Water polo at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads explained

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The following is the list of squads that took part in the men's water polo tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics.^[1]

• 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.^[2]

Head coach:

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			9 December 1930	21	?		3	?
	GK		2 November 1923	28	?	Gimnasia y Esgrima de Buenos Aires		3	?
					?		0	0
					?		0	0
					?		0	0
			19 September 1932	19	?		3	?
			7 May 1926	26	?		3	3
			11 April 1923	29	?		3	?
			28 November 1918	33	?		3	?
			30 May 1914	38	?		3	?

Australia

Australia entered a squad of ten players. They scored two goals but all scorers are unknown.^[3]

Head coach:

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			11 July 1926	26	?		2	?
					?		0	0
			11 May 1931	21	?		2	?
			29 February 1929	23	?		2	?
			19 August 1932	19	?		2	?
	GK		19 March 1931	21	?		2	?
					?		0	0
			31 October 1929	22	?		2	?
			25 October 1930	21	?		2	?
			9 September 1931	20	?		0	0

Austria

Austria entered a squad of eleven players. They scored fourteen goals but all scorers are unknown.^[4]

Head coach:

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			28 April 1927	25	?		5	?
			29 March 1923	29	?		5	?
			25 December 1929	22	?		3	?
			9 January 1915	37	?		1	?
			19 March 1925	27	?		3	?
			27 October 1930	21	?		5	?
	GK		20 July 1922	30	?		5	?
			2 November 1928	23	?		0	0
			18 May 1929	23	?		4	?
			15 February 1928	22	?		2	?
			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.^[5]

Head coach:

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	GK		9 November 1917	34	?		7	?
			9 March 1931	21	?		8	1
			14 February 1931	21	?		8	?
			21 November 1919	32	?		2	?
	GK		19 October 1921	30	?		1	?
			18 April 1930	22	?		8	?
			16 December 1929	22	?		1	?
			15 July 1925	27	?		6	?
			28 March 1930	22	?		7	?
			8 January 1929	23	?		8	1

Brazil

The following players represented Brazil.^[6]

• 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.^[7]

• 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.^[8]

• 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.^[9]

• 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.^[10]

Head coach:

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	GK		21 July 1921	31	?		2	0
			6 May 1932	20	?		6	1
			17 December 1918	33	?		1	0
			23 October 1927	24	?		8	7
			8 December 1924	27	?		2	7
	GK		30 May 1923	29	?		6	0
			23 June 1935	17	?		5	4
			9 December 1917	34	?		2	5
			26 August 1931	20	?		6	3
			29 June 1931	21	?		2	5
			18 June 1918	34	?		3	5
			20 August 1920	31	?		6	16
			18 December 1928	23	?		7	0

India

The following players represented India.^[11]

• 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.^[12]

Head coach: Giulio De Filippis and Mario Majoni

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			25 February 1921	31	?		8	?
			13 December 1930	21	?		1	?
			5 March 1925	27	?		7	?
	GK		28 April 1928	24	?		7	?
			22 December 1930	21	?		2	?
			1 January 1930	22	?		8	?
			13 December 1917	34	?		4	?
			5 March 1930	22	?		5	?
			29 October 1926	25	?		6	?
			2 November 1923	28	?		7	?
	GK		19 December 1924	27	?		1	?

Mexico

The following players represented Mexico.^[13]

• 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.^[14]

Head coach: Frans Kuyper

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			17 November 1929	22	?		9	3
			15 May 1923	29	?		9	5
			28 October 1927	24	?		9	1
			14 April 1924	28	?		9	18
	GK		20 October 1924	27	?		9	?
			31 December 1927	24	?		9	3
			6 July 1924	28	?		9	8

Portugal

Portugal entered a squad of ten players. They scored two goals but both are unknown.^[15]

Head coach:

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			24 May 1923	29	?		2	?
			11 January 1932	20	?		2	?
			18 November 1921	30	?		1	?
			26 July 1925	26	?	Sport Algés e Dafundo	1	?
	GK		14 September 1923	28	?		2	?
			13 July 1930	22	?		2	?
			29 March 1919	33	?		1	?
			12 May 1932	20	?		1	?
			4 January 1915	37	?		2	?

Romania

The following players represented Romania.^[16]

• Zoltan Norman
• Atila Kelemen
• Adalbert Iordache
• Gavrila Törok
• Zoltan Hospodar
• Octavian Iosim
• Francisc Şimon
• Arcadie Sarcadi

South Africa

The following players represented South Africa.^[17]

• 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.^[18]

Head coach: Vadim Kuznetsov and Ivan Dmitriev

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			1926		?		0	0
	GK		28 April 1919	33	?		9	?
			1918		?		5	?
	GK		1914		?		0	0
			1930		?		8	?
			24 March 1929	23	?		9	1
			10 June 1929	23	?		9	2
					?		0	0
			1920		?		9	?
			11 February 1932	20	?		5	?
			1931		?		6	?
			1920		?		1	?
			1922		?		2	1

Spain

The following players represented Spain.^[19]

• Leandro Ribera Abad
• Ricardo Conde
• Josep Bazán
• Roberto Queralt
• Antonio Subirana
• Agustín Mestres
• Juan Abellán
• Francisco Castillo

Sweden

The following players represented Sweden.^[20]

• 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.^[21]

Head coach: Urho Saari (coach); John Curran (manager)

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	GK		10 May 1931	21	?		9	?
			6 July 1928	24	?		5	1
			4 November 1933	18	?		7	1
			15 December 1930	21	?		9	6
			11 March 1926	26	?		8	?
					?		0	0
			26 August 1926	25	?		7	7
			8 December 1932	19	?		2	?
			7 July 1930	22	?		8	?
			3 June 1931	21	?		5	4
			28 February 1931	21	?		3	?

Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 44 goals but only four scorers are known.^[22]

Head coach:

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			1924		?		0	0
			14 June 1920	32	?		6	?
			17 July 1920	32	?		3	?
			25 July 1929	23	?		9	?
			17 August 1931	20	?		2	?
	GK		6 July 1925	27	?		9	?
			23 June 1922	30	?		9	4
			26 November 1925	26	?		9	?
			1933	19	?		0	0
			25 February 1923	29	?		9	?
			4 January 1928	24	?		6	?

External links

• Olympic Report
• Web site: Wudarski . Pawel . 1999 . Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich . 3 November 2008. pl.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Water Polo at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Water Polo . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418124335/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1952/WAP/mens-water-polo.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 24 November 2019.
2. Web site: Argentina Water Polo at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417163703/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ARG/summer/1952/WAP/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 26 November 2019.
3. Web site: Australia Water Polo at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417164907/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/AUS/summer/1952/WAP/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 26 November 2019.
4. Web site: Austria Water Polo at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417184535/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/AUT/summer/1952/WAP/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 26 November 2019.
5. Web site: Belgium Water Polo at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417162656/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/BEL/summer/1952/WAP/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 24 November 2019.
6. Web site: Brazil Water Polo at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417110401/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/BRA/summer/1952/WAP/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 26 November 2019.
7. Web site: Egypt Water Polo at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417115532/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/EGY/summer/1952/WAP/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 25 November 2019.
8. Web site: Germany Water Polo at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417081305/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GER/summer/1952/WAP/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 26 November 2019.
9. Web site: Great Britain Water Polo at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417113904/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GBR/summer/1952/WAP/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 25 November 2019.
10. Web site: Hungary Water Polo at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417162040/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/HUN/summer/1952/WAP/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 24 November 2019.
11. Web site: India Water Polo at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417234831/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1952/WAP/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 26 November 2019.
12. Web site: Italy Water Polo at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417095454/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ITA/summer/1952/WAP/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 24 November 2019.
13. Web site: Mexico Water Polo at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417162037/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/MEX/summer/1952/WAP/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 26 November 2019.
14. Web site: Netherlands Water Polo at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417162040/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/NED/summer/1952/WAP/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 24 November 2019.
15. Web site: Portugal Water Polo at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417190257/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/POR/summer/1952/WAP/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 26 November 2019.
16. Web site: Romania Water Polo at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417115628/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ROU/summer/1952/WAP/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 26 November 2019.
17. Web site: South Africa Water Polo at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417214513/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/RSA/summer/1952/WAP/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 26 November 2019.
18. Web site: Soviet Union Water Polo at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417162010/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/URS/summer/1952/WAP/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 25 November 2019.
19. Web site: Spain Water Polo at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417214512/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ESP/summer/1952/WAP/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 25 November 2019.
20. Web site: Sweden Water Polo at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417071702/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/SWE/summer/1952/WAP/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 26 November 2019.
21. Web site: United States Water Polo at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417115658/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/USA/summer/1952/WAP/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 24 November 2019.
22. Web site: Yugoslavia Water Polo at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417162038/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/YUG/summer/1952/WAP/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 24 November 2019.