Field hockey at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads explained

See main article: Field hockey at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Tournament:	Field hockey at the 1948 Summer Olympics
City:	London
Venues:	Guinness Ground, Park Royal Lyons' Ground, Sudbury Polytechnic Ground, Chiswick Wembley Stadium
Teams:	13
Matches:	49
Goals:	118

Afghanistan

width=6%	Pos.	width=20%	Player	width=12%	DoB	width=4%	Age	width=4%	Caps	width=20%	Club	width=5%	Tournament games	width=5%	Tournament goals
						3	0
						2	0
						3	0
		1928				3	1
						3	0
		1925				3	0
		1928				3	0
		1925				2	0
		1928				2	0
						1	?
		1925		?		3	?
				?		1
		1925		?		3	?
				?		1	?

Argentina

See main article: Argentina at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Head coach:

width=6%	Pos.	width=20%	Player	width=12%	DoB	width=4%	Age	width=4%	Caps	width=10%	Club	width=5%	Tournament games	width=5%	Tournament goals
				?		3	1
				?		3	0
				?		3	0
				?		3	0
				?		3	2
		August 19, 1927	20	?		3	0
				?		1	0
		June 26, 1915	33	?		3	0
		June 28, 1927	21	?		3	2
				?		3	0
				?		2	0
				?		3	0

Austria

See main article: Austria at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Head coach:

width=4%	No.	width=6%	Pos.	width=23%	Player	width=12%	DoB	width=4%	Age	width=4%	Caps	width=21%	Club	width=6%	Tournament games	width=6%	Tournament goals
	B		October 13, 1915	32	?		3	?
	FW		May 2, 1912	36	?		3	?
		Siegfried Egger			?		0	0
	B		October 20, 1923	24	?		3	?
		Wolfgang Klee			?		0	0
	FW		April 3, 1921	27	?		2	?
	FW		February 28, 1923	25	?		3	?
	FW		February 17, 1921	27	?		3	?
	FW		March 25, 1913	35	?		3	?
	FW		March 10, 1908	40	?		2	?
					?		0	0
	GK		November 20, 1920	27	?		3	?
	HB		July 7, 1920	28	?		3	?
	HB		October 14, 1918	29	?		2	?
	HB		July 13, 1916	32	?		3	?

Belgium

See main article: Belgium at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Head coach:

width=6%	Pos.	width=20%	Player	width=12%	DoB	width=4%	Age	width=4%	Caps	width=20%	Club	width=5%	Tournament games	width=5%	Tournament goals
		December 14, 1922	25			2	0
		March 17, 1919	28			4	0
		November 1, 1913	34			3	1
		March 27, 1921	27			4	0
		October 4, 1926	21		Royal Leopold Club	4	0
		January 9, 1920	28			4	0
		December 7, 1926	21		Royal Leopold Club	3	0
		July 28, 1920	27			4	0
		July 1, 1924	24			4	0
		February 15, 1922	26			4	1
		May 5, 1923	25			1	0
		November 25, 1926	21			4	0
		August 23, 1917	30			1	0

Denmark

See main article: Denmark at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Head coach:

width=6%	Pos.	width=20%	Player	width=12%	DoB	width=4%	Age	width=4%	Caps	width=20%	Club	width=5%	Tournament games	width=5%	Tournament goals
		December 15, 1920	27		Skovshoved IF, Klampenborg	4	1
		March 7, 1924	24		Orient Lyngby Hockey Club	2	0
		January 13, 1983	34		København Hockey Club	1	0
		February 3, 1922	26		København Hockey Club	4	0
		March 23, 1911	37		Kalundborg HK	4	0
		September 6, 1998	33		København Hockey Club	1	0
		February 2, 1916	32		Kalundborg HK	4	0
		November 9, 1919	28		Kalundborg HK	4	0
		December 24, 1904	43		København Hockey Club	3	0
		September 24, 1915	32		Orient Lyngby Hockey Club	2	0
		May 1, 1922	26		Kalundborg HK	3	0
		April 21, 1930	18		Slagelse HK	1	0
		February 28, 1925	23		Orient Lyngby Hockey Club	4	0
		April 30, 1913	35		Skovshoved IF, Klampenborg	2	0
		March 29, 1912	36		København Hockey Club	3	0
		August 21, 1924	23		Kalundborg HK	2	0

France

See main article: France at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Head coach:

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		September 23, 1919	28			3	0
		September 20, 1925	22			4	0
		December 5, 1910	37		Lille MHC, Lille	2	0
		April 1, 1921	27			3	0
		March 25, 1925	23			4	0
		March 25, 1925	23			4	0
		November 10, 1921	26			4	0
		October 5, 1922	25			1	0
		March 22, 1919	29		Stade Français Hockey	4	0
		October 5, 1919	28			3	0
		February 3, 1922	26			4	0
		November 7, 1916	31			1	1
		May 10, 1924	24			4	0
		June 17, 1913	35			3	1

Great Britain

See main article: Great Britain at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Head coach:

width=6%	Pos.	width=20%	Player	width=12%	DoB	width=4%	Age	width=4%	Caps	width=20%	Club	width=5%	Tournament games	width=5%	Tournament goals
GK		29 May 1910	38		Babcock and Wilcox Hockey Club	5	0
HB		28 February 1915	33		Stepps Hockey Club	5	0
LB		3 March 1916	32		Corinthian Hockey Club	5	0
HB		27 November 1915	32		Sherborne Hockey Club	5	0
HB		21 August 1917	30		Army Hockey Association	5	1
		11 January 1914	34			5	0
		26 August 1924	23		Combined Services	5	1
		2 May 1920	28		University of Cambridge	4	3
		15 November 1915	32		Cheltenham Hockey Club	5	5
IL		1 October 1917	30		Taunton Vale Hockey Club	5	10
		26 June 1922	26		Newport Athletic Hockey Club	5	1
		28 December 1914	33			1	0
		27 May 1915	33		Cardiff Hockey Club	0	0
OL					School of Military Engineering (Ripon)	0	0
		29 April 1912	36			0	0
LB		28 March 1917	31		Old Kingstonian Hockey Club	0	0
					Whitecraigs Hockey Club	0	0

India

See main article: India at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Head coach: NN Mukherjee

width=6%	Pos.	width=20%	Player	width=12%	DoB	width=4%	Age	width=4%	Caps	width=20%	Club	width=5%	Tournament games	width=5%	Tournament goals
HB		February 2, 1917	31		Indian Railways	5	2
GK		March 15, 1920	28			2	0
GK		April 11, 1914	34		Tata Sports Club	3	0
		December 16, 1920	27		Lusitanian Hockey Team	1	0
RB		February 12, 1923	25		Brothers Club	5	2
		August 23, 1926	21			1	0
B		February 22, 1922	26			5	4
FB		September 22, 1922	25			3	0
HB		December 29, 1925	22			5	0
		August 10, 1923	24			4	0
		1923	25			4	0
CF		December 31, 1923	23		Punjab Police	4	8
		December 14, 1920	27			5	7
		January 1, 1929	19			1	0
		1929	19			4	0
		1923	25			1	1
		May 29, 1922	26			1	1
		February 18, 1926	22		Services (Indian Navy)	2	0
CH		1926	22		Bhowanipore	1	0
HB		March 25, 1927	21		Bengal Nagpur Railway	1	0

Netherlands

See main article: Netherlands at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Head coach:

width=6%	Pos.	width=20%	Player	width=12%	DoB	width=4%	Age	width=4%	Caps	width=20%	Club	width=5%	Tournament games	width=5%	Tournament goals
FW		December 11, 1924	23		HHIJC	7	3
		June 30, 1926	33			1	0
		March 4, 1917	31		HHIJC	7	7
HB		March 19, 1918	30		DHV	7	0
HB		March 11, 1927	21		TOGO	7	0
		July 9, 1918	30		TOGO	7	1
		September 27, 1922	25		HHIJC	7	0
		January 18, 1925	23		HHIJC	6	6
		September 27, 1918	29		HMHC	7	0
GK		November 16, 1919	28		Be Fair	7	0
CM		May 6, 1921	27		Laren	7	0
		December 29, 1926	21		HHIJC	7	0

Pakistan

See main article: Pakistan at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Head coach:

width=6%	Pos.	width=20%	Player	width=12%	DoB	width=4%	Age	width=4%	Caps	width=20%	Club	width=5%	Tournament games	width=5%	Tournament goals
		April 16, 1916	32		West Punjab Police	7	9
		October 1932	16		Brothers Club	3	0
		November 10, 1920	27		Brothers Club	6	0
		April 1, 1915	33		Aryans, Lahore	7	10
					BOAC	1	0
		January 7, 1927	21		NWFP	3	1
		1920	26		Aryans, Lahore	4	0
		November 1922	25		Pak Independents	1	0
		1923	24		Pak Independents	2	0
		August 21, 1917	30		Naeem Club	6	0
		1918	30		Pak Independents	2	0
		March 1920	27		Aryans, Lahore	1	0
		June 1918	28		Brothers Club	6	1
		November 1924	22		Frontier	6	0
		1921	25		Aryans, Lahore	6	1
		September 5, 1909	38		Naeem Club, Lahore	1	0
		October 2, 1926	21		Aryans, Lahore	6	0
		August 10, 1924	23		Burma Shell	4	0
		February 1921	27		Septans Club, Rawalpindi	5	0

Spain

See main article: Spain at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Head coach:

width=6%	Pos.	width=20%	Player	width=12%	DoB	width=4%	Age	width=4%	Caps	width=20%	Club	width=5%	Tournament games	width=5%	Tournament goals
HB		April 12, 1912	36		Barcelona	3	0
FW		July 22, 1924	24			3	0
DF		January 12, 1917	31		Barcelona	1	0
FW		February 1, 1923	25			2	0
		October 23, 1912	35		Atlético Madrid	1	0
		April 4, 1916	32			3	0
		July 22, 1924	24			3	2
		October 3, 1914	33			1	0
		August 16, 1916	31			3	0
		March 29, 1911	37			3	0
		March 30, 1916	32		Junior	2	1
						2	0
		December 10, 1916	31			3	0
		August 19, 1917	30			3	0

Switzerland

See main article: Switzerland at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Head coach:

width=6%	Pos.	width=20%	Player	width=12%	DoB	width=4%	Age	width=4%	Caps	width=20%	Club	width=5%	Tournament games	width=5%	Tournament goals
					Black Boys HC, Geneva	1	0
					Red Sox Hockey Club, Zürich	1	0
					Black Boys HC, Geneva	3	0
					Red Sox Hockey Club, Zürich	3	0
		December 12, 1912	35		Red Sox Hockey Club, Zürich	3	0
		January 21, 1924	24		Basler Hockey Club, Basel	2	0
					HC Olten, Olten	1	0
		October 10, 1916	31			1	0
		August 16, 1916	31		HC Olten, Olten	2	0
		April 10, 1924	24			2	0
					HC Olten, Olten	3	0
	Manuel Royes				HC Olten, Olten	2	0
					HC Olten, Olten	2	1
					Black Boys HC, Geneva	2	1
					Basler Hockey Club, Basel	2	0
					HC Olten, Olten	3	0

United States

See main article: United States at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Head coach: Henry Goode as playing manager and Kurt Orban as playing coach

width=4%	No.	width=6%	Pos.	width=23%	Player	width=12%	DoB	width=4%	Age	width=4%	Caps	width=21%	Club	width=6%	Tournament games	width=6%	Tournament goals
	HB		September 26, 1916	31	?		2	0
		David Cauffman	October 29, 1916				0	0
	FW		November 12, 1917	30	?		3	0
	FW		June 7, 1918	30	?		1	0
	FW		September 16, 1916	31	?		2	1
	HB		December 18, 1917	30	?		2	0
	HB		December 30, 1926	21	?		3	0
	FW		January 28, 1926	22	?		3	0
	FW		August 6, 1916	31	?		3	0
	B		May 13, 1921	27	?		3	0
		Phillip Schoettle			?		0	0
	HB		June 1, 1921	26	?		1	0
	GK		May 30, 1908	40	?		2	0
	B		December 3, 1913	34	?		3	0
	FW/HB/GK		January 4, 1919	32	?		3	0
	FW		October 26, 1917	30	?		2	0

Felix Ucko played in every match a different position.

Position glossary

• GK=Goalkeeper
• B=Back
• HB=Halfback
• FW=Forward
• FB=Fullback
• CH=Centrehalf
• CM=CentreMidfield

References

• Olympic Report
• Web site: Wudarski . Pawel . 1999 . Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich . 15 September 2008 . pl . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090216130930/http://olympic.w.interia.pl/ . 16 February 2009 .
• sports-reference

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