Association football at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

Australia

Head coach: Richard Telfer

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on	Cards yellow/red
1	GK	Billy Henderson	November 23, 1929	26	5	Granville	0	0	0	0	0	0/0
2	GK	Ron Lord	August 25, 1929	27	1	Auburn	2	0	180	0	0
3	FW	Col Kitching	November 11, 1933	22	2		0	0	0	0	0	0/0
4	MF	Pete Stone			0	Bankstown	0	0	0	0	0	0/0
5	MF	Ted Smith	September 24, 1935	21	0		2	0	180	0	0
6		George Arthur	1925	31	0	Wallsend FC	2	0	180	0	0
7		Bill Harburn			0		0	0	0	0	0	0/0
8		Alwyn Warren	November 1, 1931	25	1		2	0	180	0	0
9		Alex Rattray	February 16, 1925	31	0		0	0	0	0	0	0/0
10		Alec Beattie			0		0	0	0	0	0	0/0
11	DF	Bob Bignall	March 14, 1922	34	5	Corrimal	2	0	180	0	0
12	DF	John Pettigrew	October 31, 1934	21	1		2	0	180	0	0
13	MF	Francis Loughran	January 31, 1931	25	3	Moreland F.C.	2	1	180	0	0
14		Bob Wemyss	July 1, 1928	28	0		0	0	0	0	0	0/0
15	MF	Jack Lennard	April 2, 1930	26	3	Cessnock	2	0	180	0	0
16	MF	Brian Vogler	May 30, 1932	24	0		0	0	0	0	0	0/0
17	FW	Bruce Morrow	May 5, 1936	20	0	Wallsend FC	2	2	180	0	0
18		Con Purser	August 2, 1931	25	1	North Perth	0	0	0	0	0	0/0
19	FW	Graham McMillan	January 21, 1936	20	0		2	1	180	0	0
20		Cliff Sander	November 11, 1931	25	6		2	0	180	0	0

Bulgaria

Head coaches: Stoyan Ormandzhiev & Krum Milev

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on	Cards yellow/red
5	GK	Georgi Naydenov	December 21, 1931	24	?	CDNA
11	DF	Kiril Rakarov	May 24, 1932	24	?	CDNA
13	DF	Manol Manolov	October 22, 1926	30	?	CDNA
18	DF	Nikola Kovachev	June 4, 1934	22	?	CDNA
20	MF	Stefan Bozhkov	September 20, 1923	33	?	CDNA
2	MF	Gavril Stoyanov	July 9, 1929	27	?	CDNA
3	FW	Todor Diev	September 28, 1934	22	?	Spartak Plovdiv
19	FW	Georgi Dimitrov	May 1, 1931	25	?	CDNA
6	FW	Dimitar Milanov	August 25, 1929	27	?	CDNA
7	FW	Ivan Kolev	November 1, 1930	26	?	CDNA
12	FW	Panayot Panayotov	December 30, 1930	25	?	CDNA
9	GK	Yordan Yosifov	August 12, 1932	24	?	Slavia Sofia
1	FW	Krum Yanev	January 9, 1929	27	?	CDNA
10	DF	Milcho Goranov	November 6, 1928	28	?	Slavia Sofia
14	DF	Iliya Kirchev	December 28, 1932	23	?	Spartak Varna

United Team of Germany

Head coach: Sepp Herberger

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on	Cards yellow/red
15	MF	Albert Brülls	March 26, 1937	19	?	Borussia Mönchengladbach
2	GK	Manfred Eglin	October 10, 1935	21	?	Karlsruher FV
11	FW	Rolf Geiger	October 16, 1934	22	?	Stuttgarter Kickers
3	MF	Willi Gerdau	February 12, 1929	27	?	Heider SV
1	GK	Albert Görtz	November 18, 1933	23	?	Düsseldorfer SC 99
14	MF	Ernst-Günter Habig	September 14, 1935	21	?	Rapid Köln
4	DF	Hermann Höfer	July 17, 1934	22	?	Eintracht Frankfurt
6	DF	Karl Hoffmann	October 10, 1935	21	?	Fortuna Düsseldorf
7	MF	Rudi Hoffmann	February 11, 1935	21	?	Viktoria Aschaffenburg
5	DF	Günter Jäger	December 21, 1935	20	?	Fortuna Düsseldorf
10	FW	Matthias Mauritz	November 13, 1924	32	?	Fortuna Düsseldorf
13	MF	Herbert Schäfer	October 16, 1927	29	?	Sportfreunde Siegen
9	FW	Max Schwall	September 2, 1932	24	?	FV Daxlanden
8	MF	Fritz Semmelmann	July 24, 1928	18	?	SpVgg Bayreuth
12	FW	Johann Zeitler	April 30, 1927	29	?	VfB Bayreuth

Great Britain

Head coach: Norman Creek

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on	Cards yellow/red
2		George Bromilow	December 4, 1931	24	?	Southport
4		Herbert Dodkins	December 20, 1929	26	?
5		Leslie Thomas Farrer	December 22, 1922	33	?
6	FW	Bob Hardisty	December 1, 1921	34	?	Bishop Auckland
7	FW	John Laybourne	May 26, 1927	29	?
8	FW	Derek Lewin	May 18, 1930	26	?	Bishop Auckland
9	FW	James Lewis	June 26, 1927	29	?	Chelsea	2	2
11		Stanley Prince	January 24, 1927	29	?
13	GK	Harry Sharratt	December 16, 1929	26	?	Bishop Auckland
12	DF	Terry Robinson	August 11, 1929	27	?	Brentford
14		Donald Stoker	December 30, 1922	23	?	Sutton United
15		Lawrence Topp	November 11, 1923	33	?	Hendon F.C.[1]
16	MF	Charlie Twissell	December 16, 1932	23	?	Plymouth Argyle
10	GK	Mike Pinner	February 16, 1934	22	?	Pegasus
1	DF	Dexter Adams			?	Hendon
3	FW	James "Jimmy" T. R. Coates	October 1929	26	?	Royal Navy FA and Kingstonian F.C.

India

Head coach: S. A. Rahim

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on	Cards yellow/red
12	MF	Hussain Ahmed	1932		?	Hyderabad
9	DF	Syed Khaja Azizuddin	July 12, 1929	27	?	Hyderabad Police
15	FW	Tulsidas Balaram	November 30, 1936	20	?	Hyderabad
5	FW	P. K. Banerjee	October 15, 1936	20	?	Bengal
1	FW	Samar Banerjee (captain)	1932		?	Mohun Bagan AC
14	FW	Neville D'Souza	1932		?	Bombay
7	FW	Muhammad Kannayan	1932		?	Bombay-Nagpur Railway
6	MF	Mariappa Kempiah	February 10, 1933	23	?	East Bengal Club
2	FW	Krishnaswamy Kittu	1932		?	East Bengal Club
10	DF	Sheikh Abdul Latif	May 8, 1934	22	?	Bombay
11	MF	Muhammad Noor	1925		?	Hyderabad Police
17	GK	S. S. Narayan	November 12, 1934	22	?	Caltex Bombay
4	MF	Nikhil Nandy	1932		?	Eastern Railway SC
3	FW	Krishna Pal	1934		?	Bengal
8	DF	Abdul Rahman	1934		?	Rajasthan Club
13	MF	Muhammad Salaam	1931		?	Bengal
16	GK	Peter Thangaraj	December 24, 1935	20	?	Madras Services
18	FW	Mohammed Zulfiqaruddin			?	Hyderabad Police

Indonesia

Head coach: Antun Pogačnik

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on	Cards yellow/red
18	FW	Achad Arifin			?	PSP Padang	1		90
3	DF	Chairuddin Siregar			?	Persija Jakarta	2		180
15	FW	Ashari Danoe	1932	24	?	PSIS Semarang	1		90
20	FW	Jasrin Jusron			?	PSIS Semarang	1		90
7	DF	Kwee Kiat Sek	January 11, 1934	22	?	Persib Bandung	2		180
1	GK	Maulwi Saelan	August 8, 1928	28	?	PSM Makassar	2		180
5	DF	Mohamed Rashjid			?	PSMS Medan	2		180
19	FW	Phwa Sian Liong	January 3, 1922	34	?	Persebaya Surabaya	1		180
12	FW	Ramang	April 24, 1928	28	?	PSM Makassar	2		180
9	MF	Tan Ling Houw	July 26, 1930	26	?	Persija Jakarta	2		180
4	DF	Thio Him Tjiang	August 28, 1929	27	?	Persija Jakarta	2		180
17	FW	Aang Witarsa	December 3, 1930	26	?	Persib Bandung	2		180
8	MF	Ramlan Yatim	September 10, 1922	34	?	PSMS Medan	2		180
2	GK	Paidjo			?	Persema Malang	0		0
6	DF	M. Sidhi			?	Persebaya Surabaya	0		0
10	MF	Rukma Sudjana			?	Persib Bandung	0		0
11	MF	Kasmoeri			?	Persip Pekalongan	0		0
13	FW	Ramli Yatim			?	PSMS Medan	0		0
14	FW	Djamiat Dalhar			?	Persija Jakarta	0		0
16	FW	Ade Dana			?	Persib Bandung	0		0
		Oros Witarsa	October 16, 1916		?

Japan

Head coach: Shigemaru Takenokoshi

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of Birth	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on	Cards yellow/red
4	GK	Yoshio Furukawa	July 5, 1934	22	?	Dunlop Japan
7		Ryuzo Hiraki	October 7, 1931	25	?	Kwansei Gakuin University
15		Isao Iwabuchi	November 17, 1932	24	?	Toyota Motor SC
13		Tadao Kobayashi	July 7, 1930	26	?	Tokyo Marine
10		Waichiro Omura	January 1, 1933	23	?	Tanabe Pharmaceuticals
9		Michihiro Ozawa	December 25, 1932	23	?	Toyo Industries
8		Hiroaki Sato	February 5, 1932	24	?	NKK Corporation
11		Yasuo Takamori	March 3, 1934	22	?	Rikkyo University
12		Masanori Tokita	June 24, 1925	31	?	Tanabe Pharmaceuticals
17		Masao Uchino	April 21, 1934	22	?	Chuo University
16		Shigeo Yaegashi	March 24, 1933	23	?	Furukawa Electric
3	GK	Yukio Shimomura	January 25, 1932	24	?	Toyo Industries
2		Isamu Kinoshita			?
5		Takashi Takabayashi	August 2, 1931	25	?	Tanabe Pharmaceuticals
6		Kakuichi Mimura	August 16, 1931	25	?	Toho Titanium
1		Taizo Kawamoto	January 17, 1914	42	?	Kawaso Electric
14		Ken Naganuma	September 5, 1930	26	?	Furukawa Electric
18		Akira Kitaguchi	March 8, 1935	21	?	Kwansei Gakuin University

Thailand

Head coach: Bunchoo Samutkojon

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on	Cards yellow/red
1	GK	Kasem Baikam			?
2	MF	Samruay Chaiyonk			?
3	DF	Prateep Chermudhai			?
4	FW	Sukit Chitranukhroh			?
5	DF	Surapong Chutimawong			?
6	MF	Nophon Hayachanta			?
7	FW	Bumphen Luttimol			?
9	FW	Suchart Mutugun			?
8	FW	Laevivathana Milinthachinda			?
12	MF	Prasan Suvannasith			?
13	MF	Wanchai Suvaree			?
11	GK	Tu Suwanit			?
10	FW	Nit Sriyabhaya			?

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

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on	Cards yellow/red
4	DF	Anatoli Bashashkin	February 23, 1924	32	?	PFC CSKA Moscow
10	MF	Iosif Betsa	November 6, 1929	27	?	PFC CSKA Moscow
15	FW	Anatoli Ilyin	June 27, 1931	25	?	FC Spartak Moscow
12	FW	Anatoli Isayev	July 14, 1932	24	?	FC Spartak Moscow
16	FW	Valentin Ivanov	November 19, 1934	22	?	FC Torpedo Moscow
6	DF	Boris Kuznetsov	July 14, 1928	28	?	FC Dynamo Moscow
9	DF	Anatoli Maslyonkin	June 29, 1930	26	?	FC Spartak Moscow
8	MF	Igor Netto	January 9, 1930	26	?	FC Spartak Moscow
5	DF	Mikhail Ogonkov	July 24, 1932	24	?	FC Spartak Moscow
7	MF	Aleksei Paramonov	February 21, 1925	21	?	FC Spartak Moscow
2	GK	Boris Razinsky	July 12, 1933	23	?	PFC CSKA Moscow
18	FW	Vladimir Ryzhkin	December 29, 1930	25	?	FC Dynamo Moscow
14	FW	Sergei Salnikov	September 13, 1925	31	?	FC Spartak Moscow
13	FW	Nikita Simonyan	October 12, 1926	30	?	FC Spartak Moscow
17	FW	Eduard Streltsov	July 21, 1937	19	?	FC Torpedo Moscow
11	FW	Boris Tatushin	March 31, 1933	23	?	FC Spartak Moscow
3	DF	Nikolai Tishchenko	December 10, 1926	29	?	FC Spartak Moscow
1	GK	Lev Yashin	October 22, 1929	27	?	FC Dynamo Moscow
20	DF	Anatoli Porkhunov	July 28, 1928	28	?	FC CSKA Moscow
19	FW	Yuri Belyaev	April 2, 1934	22	?	FC CSKA Moscow

Yugoslavia

Head coach: Milovan Ćirić

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on	Cards yellow/red
1	GK	Petar Radenković	October 1, 1934	22	?	BSK Beograd
2	DF	Mladen Koščak	October 16, 1936	20	?	Dinamo Zagreb
3	DF	Nikola Radović	October 20, 1932	24	?	Hajduk Split
4	DF	Dobrosav Krstić	February 5, 1934	22	?	Vojvodina
5	DF	Ivan Šantek	April 23, 1932	24	?	NK Zagreb
6	MF	Kruno Radiljević	1931		?	Velež
7	FW	Luka Lipošinović	May 12, 1933	23	?	Dinamo Zagreb
8	FW	Muhamed Mujić	April 25, 1932	24	?	Velež
9	FW	Zlatko Papec	January 17, 1934	22	?	Hajduk Split
10	FW	Todor Veselinović	October 22, 1930	26	?	Vojvodina
11	MF	Dragoslav Šekularac	November 30, 1937	19	?	Red Star Belgrade
12	GK	Blagoja Vidinić	June 11, 1934	22	?	Radnički Beograd
13	DF	Ibrahim Biogradlić	March 8, 1931	25	?	Sarajevo
14	MF	Vladica Popović	March 17, 1935	21	?	Red Star Belgrade
15	DF	Ljubiša Spajić	March 7, 1926	30	?	Red Star Belgrade
16	FW	Sava Antić	March 1, 1930	26	?	BSK Beograd
17	FW	Joško Vidošević	January 11, 1935	21	?	Hajduk Split

References

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