarang | 1 | 90 |
| 20 | FW | Jasrin Jusron | February 2, 1936 | | ? | PSIS Semarang | 1 | 90 |
| 7 | DF | Kwee Kiat Sek | January 11, 1934 | 22 | ? | Persib Bandung | 2 | 180 |
| 1 | GK | Maulwi Saelan | August 8, 1928 | 28 | ? | PSM Makassar | 2 | 180 |
| 5 | DF | Mohamed Rashjid | August 15, 1929 | | ? | PSMS Medan | 2 | 180 |
| 19 | FW | Phwa Sian Liong | January 26, 1931 | 34 | ? | Persebaya Surabaya | 1 | 180 |
| 12 | FW | Andi Ramang | April 24, 1928 | 28 | ? | PSM Makassar | 2 | 180 |
| 9 | MF | Tan Ling Houw | July 26, 1930 | 26 | ? | Persija Jakarta | 2 | 180 |
| 4 | DF | Thio Him Tjiang | August 28, 1929 | 27 | ? | Persija Jakarta | 2 | 180 |
| 17 | FW | Aang Witarsa | December 3, 1930 | 26 | ? | Persib Bandung | 2 | 180 |
| 8 | MF | Ramlan Yatim | September 10, 1922 | 34 | ? | PSMS Medan | 2 | 180 |
| 2 | GK | Paidjo | | | ? | Persema Malang | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | M. Sidhi | | | ? | Persebaya Surabaya | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Rukma Sudjana | August 27, 1935 | | ? | Persib Bandung | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Kasmuri | | | ? | Persip Pekalongan | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | Ramli Yatim | July 12, 1921 | | ? | PSMS Medan | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Djamiat Dalhar | November 25, 1927 | | ? | Persija Jakarta | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | Ade Dana | March 4, 1931 | | ? | Persib Bandung | 0 | 0 |

## Japan

Head coach: Shigemaru Takenokoshi
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of Birth | Age | Caps | Club |
| 4 | GK | Yoshio Furukawa | July 5, 1934 | 22 | ? | Dunlop Japan |
| 7 | | Ryuzo Hiraki | October 7, 1931 | 25 | ? | Kwansei Gakuin University |
| 15 | | Isao Iwabuchi | November 17, 1932 | 24 | ? | Toyota Motor SC |
| 13 | | Tadao Kobayashi | July 7, 1930 | 26 | ? | Tokyo Marine |
| 10 | | Waichiro Omura | January 1, 1933 | 23 | ? | Tanabe Pharmaceuticals |
| 9 | | Michihiro Ozawa | December 25, 1932 | 23 | ? | Toyo Industries |
| 8 | | Hiroaki Sato | February 5, 1932 | 24 | ? | NKK Corporation |
| 11 | | Yasuo Takamori | March 3, 1934 | 22 | ? | Rikkyo University |
| 12 | | Masanori Tokita | June 24, 1925 | 31 | ? | Tanabe Pharmaceuticals |
| 17 | | Masao Uchino | April 21, 1934 | 22 | ? | Chuo University |
| 16 | | Shigeo Yaegashi | March 24, 1933 | 23 | ? | Furukawa Electric |
| 3 | GK | Yukio Shimomura | January 25, 1932 | 24 | ? | Toyo Industries |
| 2 | | Isamu Kinoshita | | | ? | |
| 5 | | Takashi Takabayashi | August 2, 1931 | 25 | ? | Tanabe Pharmaceuticals |
| 6 | | Kakuichi Mimura | August 16, 1931 | 25 | ? | Toho Titanium |
| 1 | | Taizo Kawamoto | January 17, 1914 | 42 | ? | Kawaso Electric |
| 14 | | Ken Naganuma | September 5, 1930 | 26 | ? | Furukawa Electric |
| 18 | | Akira Kitaguchi | March 8, 1935 | 21 | ? | Kwansei Gakuin University |

## Thailand

Head coach: Bunchoo Samutkojon
| No. | Pos. | Player | Caps |
| 1 | GK | Kasem Baikam | ? |
| 2 | MF | Samruay Chaiyonk | ? |
| 3 | DF | Prateep Chermudhai | ? |
| 4 | FW | Sukit Chitranukhroh | ? |
| 5 | DF | Surapong Chutimawong | ? |
| 6 | MF | Nophon Hayachanta | ? |
| 7 | FW | Bumphen Luttimol | ? |
| 9 | FW | Suchart Mutugun | ? |
| 8 | FW | Laevivathana Milinthachinda | ? |
| 12 | MF | Prasan Suvannasith | ? |
| 13 | MF | Wanchai Suvaree | ? |
| 11 | GK | Tu Suwanit | ? |
| 10 | FW | Nit Sriyabhaya | ? |

## United States

Head coach: Jimmy Mills
| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games | Tournament goals | Minutes played | Sub off | Sub on | Cards yellow/red |
| 1 | MF | John Carden | | | 0 | Armed Forces Service Team | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | GK | Ronald Coder | 1929 | 0 | 0 | Armed Forces Service Team | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | Bill Conterio | November 29, 1929 | 27 | 0 | Chicago Falcons | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Jim Dorrian | March 6, 1931 | 25 | 0 | Danish F.C. | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | GK | Svend Engedal | June 23, 1928 | 28 | 0 | Danish-American SC | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Harry Keough | November 15, 1927 | 28 | 13 | St. Louis Kutis S.C. | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | William Looby | November 11, 1931 | 25 | 5 | St. Louis Kutis S.C. | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | Alfonso Marina | | | 0 | Brooklyn Hispano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Ruben Mendoza | June 2, 1931 | 25 | 1 | St. Louis Kutis S.C. | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Lloyd Monsen | May 7, 1931 | 25 | 2 | New York Hakoah-Americans | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Ed Murphy | November 6, 1930 | 26 | 1 | Chicago Falcons | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | Dick Packer | | | 0 | Uhrik Truckers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Zenon Snylyk | November 14, 1933 | 23 | 0 | Chicago Levy | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Herman Wecke | March 10, 1927 | 29 | 3 | St. Louis Kutis S.C. | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Siegbert Wirth | | | 0 | Armed Forces Service Team | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Al Zerhusen | December 4, 1931 | 25 | 0 | Kolping SC | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Soviet Union

Head coach: Gavril Kachalin
| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club |
| 4 | DF | Anatoli Bashashkin | February 23, 1924 | 32 | ? | PFC CSKA Moscow |
| 10 | MF | Iosif Betsa | November 6, 1929 | 27 | ? | PFC CSKA Moscow |
| 15 | FW | Anatoli Ilyin | June 27, 1931 | 25 | ? | FC Spartak Moscow |
| 12 | FW | Anatoli Isayev | July 14, 1932 | 24 | ? | FC Spartak Moscow |
| 16 | FW | Valentin Ivanov | November 19, 1934 | 22 | ? | FC Torpedo Moscow |
| 6 | DF | Boris Kuznetsov | July 14, 1928 | 28 | ? | FC Dynamo Moscow |
| 9 | DF | Anatoli Maslyonkin | June 29, 1930 | 26 | ? | FC Spartak Moscow |
| 8 | MF | Igor Netto | January 9, 1930 | 26 | ? | FC Spartak Moscow |
| 5 | DF | Mikhail Ogonkov | July 24, 1932 | 24 | ? | FC Spartak Moscow |
| 7 | MF | Aleksei Paramonov | February 21, 1925 | 21 | ? | FC Spartak Moscow |
| 2 | GK | Boris Razinsky | July 12, 1933 | 23 | ? | PFC CSKA Moscow |
| 18 | FW | Vladimir Ryzhkin | December 29, 1930 | 25 | ? | FC Dynamo Moscow |
| 14 | FW | Sergei Salnikov | September 13, 1925 | 31 | ? | FC Spartak Moscow |
| 13 | FW | Nikita Simonyan | October 12, 1926 | 30 | ? | FC Spartak Moscow |
| 17 | FW | Eduard Streltsov | July 21, 1937 | 19 | ? | FC Torpedo Moscow |
| 11 | FW | Boris Tatushin | March 31, 1933 | 23 | ? | FC Spartak Moscow |
| 3 | DF | Nikolai Tishchenko | December 10, 1926 | 29 | ? | FC Spartak Moscow |
| 1 | GK | Lev Yashin | October 22, 1929 | 27 | ? | FC Dynamo Moscow |
| 20 | DF | Anatoli Porkhunov | July 28, 1928 | 28 | ? | FC CSKA Moscow |
| 19 | FW | Yuri Belyaev | April 2, 1934 | 22 | ? | FC CSKA Moscow |

## Yugoslavia

Head coach: Milovan Ćirić
| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club |
| 1 | GK | Petar Radenković | October 1, 1934 | 22 | ? | BSK Beograd |
| 2 | DF | Mladen Koščak | October 16, 1936 | 20 | ? | Dinamo Zagreb |
| 3 | DF | Nikola Radović | October 20, 1932 | 24 | ? | Hajduk Split |
| 4 | DF | Dobrosav Krstić | February 5, 1934 | 22 | ? | Vojvodina |
| 5 | DF | Ivan Šantek | April 23, 1932 | 24 | ? | NK Zagreb |
| 6 | MF | Kruno Radiljević | 1931 | | ? | Velež |
| 7 | FW | Luka Lipošinović | May 12, 1933 | 23 | ? | Dinamo Zagreb |
| 8 | FW | Muhamed Mujić | April 25, 1932 | 24 | ? | Velež |
| 9 | FW | Zlatko Papec | January 17, 1934 | 22 | ? | Hajduk Split |
| 10 | FW | Todor Veselinović | October 22, 1930 | 26 | ? | Vojvodina |
| 11 | MF | Dragoslav Šekularac | November 30, 1937 | 19 | ? | Red Star Belgrade |
| 12 | GK | Blagoja Vidinić | June 11, 1934 | 22 | ? | Radnički Beograd |
| 13 | DF | Ibrahim Biogradlić | March 8, 1931 | 25 | ? | Sarajevo |
| 14 | MF | Vladica Popović | March 17, 1935 | 21 | ? | Red Star Belgrade |
| 15 | DF | Ljubiša Spajić | March 7, 1926 | 30 | ? | Red Star Belgrade |
| 16 | FW | Sava Antić | March 1, 1930 | 26 | ? | BSK Beograd |
| 17 | FW | Joško Vidošević | January 11, 1935 | 21 | ? | Hajduk Split |