Water polo at the 1952 Summer Olympics - Men's team squads
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  • CF=Centre Forward
  • CB=Centre Back
  • D=Defender
  • GK=Goalkeeper


Argentina entered a squad of ten players. They scored six goals but only three scorers are known.

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Osvaldo Codaro  December 9, 1930 21 ? 3 ?
GK Luis Díez  November 2, 1923 28 ? 3 ?
Luis González  ? 0 0
Rubén Maidana  ? 0 0
Roberto Marino  ? 0 0
Luis Normandin  September 19, 1932 19 ? 3 ?
Mario Sebastián  May 7, 1926 26 ? 3 3
Ladislao Szabo  April 11, 1923 29 ? 3 ?
Carlos Visentín  November 28, 1918 33 ? 3 ?
Marcelo Visentín  May 30, 1914 38 ? 3 ?


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

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Peter Bennett  July 11, 1926 26 ?   Dolfish Swimming Team Paramaribo  2 ?
Anthony Fenech  ? 0 0
John Foster  May 11, 1931 21 ? 2 ?
Malcolm Hastie  February 29, 1929 23 ?   Victoria  2 ?
Frank Jordan  August 19, 1932 19 ? 2 ?
GK Doug Laing  March 19, 1931 21 ? 2 ?
James O'Doherty  ? 0 0
William Orchard  October 31, 1929 22 ? 2 ?
Raymond Smee  October 25, 1930 21 ? 2 ?
Keith Whitehead  September 9, 1931 20 ? 0 0


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

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Erich Bohuslav  April 28, 1927 25 ?   Schwimm-Union Wien  5 ?
Julius Depaoli  March 29, 1923 29 ?   Schwimm-Union Wien  5 ?
Ernst Endl  December 25, 1929 22 ? 3 ?
Anton Kunz  January 9, 1915 37 ? 1 ?
Heinrich Krumpfholz  March 19, 1925 27 ?   Schwimm-Union Wien  3 ?
Johann Liebenberger  October 27, 1930 21 ? 5 ?
GK Johann Reichel  July 20, 1922 30 ? 5 ?
Peter Steinwender  November 2, 1928 23 ?   Schwimm-Union Wien  0 0
Rudolf Stiskalik  May 18, 1929 23 ?   Schwimm-Union Wien  4 ?
Hellmut Theimer  February 15, 1928 22 ? 2 ?
Franz Zigon  March 9, 1924 28 ? 2 ?


Belgium entered an unknown number of players ten of them are known. They scored 27 goals but only two scorers are known.

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GK Théo-Léo de Smet  November 9, 1917 34 ? 7 ?
Marcel Heyninck  March 9, 1931 21 ? 8 1
André Laurent  February 14, 1931 21 ? 8 ?
Georges Leenheere  November 21, 1919 32 ? 2 ?
GK François Maesschalck  October 19, 1921 30 ? 1 ?
Alphonse Martin  April 18, 1930 22 ? 8 ?
Joseph Reynders  December 16, 1929 22 ? 1 ?
Roland Sierens  July 15, 1925 27 ? 6 ?
Jozef Smits  March 28, 1930 22 ? 7 ?
Johan Van den Steen  January 8, 1929 23 ? 8 1


Hungary entered a squad of 13 players. They scored 53 goals.

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GK Róbert Antal
Róbert Antal
Róbert Antal was a Hungarian water polo player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.Antal, who was Jewish, was born in Budapest and died in Toronto, Canada....

 
July 21, 1921 31 ?   Budapesti Bástya  2 0
Antal Bolvári
Antal Bolvári
Antal Bolvári is a Hungarian water polo player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics.He was born in Kaposvár.Bolvári was part of the Hungarian team which won the gold medal in the 1952 tournament...

 
May 6, 1932 20 ?   Budapesti Honvéd Sportegyesület  6 1
Dezső Fábián
Dezso Fábián
Dezső Fábián was a Hungarian water polo player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics.He was born and died in Budapest....

 
December 17, 1918 33 ?   Budapesti Kinizsi  1 0
Dezső Gyarmati
Dezso Gyarmati
Dezső Gyarmati is a former Hungarian water polo player and three times Olympic champion, and also a former coach of the Hungarian national water polo team.-Player career:...

 
October 23, 1927 24 ?   Budapesti Dózsa  8 7
István Hasznos
István Hasznos
István Hasznos was a Hungarian water polo player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.He was born and died in Szolnok....

 
December 8, 1924 27 ?   Szolnoki Dózsa  2 7
GK László Jeney
László Jeney
László Jeney was a Hungarian water polo player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics, 1952 Summer Olympics, 1956 Summer Olympics, and 1960 Summer Olympics....

 
May 30, 1923 29 ?   Budapesti Vasas Sport Club  6 0
György Kárpáti
György Kárpáti
György Kárpáti is a Hungarian former water polo player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics, 1956 Summer Olympics, 1960 Summer Olympics, and 1964 Summer Olympics.He was born in Budapest, and is Jewish....

 
June 23, 1935 17 ?   Budapesti Kinizsi  5 4
Dezső Lemhényi
Dezso Lemhényi
Dezső Lemhényi was a Hungarian water polo player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and 1952 Summer Olympics.He was born and died in Budapest. He was the husband of Olga Tass....

 
December 9, 1917 34 ?   Budapesti Dózsa  2 5
Kálmán Markovits
Kálmán Markovits
Kálmán Markovits is a Hungarian water polo player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics, 1956 Summer Olympics, and 1960 Summer Olympics.He was born in Budapest....

 
August 26, 1931 20 ?   Budapesti Vasas Sport Club  6 3
Miklós Martin
Miklós Martin
Miklós Martin is a Hungarian water polo player who competed in the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics. He was born in Budapest....

 
June 29, 1931 21 ?   Újpesti Dózsa Sportegyesület  2 5
Károly Szittya
Károly Szittya
Károly Szittya was a Hungarian water polo player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics.He was born in Budapest and died in Szeged....

 
June 18, 1918 34 ?   Ferencvárosi Torna Club  3 5
István Szivós
István Szivós
Szívós István was a Hungarian water polo player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics, in the 1952 Summer Olympics, and in the 1956 Summer Olympics....

 
August 20, 1920 31 ?   Budapesti Vasas Sport Club  6 16
György Vizvári
György Vizvári
György Vizvári was a Hungarian water polo player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.He was born and died in Budapest.Vizvári was part of the Hungarian team which won the gold medal in the 1952 tournament. He played seven matches....

 
December 18, 1928 23 ?   Budapesti Dózsa  7 0


Italy entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 43 goals but all scorers are unknown.

Head coach: Giulio De Filippis and Mario Majoni
Mario Majoni
Mario Majoni was an Italian water polo player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Italian team which won the gold medal. He played three matches....

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Gildo Arena
Gildo Arena
Ermenegildo "Gildo" Arena was an Italian water polo player and freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics....

 
February 25, 1921 31 ?   Canottieri Napoli  8 ?
Lucio Ceccarini
Lucio Ceccarini
Lucio Ceccarini was an Italian water polo player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.He was born in Rome....

 
December 13, 1930 21 ?   S.S. Lazio Nuoto  1 ?
Renato De Sanzuane
Renato De Sanzuane
Renato De Sanzuane was an Italian water polo player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.He was born in Venice and died in Mestre....

 
March 5, 1925 27 ?   Rari Nantes Camogli  7 ?
GK Raffaello Gambino
Raffaello Gambino
Raffaello Gambino was an Italian water polo player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.He was born in Rome....

 
April 28, 1928 24 ?   S.S. Lazio Nuoto  7 ?
Salvatore Gionta
Salvatore Gionta
Salvatore Gionta is an Italian water polo player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1960 Summer Olympics.He was born in Formia....

 
December 22, 1930 21 ?   S.S. Lazio Nuoto  2 ?
Maurizio Mannelli
Maurizio Mannelli
Maurizio Mannelli is an Italian water polo player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.He was born in Naples....

 
January 1, 1930 22 ?   Circolo Canottieri Napoli  8 ?
Geminio Ognio
Geminio Ognio
Geminio Ognio was an Italian water polo player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics.He was born in Recco and died in Rome....

 
December 13, 1917 34 ?   S.S. Lazio Nuoto  4 ?
Carlo Peretti
Carlo Peretti
Carlo Peretti is an Italian water polo player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.He was born in Florence.In 1952 he was part of the Italian team which won the bronze medal in the Olympic tournament. He played five matches....

 
March 5, 1930 22 ?   Rari Nantes Florentia  5 ?
Enzo Polito
Enzo Polito
Vincenzo "Enzo" Polito is an Italian water polo player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.He was born in Naples....

 
October 29, 1926 25 ?   Circolo Canottieri Napoli  6 ?
Cesare Rubini
Cesare Rubini
Cesare Rubini was an Italian basketball player and coach, and water polo player. One of the greatest European coaches of all time, Rubini was inducted intto the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1994, the first and to this day one of the few Italian basketball figures to receive such an honour, together...

 
November 2, 1923 28 ?   Rari Nantes Camogli  7 ?
GK Renato Traiola
Renato Traiola
Renato Traiola is an Italian water polo player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was born in Naples. In 1952 he was part of the Italian team which won the bronze medal in the Olympic tournament. He played one match as goalkeeper.-External links:*...

 
December 19, 1924 27 ?   Circolo Canottieri Napoli  1 ?


The Netherlands entered an unknown number of players only seven of them are known. They scored 43 goals only 38 scorers are unknown.

Head coach: Frans Kuyper
Frans Kuyper
Frans Kuyper was a Dutch Socinian writer and printer.First a Remonstrant minister at Vlaardingen, he left the church on his objection to infant baptism...

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Gerrit Bijlsma  November 17, 1929 22 ?   't IJ Amsterdam  9 3
Cor Braasem
Cor Braasem
Cornelius "Cor" Braasem was a Dutch water polo player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics.He was born in Soemoeran, Dutch East Indies....

 
May 15, 1923 29 ?   Neptunus Arnhem  9 5
Joop Cabout  October 28, 1927 24 ?   HZC De Robben  9 1
Rudy van Feggelen  April 14, 1924 28 ?   Haagse Zwem- en Polo Club  9 18
GK Max van Gelder  October 20, 1924 27 ?   Haagse Zwem- en Polo Club  9 ?
Nijs Korevaar
Nijs Korevaar
Nijs Cornelis Korevaar is a Dutch water polo player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics.He was born in Mijnsheerenland....

 
December 31, 1927 24 ?   Zwemvereniging De Maas Rotterdam  9 3
Frits Smol
Frits Smol
Frits Smol was a Dutch water polo player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics.He was born and died in The Hague....

 
July 6, 1924 28 ?   Haagse Zwem- en Polo Club  9 8


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

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Francisco Alves
Francisco Alves
Francisco Alves is a town and municipality in the state of Paraná in the Southern Region of Brazil.It lies along the roads BR-272 and PR-182.-References:...

 
May 24, 1923 29 ?   Sport Algés e Dafundo  2 ?
Eduardo Barbeiro  January 11, 1932 20 ?   Sport Algés e Dafundo  2 ?
Óscar Cabral  November 18, 1921 30 ?   Sport Algés e Dafundo  1 ?
José Manuel Correia  July 26, 1925 26 ?   Sport Algés e Dafundo 1 ?
GK Máximo Couto  September 14, 1923 28 ?   Sport Algés e Dafundo  2 ?
João Franco do Vale  July 13, 1930 22 ?   Sport Algés e Dafundo  2 ?
Rodrigo Basto Junior  March 29, 1919 33 ?   Sport Algés e Dafundo  1 ?
Fernando Madeira  May 12, 1932 20 ?   Sport Algés e Dafundo  1 ?
Armando Moutinho  January 4, 1915 37 ?   Sport Algés e Dafundo  2 ?


The Soviet Union entered a squad of 13 players. They scored 38 goals but only four scorers are known.

Head coach: Vadim Kuznetsov and Ivan Dmitriev
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Vadim Bubok  ? 0 0
GK Boris Goykhman
Boris Goykhman
Boris Abramovich Goykhman was a Russian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics, in the 1956 Summer Olympics, and in the 1960 Summer Olympics.He is Jewish, and was born in Voznesensk, Ukrainian SSR....

 
April 28, 1919 33 ?   TsSK VMF  9 ?
Lev Kokorin  1918 ? 5 ?
Igor Libel  ? 0 0
Aleksandr Liferenko  1930 ? 8 ?
P'et're Mshveniyeradze  March 24, 1929 23 ? 9 1
Valentin Prokopov
Valentin Prokopov
Valentin Ivanovich Prokopov is a Russian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics. He is perhaps best remembered as the man who struck Hungarian player Ervin Zádor in the Blood in the Water match.In 1952 he was part of the...

 
June 10, 1929 23 ? 9 2
Nikolay Prostyakov  ? 0 0
Yevgeny Semyonov  1920 ? 9 ?
Yury Shlyapin
Yury Shlyapin
Yury Aleksandrovich Shlyapin was a Russian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics....

 
February 11, 1932 20 ? 5 ?
Yury Teplov  1931 ? 6 ?
Vitaly Ushakov  1920 ? 1 ?
Anatoly Yegorov  1922 ? 2 1


The United States entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 35 goals but only 19 scorers are known.

Head coach: Urho Saari (coach); John Curran (manager)
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GK Harry Bisbey
Harry Bisbey
Harry Arthur Bisbey is an American water polo player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.He was born in Santa Monica, California....

 
May 10, 1931 21 ?   U.S. Coast Guard  9 ?
Marvin Burns
Marvin Burns
Marvin Duane "Ace" Burns is an American water polo player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1960 Summer Olympics.He was born in Santa Ana, California....

 
July 6, 1928 24 ?   Lynwood Swim Club  5 1
Norman Dornblaser
Norman Dornblaser
Norman William "Bill" Dornblaser is an American water polo player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.He was born in Hawthorne, California....

 
November 4, 1933 18 ?   El Segundo Swim Club  7 1
Robert Hughes
Robert Hughes (swimmer)
Robert "Bob" Earl Hughes is an American water polo player and breaststroke swimmer who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics.He was born in Lennox, California....

 
December 15, 1930 21 ?   University of Southern California
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...

 
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Edward Jaworski
Edward Jaworski
Edward "Ed" Lawrence Jaworski was an American water polo player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.He was born in New York City....

 
March 11, 1926 26 ?   New York Athletic Club  8 ?
Robert Koehler  ? 0 0
William Kooistra
William Kooistra
William "Bill" August Kooistra is an American water polo player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics.He was born in Chicago and is the older brother of Sam Kooistra....

 
August 26, 1926 25 ?   Illinois Athletic Club  7 7
Norman Lake
Norman Lake
Norman Ezra Lake is an American water polo player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.He was born in Inglewood, California....

 
December 8, 1932 19 ?   El Segundo Swim Club  2 ?
James Norris
James Norris (water polo)
James "Jim" Leo Norris is an American water polo player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah....

 
July 7, 1930 22 ?   El Segundo Swim Club  8 ?
John Spargo
John Spargo (water polo)
John "Jack" Arthur Spargo is an American water polo player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.He was born in Hermosa Beach, California....

 
June 3, 1931 21 ?   U.S. Air Force  5 4
Peter Stange
Peter Stange
Peter "Pete" James Stange is an American water polo player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.He was born in Santa Monica, California....

 
February 28, 1931 21 ?   El Segundo Swim Club  3 ?


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

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Juraj Amšel
Juraj Amšel
Juraj Amšel is a Croat water polo player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1948 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Yugoslav team which was eliminated in the second round of the 1948 Olympic tournament. He played two matches....

 
1924 ?   HAVK Mladost
HAVK Mladost
HAVK Mladost is a Croatian water polo club from Zagreb. It is part of the Mladost sports society. The club was formed in 1946 and is currently coached by Veselin Đuho.It was voted as the world's best water-polo club of the 20th century.- Famous players :...

 
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Veljko Bakašun
Veljko Bakašun
Veljko Bakašun was a Croat water polo player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics.He died in Korčula....

 
June 14, 1920 32 ?   Jadran Split  6 ?
Marko Brainović
Marko Brainovic
Marko Brainović is a Croat water polo player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics....

 
July 17, 1920 32 ?   Jadran Split  3 ?
Vladimir Ivković
Vladimir Ivkovic
Vladimir Ivković is a Croat water polo player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics.He was born in Dubrovnik....

 
July 25, 1929 23 ?   VK Jug Dubrovnik
VK Jug Dubrovnik
VK Jug Dubrovnik is a water polo club from Dubrovnik, Croatia. Currently, VK Jug competes in the Croatian First League of Water Polo.VK Jug was established in 1923...

 
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Zdravko Ježić
Zdravko Ježic
Zdravko "Pusko" Ježić was a Croat water polo player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1952 Summer Olympics, in the 1956 Summer Olympics, and in the 1960 Summer Olympics....

 
August 17, 1931 20 ?   HAVK Mladost
HAVK Mladost
HAVK Mladost is a Croatian water polo club from Zagreb. It is part of the Mladost sports society. The club was formed in 1946 and is currently coached by Veselin Đuho.It was voted as the world's best water-polo club of the 20th century.- Famous players :...

 
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GK Zdravko-Ćiro Kovačić
Zdravko-Ciro Kovacic
Zdravko-Ćiro Kovačić is a Croat water polo player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1948 Summer Olympics, in the 1952 Summer Olympics, and in the 1956 Summer Olympics.He was born in Šibenik....

 
July 6, 1925 27 ?   Primorj Rijeka  9 ?
Ivo Kurtini
Ivo Kurtini
Ivica "Ivo" Kurtini was a Croat water polo player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics....

 
June 23, 1922 30 ?   Primorj Rijeka  9 4
Lovro Radonjić
Lovro Radonjic
Lovro Radonjić is a Croat water polo player and butterfly swimmer who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1952 Summer Olympics, in the 1956 Summer Olympics, and in the 1960 Summer Olympics....

 
November 26, 1925 26 ?   Mornar Split  9 ?
Dragoslav D. Šiljak
Dragoslav D. Šiljak
Dragoslav D. Šiljak is a professor of Electrical Engineering at Santa Clara University, where he holds the title of Benjamin and Mae Swig University Professor. He received the Ph.D...

 
1933 19 ? 0 0
Ivo Štakula
Ivo Štakula
Ivo Štakula was a Croatian water polo player who represented Croatia and Yugoslavia nationally and was a long-time player for VK Jug Dubrovnik.He died in Melbourne....

 
February 25, 1923 29 ?   VK Jug Dubrovnik
VK Jug Dubrovnik
VK Jug Dubrovnik is a water polo club from Dubrovnik, Croatia. Currently, VK Jug competes in the Croatian First League of Water Polo.VK Jug was established in 1923...

 
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Boško Vuksanović
Boško Vuksanovic
Boško Vuksanović was a Yugoslavian water polo player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was born in Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. He was part of the Yugoslav team which won the silver medal in the 1952 tournament...

 
January 4, 1928 24 ?   VK Partizan
VK Partizan
Vaterpolo klub Partizan Raiffeisen is a waterpolo club from Belgrade, Serbia. VK Partizan is one of the sport clubs in Serbia that are part of sport society Partizan. Partizan's home terrain is the pool which is part of the Sportski centar Voždovac na Banjici complex...

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