Football at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

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 Australia

Head coach: Richard Telfer

Pos. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games		 Tournament
goals		 Minutes
played		 Sub off Sub on Cards
yellow/red
George Arthur 1925  ?
Alec Beattie  ?
DF Bob Bignall March 14, 1922 34  ? Corrimal
Bill Harburn  ?
GK Billy Henderson November 23, 1929 26  ? Granville
FW Col Kitching November 11, 1933 22  ?
MF Jack Lennard April 2, 1930 26  ? Cessnock
GK Ron Lord August 25, 1929 27  ? Auburn
MF Francis Loughran January 31, 1931 25  ? Moreland F.C.
FW Graham McMillan January 21, 1936 20  ?
FW Bruce Morrow May 5, 1936 20  ?
DF John Pettigrew October 31, 1934 21  ?
Con Purser August 2, 1931 25  ? North Perth
Alex Rattray February 16, 1925 31  ?
Cliff Sander November 11, 1931 25  ?
Ted Smith September 24, 1935 21  ?
MF Pete Stone  ? Bankstown
MF Brian Vogler May 30, 1932 24  ?
Alwyn Warren November 1, 1931 25  ?
Bob Wemyss July 1, 1928 28  ?

 Bulgaria

Head coach: Stoyan Ormandjiev

Pos. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games		 Tournament
goals		 Minutes
played		 Sub off Sub on Cards
yellow/red
MF Stefan Bozhkov September 20, 1923 23  ? CDNA
MF Todor Diev September 28, 1934 22  ? Spartak Plovdiv
FW Georgi Dimitrov 1931  ? CDNA
Milcho Goranov November 6, 1928 28  ? Slavia Sofia
FW Ivan Kolev November 1, 1930 26  ? CDNA
MF Nikola Kovachev June 4, 1934 22  ? CDNA
DF Manol Manolov October 22, 1926 30  ? CDNA
FW Dimitar Milanov August 25, 1929 27  ? CDNA
GK Georgi Naydenov December 21, 1931 20  ? CDNA
FW Panayot Panayotov December 30, 1930 26  ? CDNA
DF Kiril Rakarov May 24, 1932 24  ? CDNA
DF Gavril Stoyanov July 9, 1929 27  ? CDNA
FW Krum Yanev January 9, 1929 27  ? CDNA
GK Yordan Yosifov August 12, 1932  ? Slavia Sofia

 Unified Team of Germany

Head coach: Sepp Herberger

Pos. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games		 Tournament
goals		 Minutes
played		 Sub off Sub on Cards
yellow/red
MF Albert Brülls March 26, 1937 19  ? Borussia Mönchengladbach
GK Manfred Eglin October 10, 1935 21  ? Karlsruher FV
FW Rolf Geiger October 16, 1934 22  ? Stuttgarter Kickers
MF Willi Gerdau February 12, 1929 27  ? Heider SV
GK Albert Görtz November 18, 1933 23  ? Düsseldorfer SC 99
MF Ernst-Günter Habig September 14, 1935 21  ? Rapid Köln
DF Hermann Höfer July 17, 1934 22  ? Eintracht Frankfurt
DF Karl Hoffmann October 10, 1935 21  ? Fortuna Düsseldorf
MF Rudi Hoffmann February 11, 1935 21  ? Viktoria Aschaffenburg
DF Günter Jäger December 21, 1935 20  ? Fortuna Düsseldorf
FW Matthias Mauritz November 13, 1924 32  ? Fortuna Düsseldorf
MF Herbert Schäfer October 16, 1927 29  ? Sportfreunde Siegen
FW Max Schwall September 2, 1932 24  ? FV Daxlanden
MF Fritz Semmelmann July 24, 1928 18  ? SpVgg Bayreuth
FW Johann Zeitler April 30, 1927 29  ? VfB Bayreuth

 Great Britain

Head coach: Creek

Pos. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games		 Tournament
goals		 Minutes
played		 Sub off Sub on Cards
yellow/red
George Bromilow December 4, 1931 24  ? Southport F.C.
Herbert Dodkins December 20, 1929 26  ?
Leslie Thomas Farrer December 22, 1922 33  ?
Bob Hardisty December 1, 1921 34  ? Bishop Auckland F.C.
John Laybourne May 26, 1927 29  ?
Derek Lewin May 18, 1930 26  ? Bishop Auckland F.C.
FW James Lewis June 26, 1927 29  ? Chelsea F.C. 2 2
Stanley Prince January 24, 1927 29  ?
GK Harry Sharratt December 16, 1929 26  ? Bishop Auckland F.C.
Terence Robinson August 11, 1929 27  ?
Donald Stoker December 30, 1922 23  ? Sutton United F.C.
Lawrence Topp November 11, 1923 33  ?
MF Charles Twissell December 16, 1932 23  ? Plymouth Argyle F.C.

 India

Head coach: S. A. Rahim

Pos. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games		 Tournament
goals		 Minutes
played		 Sub off Sub on Cards
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MF Husain Ahmed 1932  ? Hyderabad
DF Syed Khaja Azizuddin July 12, 1929 27  ? Hyderabad Police
FW Tulsidas Balamaran November 30, 1936 20  ? Hyderabad
FW P. K. Banerjee October 15, 1936 20  ? Bengal
FW Samar Banerjee (captain) 1932  ? Mohun Bagan AC
FW Neville D'Souza 1932  ? Bombay
FW Muhamed Kannayan 1932  ? Bombay-Nagpur Railway
MF Mariappa Kempiah February 10, 1933 23  ? East Bengal Club
FW Krishnaswamy Kittu 1932  ? East Bengal Club
DF Shaikh Abdul Latif May 8, 1934 22  ? Bombay
MF Noor Mohammed 1925  ? Hyderabad Police
GK S. S. Narayan November 12, 1934 22  ? Caltex Bombay
MF Nikhil Kumar Nandy 1932  ? Eastern Railway SC
FW Krishna Pal 1934  ? Bengal
DF Abdul Rahman 1934  ? Rajasthan Club
MF Mohammed Abdul Salam 1931  ? Bengal
GK Peter Thangaraj December 24, 1935 20  ? Madras Services
FW Mohammed Zulfiqaruddin  ? Hyderabad Police

 Indonesia

Head coach: Antun Pogačnik

Pos. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games		 Tournament
goals		 Minutes
played		 Sub off Sub on Cards
yellow/red
Achad Arifin  ?
Chairuddin Siregar  ?
Ashari Danoe  ?
Jasrin Jusron  ?
Kwee Kiat Sek January 11, 1934 22  ? Persib Bandung
GK Maulwi Saelan August 8, 1928 28  ?
Mohammad Rasjid  ?
Phwa Sian Liong  ?
Ramang 1928  ? PSM Makassar
Tan Liong Houw July 26, 1930 26  ? Persija Jakarta
Thio Him Tjiang August 28, 1929 27  ? Union Makes Strength
Endang Witarsa October 16, 1916 40  ?
Ramlan Yatim  ? PSMS Medan

 Japan

Head coach: Shigemaru Takakoshi

Pos. Player Date of Birth Age Caps Club Tournament
games		 Tournament
goals		 Minutes
played		 Sub off Sub on Cards
yellow/red
GK Yoshio Furukawa July 5, 1934 22  ? Dunlop Japan
Ryuzo Hiraki October 7, 1931 25  ?
Isao Iwabuchi November 17, 1932 24  ?
Tadao Kobayashi July 7, 1930 26  ? Tokyo Marine
Waichiro Omura January 1, 1933 23  ? Tanabe Seiyaku
Michihiro Ozawa December 25, 1932 23  ? Toyo Industries
Hiroaki Sato February 5, 1932 24  ? NKK Corporation
Yasuo Takamori March 3, 1934 22  ?
Masanori Tokita June 24, 1925 31  ?
Masao Uchino April 21, 1934 22  ?
Shigeo Yaegashi March 24, 1933 23  ? Furukawa Electric

 Thailand

Head coach: V. Kong

Pos. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games		 Tournament
goals		 Minutes
played		 Sub off Sub on Cards
yellow/red
GK Kasem Baikam  ?
Samruay Chaiyonk  ?
Pratheep Chermudhay  ?
Sulsit Chitranukhroh  ?
Suraphongs Chutimawongse  ?
Sophon Hayachanta  ?
Bamphen Luttimont  ?
Sunshat Metugun  ?
Vivathana Milinthachinda  ?
Prasan Suvannasith  ?
Wanchai Suvaree  ?

 United States

Head coach: Jimmy Mills

No. Pos. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games		 Tournament
goals		 Minutes
played		 Sub off Sub on Cards
yellow/red
1 MF John Carden 0 Armed Forces Service Team 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 GK Ronald Coder 1929 0 0 Armed Forces Service Team 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 MF Bill Conterio November 29, 1929 27 0 Chicago Falcons 1 0 90 0 0 0
4 MF Jim Dorrian March 6, 1931 25 0 Danish F.C. 1 0 90 0 0 0
5 GK Svend Engedal June 23, 1928 28 0 Danish-American SC 1 0 90 0 0 0
6 DF Harry Keough November 15, 1927 28 13 St. Louis Kutis S.C. 1 0 90 0 0 0
7 FW William Looby November 11, 1931 25 5 St. Louis Kutis S.C. 1 0 90 0 0 0
8 DF Alfonso Marina 0 Brooklyn Hispano 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW Ruben Mendoza June 2, 1931 25 1 St. Louis Kutis S.C. 1 0 90 0 0 0
10 FW Lloyd Monsen May 7, 1931 25 2 New York Hakoah-Americans 1 0 90 0 0 0
11 FW Ed Murphy November 6, 1930 26 1 Chicago Falcons 1 0 90 0 0 0
12 FW Dick Packer 0 Uhrik Truckers 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 DF Zenon Snylyk November 14, 1933 23 0 Chicago Levy 1 0 90 0 0 0
14 DF Herman Wecke March 10, 1927 29 3 St. Louis Kutis S.C. 1 0 90 0 0 0
15 DF Siegbert Wirth 0 Armed Forces Service Team 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MF Al Zerhusen December 4, 1931 25 0 Kolping SC 1 1 90 0 0 0

 Soviet Union

Head coach: Gavril Kachalin

Pos. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games		 Tournament
goals		 Minutes
played		 Sub off Sub on Cards
yellow/red
DF Anatoli Bashashkin February 23, 1924 32  ? PFC CSKA Moscow
MF Iosif Betsa November 6, 1929 27  ? PFC CSKA Moscow
FW Anatoli Ilyin June 27, 1931 25  ? FC Spartak Moscow
FW Anatoli Isayev July 14, 1932 24  ? FC Spartak Moscow
FW Valentin Ivanov November 19, 1934 22  ? FC Torpedo Moscow
DF Boris Kuznetsov July 14, 1928 28  ? FC Dynamo Moscow
DF Anatoli Maslyonkin June 29, 1930 26  ? FC Spartak Moscow
MF Igor Netto January 9, 1930 26  ? FC Spartak Moscow
DF Mikhail Ogonkov July 24, 1932 24  ? FC Spartak Moscow
MF Aleksei Paramonov February 21, 1925 21  ? FC Spartak Moscow
GK Boris Razinsky July 12, 1933 23  ? PFC CSKA Moscow
FW Vladimir Ryzhkin December 29, 1930 25  ? FC Dynamo Moscow
FW Sergei Salnikov September 13, 1925 31  ? FC Spartak Moscow
FW Nikita Simonyan October 12, 1926 30  ? FC Spartak Moscow
FW Eduard Streltsov July 21, 1937 19  ? FC Torpedo Moscow
FW Boris Tatushin March 31, 1933 23  ? FC Spartak Moscow
DF Nikolai Tishchenko December 10, 1926 29  ? FC Spartak Moscow
GK Lev Yashin October 22, 1929 27  ? FC Dynamo Moscow

 Yugoslavia

Head coach: Milovan Ćirić

Pos. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games		 Tournament
goals		 Minutes
played		 Sub off Sub on Cards
yellow/red
FW Sava Antić March 1, 1930 26  ? BSK Beograd
DF Ibrahim Biogradlić March 8, 1931 25  ? FK Sarajevo
DF Mladen Koščak October 16, 1936 20  ? NK Dinamo Zagreb
DF Dobrosav Krstić February 5, 1934 22  ? FK Vojvodina
FW Luka Lipošinović May 12, 1933 23  ? NK Dinamo Zagreb
FW Muhamed Mujić April 25, 1932 24  ? FK Velež Mostar
FW Zlatko Papec January 17, 1934 22  ? Hajduk Split
MF Vladica Popović March 17, 1935 21  ? Red Star Belgrade
GK Petar Radenković October 1, 1934 22  ? BSK Beograd
Kruno Radiljević 1931  ? FK Velež Mostar
DF Nikola Radović October 20, 1932 24  ? Hajduk Split
DF Ivan Šantek April 23, 1932 24  ? NK Zagreb
MF Dragoslav Šekularac November 30, 1937 19  ? Red Star Belgrade
DF Ljubiša Spajić March 7, 1926 30  ? Red Star Belgrade
FW Todor Veselinović October 22, 1930 26  ? FK Vojvodina
GK Blagoja Vidinić June 11, 1934 22  ? Radnički Beograd
FW Joško Vidošević 1935  ? Hajduk Split

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