Water polo at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads explained

See main article: Water polo at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

The following is the list of squads that took part in the men's water polo tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics.^[1]

• CF=Centre forward
• CB=Centre back
• D=Defender
• GK=Goalkeeper

Argentina

The following players represented Argentina.^[2]

• Diego Wolf
• Jorge Lucey
• Alfredo Carnovali
• Roberto Fischer
• Pedro Consuegra
• Ernesto Parga
• Osvaldo Codaro

Australia

The following players represented Australia.^[3]

• Michael Withers
• Graeme Sherman
• Keith Whitehead
• John O'Brien
• Ted Pierce
• Dick Thornett
• Tom Hoad
• Allan Charleston
• Keith Wiegard
• Des Clark

Belgium

The following players represented Belgium.^[4]

• Bruno De Hesselle
• Jozef Smits
• Roger De Wilde
• Jacques Caufrier
• Nicolas Dumont
• Karel De Vis
• Léon Pickers

Brazil

The following players represented Brazil.^[5]

• Jorge Cruz
• Rolando Cruz
• Roland da Cruz
• Luiz Daniel
• Hilton de Almeida
• Márvio dos Santos
• João Gonçalves Filho
• Adhemar Grijó Filho
• Henry Samson

France

The following players represented France.^[6]

• Roland Moellé
• René Daubinet
• Alex Jany
• Claude Haas
• Claude Greder
• Roger Neubauer
• Charles Lambert
• Gérard Faetibolt
• André Lochon
• Jacques Meslier
• Jean-Paul Weil

Hungary

Hungary entered a squad of 14 players. They scored 37 goals, including one own goal from the Belgian Jozef Smits.^[7]

Head coach: Béla Rajki

width=4%	No.	width=6%	Pos.	width=18%	Player	width=12%	DoB	width=4%	Age	width=4%	Caps	width=27%	Club	width=6%	Tournament games	width=6%	Tournament goals
			9 April 1942	18	?		1	1
	GK		5 August 1929	31	?		5	0
			21 August 1935	25	?		6	9
			1 March 1941	19	?		3	4
			23 October 1927	32	?		6	2
			2 April 1931	29	?		5	1
	GK		30 May 1923	37	?		2	0
			4 April 1933	27	?		6	6
			23 June 1935	25	?		4	5
			20 February 1938	22	?		1	0
			27 August 1941	18	?		1	1
			26 August 1931	28	?		4	1
			27 December 1933	26	?		3	1
			11 April 1940	20	?		2	5

Italy

Italy entered a squad of twelve players. They scored 31 goals.^[8]

Head coach: Andres Zolyomy

width=4%	No.	width=6%	Pos.	width=18%	Player	width=12%	DoB	width=4%	Age	width=4%	Caps	width=27%	Club	width=6%	Tournament games	width=6%	Tournament goals
			23 January 1939	21	?		1	1
			23 May 1937	23	?		6	2
			7 April 1934	26	?		6	1
			22 December 1930	19	?		2	2
			29 December 1939	20	?		2	3
			15 March 1941	19	?		6	4
			4 August 1938	21	?		5	0
			21 February 1939	21	?		2	4
			12 March 1937	23	?		6	7
			21 April 1938	22	?		6	7
	GK		28 August 1936	23	?		5	0
	GK		26 May 1939	21	?		2	0

Japan

The following players represented Japan.^[9]

• Mineo Kato
• Kanji Asanuma
• Takanao Sato
• Yoji Shimizu
• Motonobu Miyamura
• Shigenobu Fujimoto
• Koki Takagi

Netherlands

The following players represented the Netherlands.^[10]

• Ben Kniest
• Harry Lamme
• Fred van der Zwan
• Harro Ran
• Bram Leenards
• Harry Vriend
• Fred van Dorp
• Hans Muller
• Henk Hermsen

Romania

The following players represented Romania.^[11]

• Mircea Ştefănescu
• Alexandru Bădiţă
• Aurel Zahan
• Gavril Blajek
• Alexandru Szabo
• Anatol Grinţescu
• Ştefan Kroner

South Africa

The following players represented South Africa.^[12]

• William Aucamp
• Ron Meredith
• Leon Nahon
• Frank Butler
• Wally Voges
• Ronald Tinkler
• Stephanus Botha
• Robert Schwartz
• Allan Brown

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 30 goals.^[13]

Head coach: Vitaly Ushakov and Nikolai Malin

width=4%	No.	width=6%	Pos.	width=18%	Player	width=12%	DoB	width=4%	Age	width=4%	Caps	width=27%	Club	width=6%	Tournament games	width=6%	Tournament goals
			29 April 1936	24	?		2	0
			29 May 1939	21	?		7	7
	GK		1 April 1938	22	?		3	0
	GK		28 April 1919	41	?		4	0
			28 March 1939	21	?		6	2
			5 May 1937	23	?		7	5
			10 December 1932	27	?		7	9
			24 March 1929	31	?		7	5
			25 June 1937	23	?		1	0
			26 February 1929	31	?		1	2
			10 May 1938	22	?		5	0

United Arab Republic

The following players represented the United Arab Republic.^[14]

• Abdel Aziz Khalifa
• Amin Abdel Rahman
• Ibrahim Abdel Rahman
• Mohamed Azmi
• Moustafa Bakri
• Moukhtar Hussain El-Gamal
• Gamal El-Nazer
• Dorri Abdel Kader
• Abdel Aziz El-Shafei
• Mohamed Abdel Hafiz

United States

The United States entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 33 goals.^[15]

Head coach: Urho Saari (coach), Neill Kohlhase

width=4%	No.	width=6%	Pos.	width=18%	Player	width=12%	DoB	width=4%	Age	width=4%	Caps	width=27%	Club	width=6%	Tournament games	width=6%	Tournament goals
			2 November 1939	20	?		5	3
			6 July 1928	32	?		5	0
			6 December 1939	20	?		6	5
	GK		27 November 1935	24	?		3	0
	GK		1 November 1931	28	?		4	0
					?		0	0
			1 August 1938	22	?		1	0
			13 August 1936	24	?		7	4
			17 October 1938	21	?		7	12
			22 November 1935	24	?		4	4
			2 October 1930	29	?		7	5

United Team of Germany

The following players represented the United Team of Germany.^[16]

• Hans Hoffmeister
• Achim Schneider
• Hans Schepers
• Bernd Strasser
• Lajos Nagy
• Friedhelm Osselmann
• Dieter Seiz
• Emil Bildstein
• Jürgen Honig

Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 27 goals.^[17]

Head coach:

width=4%	No.	width=6%	Pos.	width=18%	Player	width=12%	DoB	width=4%	Age	width=4%	Caps	width=27%	Club	width=6%	Tournament games	width=6%	Tournament goals
			25 April 1933	27	?		0	0
					?		0	0
			17 August 1931	29	?		7	4
			12 January 1932	28	?		7	4
	GK		9 March 1934	26	?		7	0
			15 April 1937	23	?		7	5
					?		0	0
			9 May 1942	18	?		6	3
			29 November 1938	21	?		7	4
			21 October 1938	21	?		1	1
			8 November 1934	25	?		7	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 1960 Roma Summer Games: Men's Water Polo . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418021444/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1960/WAP/mens-water-polo.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 28 November 2019.
2. Web site: Argentina Water Polo at the 1960 Roma Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417102354/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ARG/summer/1960/WAP/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 29 November 2019.
3. Web site: Australia Water Polo at the 1960 Roma Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417164013/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/AUS/summer/1960/WAP/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 29 November 2019.
4. Web site: Belgium Water Polo at the 1960 Roma Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417115927/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/BEL/summer/1960/WAP/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 29 November 2019.
5. Web site: Brazil Water Polo at the 1960 Roma Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417110334/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/BRA/summer/1960/WAP/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 29 November 2019.
6. Web site: France Water Polo at the 1960 Roma Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417062725/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/FRA/summer/1960/WAP/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 29 November 2019.
7. Web site: Hungary Water Polo at the 1960 Roma Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417115551/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/HUN/summer/1960/WAP/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 28 November 2019.
8. Web site: Italy Water Polo at the 1960 Roma Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417094853/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ITA/summer/1960/WAP/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 28 November 2019.
9. Web site: Japan Water Polo at the 1960 Roma Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417072356/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/JPN/summer/1960/WAP/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 29 November 2019.
10. Web site: Netherlands Water Polo at the 1960 Roma Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417162038/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/NED/summer/1960/WAP/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 29 November 2019.
11. Web site: Romania Water Polo at the 1960 Roma Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417102354/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ROU/summer/1960/WAP/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 28 November 2019.
12. Web site: South Africa Water Polo at the 1960 Roma Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417170730/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/RSA/summer/1960/WAP/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 29 November 2019.
13. Web site: Soviet Union Water Polo at the 1960 Roma Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417102355/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/URS/summer/1960/WAP/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 28 November 2019.
14. Web site: United Arab Republic Water Polo at the 1960 Roma Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417170706/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/UAR/summer/1960/WAP/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 29 November 2019.
15. Web site: United States Water Polo at the 1960 Roma Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417115645/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/USA/summer/1960/WAP/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 28 November 2019.
16. Web site: Germany Water Polo at the 1960 Roma Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417075914/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GER/summer/1960/WAP/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 28 November 2019.
17. Web site: Yugoslavia Water Polo at the 1960 Roma Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417115702/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/YUG/summer/1960/WAP/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 28 November 2019.