# Field hockey at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

The following is the list of squads that took place in the men's field hockey tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

## Group A
### Afghanistan

The following players represented Afghanistan:
* Abdul Kadir Nuristani
* Din Mohammad Nuristani
* Ghazi Salah-ud-Din
* Jahan Gulam Nuristani
* Bakhteyar Gulam Mangal
* Mohammad Amin Nuristani
* Najam Yahya
* Khan Nasrullah Totakhail
* Noor Ullah Nuristani
* Ramazan Nuristani
* Mohammad Anis Sherzai
* Ahmad Shah Abouwi

### India

The following players represented India:
* Shankar Laxman
* Bakshish Singh
* Randhir Singh Gentle
* Leslie Claudius
* Amir Kumar
* Govind Perumal
* Charles Stephen
* Gurdev Singh
* Balbir Singh Sr.
* Udham Singh
* Raghbir Singh Bhola
* Ranganathan Francis
* Amit Singh Bakshi
* Hari Pal Kaushik
* Hardyal Singh
* Raghbir Lal
* Balkrishan Singh

### Singapore

The following players represented Singapore:
* Arumugam Vijiaratnam
* Burdett Coutts
* Edwin Doraisamy
* Fred Fernandez
* Dollah Hamid
* Chai Hon Yam
* Michael Wright
* Osbert de Rozario
* Percy Pennefather
* Rudy Mosbergen
* Sinnadurai Vellupillai
* Vellupillai Devadas
* Bill Hay
* Ajit Singh Gill
* S. Jeyathurai
* Richard Schoon
* Roy Sharma

### United States

The following players represented the United States:
* Newbold Black
* Henry Clifford
* Stan Harris
* James Jongeneel
* Gerrit Kruize
* Tjerk Leegstra
* Harry Marcoplos
* Kurt Orban
* John Rote
* Walter Stude
* Felix Ucko
* Kurt Ucko
* Ray Wittelsberger

## Group B
### Australia

The following players represented Australia:
* Ian Dick
* Mel Pearce
* Gordon Pearce
* Eric Pearce
* Maurice Foley
* Ray Whiteside
* Brian Booth
* Glen Jobson
* Keith Leeson
* Kenneth Clarke
* Don Mecklem
* Kevin Carton
* Dennis Kemp
* Desmond Spackman
* Alan Barblett
* Geoff Bennett
* John Dwyer
* Louis Hailey

### Great Britain

The following players represented Great Britain:
* David Archer
* Denys Carnill
* John Conroy
* Geoffrey Cutter
* Colin Dale
* Howard Davis
* Michael Doughty
* Neil Forster
* Steven Johnson
* Anthony Robinson
* Frederick Scott
* John Strover
* David Thomas
* John Cockett

### Kenya

The following players represented Kenya:
* Roland Frank
* Anthony Vaz
* Balbir Singh Sidhu
* Peter Dalgado
* Surjeet Singh Deol
* Tejinder Singh Rao
* Gursaran Singh Sehmi
* Tejparkash Singh Brar
* Reynold D'Souza
* Hardev Singh Kular
* Alu Mendonca
* Michael Pereira
* Bill Plenderleith
* Dudley Coulson

### Malaya

The following players represented Malaya:
* Supaat Nadarajah
* Manikam Shanmuganathan
* Chuah Eng Cheng
* Philip Sankey
* Mike Shepherdson
* Gerry Toft
* Salam Devendran
* Chua Eng Kim
* Thomas Lawrence
* Aman Ullah Karim
* Sheikh Ali
* Hamzah Shamsuddin
* Peter van Huizen
* Freddy Vias
* Rajaratnam Selvanayagam
* Gian Singh
* Noel Arul

## Group C
### Belgium

The following players represented Belgium:
* André Carbonnelle
* André Muschs
* Franz Lorette
* Jacques Vanderstappen
* Jean Dubois
* Jean-Jacques Enderle
* Jean Van Leer
* Jean-Pierre Rensburg
* Luc Decrop
* Roger Goossens
* Roger Paternoster
* Yvan Freedman

### New Zealand

The following players represented New Zealand:
* Archie Currie
* Brian Johnston
* Bruce Turner
* David Goldsmith
* Guy McGregor
* Ivan Armstrong
* John Abrams
* Jack Tynan
* Murray Loudon
* Noel Hobson
* Phil Bygrave
* Reginald Johansson
* Bill Schaefer
* Keith Cumberpatch

### Pakistan

The following players represented Pakistan:
* Zakir Hussain
* Munir Ahmed Dar
* Ghulam Rasool
* Anwar Ahmed Khan
* Qazi Massarrat Hussain
* Noor Alam
* Abdul Hamid
* Habibur Rehman
* Ahmed Naseer Bunda
* Motiullah
* Latif-ur Rehman
* Akhtar Hussain
* Habib Ali Kiddie
* Manzoor Hussain Atif

### United Team of Germany

The following players represented the United Team of Germany:
* Alfred Lücker
* Helmut Nonn
* Günther Ullerich
* Günther Brennecke
* Werner Delmes
* Eberhard Ferstl
* Hugo Dollheiser
* Heinz Radzikowski
* Wolfgang Nonn
* Hugo Budinger
* Werner Rosenbaum