# Water polo at the 1956 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 1956 Summer Olympics.
* CF=Centre forward
* CB=Centre back
* D=Defender
* GK=Goalkeeper

## Australia

Australia entered a squad of nine players.
Head coach:
| Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games | Tournament goals |
| Peter Bennett | 11 July 1926 | 30 | ? | Melbourne SC | ? | ? |
| Jake Foster | 11 May 1931 | 25 | ? | Brighton | ? | ? |
| Doug Laing | 19 March 1931 | 25 | ? | Bondi ASC | ? | ? |
| William McCabe | 30 August 1935 | 21 | ? | | ? | ? |
| John O'Brien | 8 October 1931 | 25 | ? | | ? | ? |
| Bill Orchard | 31 October 1929 | 27 | ? | | ? | ? |
| Ted Pierce | 3 July 1933 | 23 | ? | Balmain Water Polo Club | ? | ? |
| Raymond Smee | 25 October 1930 | 26 | ? | Bondi ASC | ? | ? |
| Keith Whitehead | 9 September 1931 | 24 | ? | | ? | ? |

## Great Britain

Great Britain entered an unknown number of players. They scored 25 goals but all scorers are unknown.
Head coach:
| Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games | Tournament goals |
| | John Ferguson | 4 April 1930 | 26 | ? | Motherwell | 3 | ? |
| GK | Arthur Grady | 5 August 1922 | 34 | ? | Plaistow United | 5 | 0 |
| | John Jones | 17 April 1925 | 31 | ? | Cheltenham | 4 | ? |
| | Robert Knights | 22 July 1931 | 25 | ? | Polytechnic | 1 | ? |
| | Terence Miller | 2 March 1932 | 24 | lots | Plaistow United and The Penguins | 4 | ? |
| | Peter Pass | 8 March 1933 | 23 | ? | Polytechnic | 5 | ? |
| | Clifford Spooner | 21 December 1933 | 22 | ? | Sutton & Cheam and Newport | 3 | ? |
| | Ron Turner | 11 June 1929 | 27 | ? | The Penguins | 5 | ? |
| | Gerald Worsell | 1 May 1930 | 26 | ? | Sutton & Cheam | 5 | ? |

## Hungary

Hungary entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 26 goals but only twenty scorers are known.
Head coach: Béla Rajki
| Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games | Tournament goals |
| | Antal Bolvári | 6 May 1932 | 24 | ? | Budapesti Honvéd Sportegyesület | 4 | 2 |
| GK | Ottó Boros | 5 August 1929 | 27 | ? | Szolnoki Dózsa | 4 | 0 |
| | Dezső Gyarmati | 23 October 1927 | 29 | ? | Budapesti Dózsa | 6 | 3 |
| | István Hevesi | 2 April 1931 | 25 | ? | Budapesti Honvéd Sportegyesület | 3 | ? |
| GK | László Jeney | 30 May 1923 | 33 | ? | Budapesti Vasas Sport Club | 2 | 0 |
| | Tivadar Kanizsa | 4 April 1933 | 23 | ? | Szolnoki Dózsa | 2 | ? |
| | György Kárpáti | 23 June 1935 | 21 | ? | Budapesti Kinizsi | 6 | 6 |
| | Kálmán Markovits | 26 August 1931 | 25 | ? | Budapesti Vasas Sport Club | 6 | 3 |
| | Mihály Mayer | 27 December 1933 | 22 | ? | Budapesti Dózsa | 4 | 1 |
| | István Szivós | 20 August 1920 | 36 | ? | Budapesti Vasas Sport Club | 1 | ? |
| | Ervin Zádor | 7 June 1935 | 21 | ? | Vasas Sport Club Hajógyár SK | 4 | 5 |
| | Miklos Martin | 29 June 1931 | 24 | ? | Budapesti Dózsa | 6 | 5 |

## Italy

Italy entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 17 goals but all scorers are unknown.
Head coach: Mario Majoni
| Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games | Tournament goals |
| GK | Cosimo Antonelli | 23 July 1925 | 31 | ? | S.S. Lazio Nuoto | 1 | 0 |
| | Alfonso Buonocore | 11 March 1933 | 23 | ? | Circolo Canottieri Napoli | 5 | ? |
| GK | Enzo Cavazzoni | 2 March 1932 | 24 | ? | Rari Nantes Camogli | 5 | ? |
| | Maurizio D'Achille | 1932 | | ? | A.S. Roma Pallanuoto | 2 | ? |
| | Giuseppe D'Altrui | 7 April 1934 | 22 | ? | Rari Nantes Napoli | 5 | ? |
| | Fritz Dennerlein | 14 March 1936 | 20 | ? | Circolo Canottieri Napoli | 6 | ? |
| | Luigi Mannelli | 21 February 1939 | 17 | ? | Circolo Canottieri Napoli | 1 | ? |
| | Angelo Marciani | 19 April 1928 | 28 | ? | Rari Nantes Camogli | 6 | ? |
| | Rosario Parmegiani | 12 March 1937 | 19 | ? | Rari Nantes Napoli | 0 | 0 |
| | Paolo Pucci | 1935 | | ? | S.S. Lazio Nuoto | 5 | ? |
| | Cesare Rubini | 2 November 1923 | 33 | ? | A.S. Roma Pallanuoto | 6 | ? |

## Romania

Romania entered a squad of nine players. They scored 26 goals but all scorers are unknown.
Head coach: Balint Adalbert
| Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Tournament games | Tournament goals |
| | Alexandru Bădiţă | 2 October 1937 | 18 | ? | 3 | ? |
| | Ivan Bordi | 1938 | | ? | 3 | ? |
| GK | Iosif Deutsch | 1932 | | ? | 1 | 0 |
| | Zoltan Hospodar | 8 March 1933 | 23 | ? | 5 | ? |
| GK | Alexandru Marinescu | 23 October 1932 | 24 | ? | 4 | 0 |
| | Gavril Nagy | 21 August 1932 | 24 | ? | 5 | ? |
| | Francisc Şimon | 8 January 1927 | 29 | ? | 5 | ? |
| | Alexandru Szabo | 20 January 1937 | 19 | ? | 4 | ? |
| | Aurel Zahan | 8 August 1938 | 18 | ? | 5 | ? |

## Singapore

The following players represented Singapore.
* David Lim
* Thio Gim Hock
* Lionel Chee
* Eric Yeo
* Gan Eng Teck
* Wiebe Wolters
* Tan Eng Bock
* Skip Wolters
* Oh Chwee Hock
* Lim Teck Pan

## Soviet Union

The Soviet Union entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 21 goals.
Head coach:
| Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Tournament games | Tournament goals |
| | Viktor Ageev | 29 April 1936 | 20 | ? | 7 | 2 |
| | Pyotr Breus | 2 December 1927 | 28 | ? | 2 | 0 |
| GK | Boris Goykhman | 28 April 1919 | 37 | ? | 6 | 0 |
| | Nodar Gvakhariya | 16 April 1932 | 24 | ? | 3 | 4 |
| | Vyacheslav Kurennoy | 10 December 1932 | 23 | ? | 7 | 3 |
| | Georgy Lezin | | | ? | 0 | 0 |
| | Boris Markarov | 12 March 1935 | 21 | ? | 4 | 1 |
| | P'et're Mshveniyeradze | 24 March 1929 | 27 | ? | 7 | 11 |
| | Valentin Prokopov | 10 June 1929 | 27 | ? | 6 | 0 |
| GK | Mikhail Ryzhak | 10 March 1927 | 28 | ? | 1 | 0 |
| | Yury Shlyapin | 11 February 1932 | 24 | ? | 7 | 0 |

## United States

The United States entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 15 goals but only three scorers are known.
Head coach: Neill Kohlhase (coach), Sam Greller (manager)
| Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games | Tournament goals |
| | Robert Frojen | 1 December 1930 | 25 | ? | Southern California Water Polo Club | 6 | ? |
| | James Gaughran | 5 July 1932 | 24 | ? | Southern California Water Polo Club | 2 | ? |
| | Donald Good | | | ? | | 0 | 0 |
| GK | Kenneth Hahn | 5 June 1928 | 28 | ? | Illinois Athletic Club | 1 | ? |
| GK | Robert Horn | 1 November 1931 | 27 | ? | Southern California Water Polo Club | 5 | ? |
| | Robert Hughes | 15 December 1930 | 25 | ? | University of Southern California | 5 | ? |
| | William Kooistra | 26 August 1926 | 30 | ? | Illinois Athletic Club | 5 | 1 |
| | Sam Kooistra | 18 August 1935 | 21 | ? | Northwestern University | 4 | 1 |
| | William Ross | 6 July 1928 | 28 | ? | Southern California Water Polo Club | 6 | 1 |
| | Ronald Severa | 13 August 1936 | 20 | ? | Lynwood Swim Club | 3 | ? |
| | Wally Wolf | 2 October 1930 | 26 | ? | Lynwood Swim Club | 5 | ? |

## United Team of Germany

Germany entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 16 goals but all scorers are unknown.
Head coach:
| Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games | Tournament goals |
| GK | Emil Bildstein | 17 May 1931 | 25 | ? | | 5 | 0 |
| | Wilfried Bode | 13 December 1929 | 26 | ? | Wasserfreunde Hannover | 6 | ? |
| | Hans-Günther Hilker | 1932 | | ? | Duisburg 98 | 3 | ? |
| GK | Karl Neuse | 31 December 1930 | 25 | ? | | 1 | 0 |
| | Alfred Obschernikat | 14 May 1926 | 30 | ? | Duisburg 98 | 6 | ? |
| | Friedhelm Osselmann | 9 April 1934 | 22 | ? | Amateur SC Duisburg | 5 | ? |
| | Erich Pennekamp | 13 November 1929 | 27 | ? | Duisburg 98 | 1 | ? |
| | Rudi Pennekamp | | | ? | Duisburg 98 | 0 | 0 |
| | Achim Schneider | 31 July 1934 | 22 | ? | Duisburg 98 | 6 | ? |
| | Hans-Werner Seher | 28 April 1929 | 27 | ? | | 3 | ? |
| | Willi Sturm | 28 January 1928 | 28 | ? | | 6 | ? |

## Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 25 goals but all scorers are unknown.
Head coach: File Bonačić
| Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games | Tournament goals |
| | Juraj Amšel | 1924 | | ? | HAVK Mladost | 0 | 0 |
| | Ivo Cipci | 25 April 1933 | 23 | ? | Jadran Split | 7 | ? |
| | Tomislav Franjković | 19 May 1931 | 25 | ? | Mornar Split | 6 | ? |
| | Vladimir Ivković | 25 July 1929 | 27 | ? | VK Jug Dubrovnik | 2 | 0 |
| | Zdravko Ježić | 17 August 1931 | 25 | ? | HAVK Mladost | 7 | ? |
| | Hrvoje Kačić | 12 January 1932 | 24 | ? | VK Jug Dubrovnik | 7 | ? |
| GK | Zdravko-Ćiro Kovačić | 6 July 1925 | 31 | ? | Primorj Rijeka | 7 | ? |
| | Lovro Radonjić | 26 November 1925 | 31 | ? | Mornar Split | 6 | ? |
| | Ivo Štakula | 25 February 1923 | 33 | ? | Mornar Split | 0 | 0 |
| | Boško Vuksanović | 4 January 1928 | 28 | ? | VK Crvena zvezda | 0 | 0 |
| | Marijan Žužej | 8 November 1934 | 22 | ? | HAVK Mladost | 7 | ? |