Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters

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The following is the list of squads for each of the 23 teams that competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics, held in United Kingdom between 30 July and 13 August 1948. Each team selected a squad of 12 players for the tournament.^[1]

Group A

Brazil

The following players represented Brazil:^[2]

Brazil men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. Algodão 23 – (1925-03-01)1 March 1925 João Francisco Bráz 27 – (1920-11-25)25 November 1920 Ruy de Freitas 31 – (1916-08-24)24 August 1916 Marcus Vinícius Dias 25 – (1923-01-22)22 January 1923 Affonso Évora 19 – (1928-08-29)29 August 1928 Alexandre Gemignani 23 – (1925-06-26)26 June 1925 Alfredo da Motta 27 – (1921-01-12)12 January 1921 Alberto Marson 23 – (1925-02-24)24 February 1925 Nilton Pacheco 28 – (1920-07-26)26 July 1920 Massinet Sorcinelli 26 – (1922-02-27)27 February 1922	Head coach Moacyr Daiuto Legend Club – describes last club before the competition Age – describes age on 30 July 1948

Canada

The following players represented Canada:^[3]

Canada men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. 3 Bill Bell – University of British Columbia 4 Mendy Morein 22 – (1926-05-22)22 May 1926 YMHA Montreal 5 Bennie Lands 27 – (1921-02-22)22 February 1921 YMHA Montreal 6 Bobby Scarr 21 – (1926-08-13)13 August 1926 University of British Columbia 7 Pat McGeer 21 – (1927-06-29)29 June 1927 University of British Columbia 8 Reid Mitchell 21 – (1926-10-06)6 October 1926 University of British Columbia 9 Sol Tolchinsky 19 – (1929-01-02)2 January 1929 YMHA Montreal 10 Harry Kermode 26 – (1922-07-18)18 July 1922 University of British Columbia 11 Nev Munro 21 – (1927-07-22)22 July 1927 University of British Columbia 12 Ole Bakken 26 – (1922-05-24)24 May 1922 University of British Columbia 13 Dave Campbell 22 – (1925-09-11)11 September 1925 University of British Columbia 14 Doodie Bloomfield 29 – (1918-08-08)8 August 1918 YMHA Montreal 15 Murray Waxman 23 – (1925-07-10)10 July 1925 YMHA Montreal 16 Sidney Strulovitch 23 – (1925-06-20)20 June 1925 YMHA Montreal	Head coach Bob Osborne Legend Club – describes last club before the competition Age – describes age on 30 July 1948

Great Britain

The following players represented Great Britain:^[4]

Great Britain men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. 3 Lionel Price 21 – (1927-02-06)6 February 1927 4 Robert Norris 23 – (1924-08-20)20 August 1924 5 Stanley Weston 25 – (1923-05-16)16 May 1923 6 Trevor Davies 35 – (1912-08-19)19 August 1912 7 Malcolm Finlay – 8 Colin Hunt – 9 Frank Cole – 10 Douglas Legg 33 – (1914-10-30)30 October 1914 11 Ronald Legg 20 – (1928-03-25)25 March 1928 12 Harry Weston – 13 Alexander Eke 35 – (1912-10-09)9 October 1912 14 Stanley McMeekan 23 – (1925-03-07)7 March 1925 15 Sydney McMeekan 23 – (1925-03-07)7 March 1925	Head coach James Clay Legend Club – describes last club before the competition Age – describes age on 30 July 1948

Hungary

The following players represented Hungary:^[5]

Hungary men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. Antal Bánkuti 25 – (1923-06-01)1 June 1923 János Halász 19 – (1929-05-15)15 May 1929 Géza Kardos 30 – (1918-06-20)20 June 1918 József Kozma 23 – (1925-03-24)24 March 1925 István Lovrics 21 – (1927-07-06)6 July 1927 Tibor Mezőfi 22 – (1926-03-08)8 March 1926 György Nagy 21 – (1926-12-21)21 December 1926 László Novakovszky 24 – (1923-12-27)27 December 1923 Attila Timár-Geng 24 – (1924-05-25)25 May 1924 István Timár-Geng 25 – (1923-03-26)26 March 1923 Ede Vadászi 24 – (1923-09-13)13 September 1923 Tibor Zsíros 18 – (1930-06-30)30 June 1930	Head coach János Gyimesi Legend Club – describes last club before the competition Age – describes age on 30 July 1948

Italy

The following players represented Italy:^[6]

Italy men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. 3 Giancarlo Marinelli 32 – (1915-12-04)4 December 1915 Virtus Bologna 4 Gianfranco Bersani 29 – (1919-01-02)2 January 1919 Virtus Bologna 5 Vittorio Tracuzzi 25 – (1923-01-02)2 January 1923 Società Ginnastica Roma 6 Giancarlo Primo 23 – (1924-11-04)4 November 1924 Società Ginnastica Roma 7 Romeo Romanutti 21 – (1926-08-06)6 August 1926 Società Ginnastica Triestina 8 Luigi Rapini 24 – (1924-07-21)21 July 1924 Virtus Bologna 9 Carlo Cerioni 22 – (1925-11-11)11 November 1925 10 Sergio Ferriani 22 – (1925-11-30)30 November 1925 Virtus Bologna 11 Federico Marietti 22 – (1925-12-09)9 December 1925 12 Valentino Pellarini 28 – (1919-10-26)26 October 1919 13 Giovanni Nesti 25 – (1922-09-23)23 September 1922 14 Ezio Mantelli 24 – (1924-02-10)10 February 1924 15 Renzo Ranuzzi 24 – (1924-07-14)14 July 1924 Virtus Bologna 33 Sergio Stefanini 26 – (1922-02-18)18 February 1922 Reyer Venezia	Head coach Elliott Van Zandt Legend Club – describes last club before the competition Age – describes age on 30 July 1948

Uruguay

The following players represented Uruguay:^[7]

Uruguay men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. Adesio Lombardo 23 – (1925-02-02)2 February 1925 Carlos Roselló 26 – (1922-05-02)2 May 1922 Eduardo Folle 26 – (1922-04-28)28 April 1922 Eduardo Gordon – Gustavo Magariños 24 – (1923-12-31)31 December 1923 Héctor García Otero 22 – (1926-06-12)12 June 1926 Héctor Ruiz – Martín Acosta y Lara 23 – (1925-03-25)25 March 1925 Miguel Diab 27 – (1920-09-16)16 September 1920 Nelson Demarco 23 – (1925-02-06)6 February 1925 Néstor Antón – Roberto Lovera 25 – (1922-11-14)14 November 1922 Victorio Cieslinskas 25 – (1922-10-27)27 October 1922 Abraham Grossman –	Head coach Raúl Canale Legend Club – describes last club before the competition Age – describes age on 30 July 1948

Group B

Belgium

The following players represented Belgium:^[8]

Belgium men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. 3 Armand Van Wambeke 22 – (1926-05-16)16 May 1926 4 René Steurbaut 20 – (1928-06-26)26 June 1928 5 Julien Meuris 26 – (1922-03-21)21 March 1922 6 Georges Baert 22 – (1926-06-04)4 June 1926 7 Henri Hermans 29 – (1919-03-03)3 March 1919 8 Émile Kets 24 – (1923-12-08)8 December 1923 9 Henri Coosemans 26 – (1922-01-10)10 January 1922 10 Alexander Hollanders 22 – (1926-03-29)29 March 1926 11 Henri Hollanders 25 – (1922-11-09)9 November 1922 12 Augustin Bernaer 22 – (1926-05-08)8 May 1926 13 Louis Van de Goor 32 – (1915-12-25)25 December 1915 14 François De Pauw 21 – (1926-12-28)28 December 1926 15 Gustave Poppe 23 – (1924-08-21)21 August 1924 16 Léon Lampo 25 – (1923-01-28)28 January 1923	Head coach Raymond Briot Legend Club – describes last club before the competition Age – describes age on 30 July 1948

Chile

The following players represented Chile:^[9]

Chile men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. Eduardo Cordero 26 – (1921-09-12)12 September 1921 Exequiel Figueroa – Juan José Gallo 23 – (1924-10-18)18 October 1924 Rolando Hammer – Eduardo Kapstein 34 – (1914-03-28)28 March 1914 Manuel Ledesma 27 – (1920-08-12)12 August 1920 Víctor Mahaña 25 – (1922-08-12)12 August 1922 Luis Marmentini – Andrés Mitrovic 27 – (1921-05-21)21 May 1921 Alejandro Moreno Rodillo 27 – (1920-10-11)11 October 1920 Eduardo Parra – Hernán Raffo 19 – (1929-07-02)2 July 1929 Marcos Sánchez – Guillermo Verdugo –	Head coach Luis Valenzuela González Legend Club – describes last club before the competition Age – describes age on 30 July 1948

Republic of China

The following players represented the Republic of China:^[10]

Republic of China men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. 3 Chua Bonhuaa – 4 Wu Chengzhang 24 – (1924-05-07)7 May 1924 5 Yee Jin – 6 Lee Tsuntung 32 – (1916-04-11)11 April 1916 7 Yu Saichang – 8 Kya Iskyun – 9 Edward Lee – 10 Cai Zhongqiang – 11 John Pao – 12 Wee Tian Siak 27 – (1921-04-26)26 April 1921	Head coach Song Junfu Legend Club – describes last club before the competition Age – describes age on 30 July 1948

Iraq

The following players represented Iraq:^[11]

Iraq men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. 4 Kadir Irfan – 5 Jalil Hashim – 6 Ali Salman – 7 Hamid Ahmed – 8 Awni Kanaan – 9 Mahdi Salman – 21 George Hanna 20 – (1928-05-13)13 May 1928 22 Yonan Emile – 24 Salih Faraj – 25 Wadud Khalil –	Legend Club – describes last club before the competition Age – describes age on 30 July 1948

Philippines

The following players represented the Philippines:^[12]

Philippines men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. 3 Felicisimo Fajardo 32 – (1915-10-26)26 October 1915 4 Andres dela Cruz – 5 Ramon Campos Jr. 22 – (1925-12-15)15 December 1925 6 Edgardo Fulgencio 30 – (1917-10-29)29 October 1917 7 Lauro Mumar 24 – (1924-03-06)6 March 1924 8 Primitivo Martínez 36 – (1911-09-24)24 September 1911 9 Francisco Vestil 33 – (1914-09-17)17 September 1914 10 Eduardo Decena 22 – (1926-01-14)14 January 1926 11 Gabriel Fajardo 31 – (1917-03-24)24 March 1917 12 Manuel Araneta Jr. 21 – (1926-12-08)8 December 1926	Head coach Dionisio Calvo Legend Club – describes last club before the competition Age – describes age on 30 July 1948

South Korea

The following players represented South Korea:^[13]

South Korea men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. 3 Chang Ri-jin 30 – (1917-10-28)28 October 1917 5 O Su-cheol – 6 Bang Won-sun – 7 Lee Sang-hun – 8 Lee Jun-yeong – 9 Gang Bong-hyeon – 10 Jo Deuk-jun – 11 Kim Jeong-sin – 12 An Byeong-seok –	Head coach Jung Sang-yun Legend Club – describes last club before the competition Age – describes age on 30 July 1948

Group C

Argentina

The following players represented Argentina:^[14]

Argentina men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. F/C 3 Oscar Furlong 20 – (1927-10-22)22 October 1927 4 Bruno Varani 22 – (1925-09-16)16 September 1925 G 5 Ricardo González 23 – (1925-05-12)12 May 1925 6 Rafael Lledó 26 – (1922-03-02)2 March 1922 7 Arturo Ruffa 21 – (1926-12-25)25 December 1926 8 Manuel Guerrero – 9 León Martinetti 21 – (1926-07-31)31 July 1926 10 Rubén Menini 24 – (1924-02-20)20 February 1924 11 Juan Uder 21 – (1927-04-24)24 April 1927 12 Tomás Vio 27 – (1921-07-25)25 July 1921 13 Leopoldo Contarbio 21 – (1927-04-29)29 April 1927 14 Jorge Nuré 21 – (1926-09-24)24 September 1926 15 Raúl Calvo 31 – (1917-05-08)8 May 1917 16 Oscar Pérez 25 – (1922-11-04)4 November 1922	Head coach Jorge Canavesi Legend Club – describes last club before the competition Age – describes age on 30 July 1948

Czechoslovakia

The following players represented Czechoslovakia:^[15]

Czechoslovakia men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. 3 Zdeněk Chlup 25 – (1922-09-28)28 September 1922 4 Jiří Drvota – 5 Jan Kozák 19 – (1929-07-05)5 July 1929 BC Brno 6 Václav Krása – BK Uncas Praha 7 Ladislav Trpkoš 33 – (1915-01-17)17 January 1915 BK Uncas Praha 8 Josef Toms 26 – (1922-01-26)26 January 1922 9 Ctirad Benáček 23 – (1924-09-08)8 September 1924 BC Sparta Praha 10 Josef Křepela 24 – (1924-01-22)22 January 1924 12 Jozef Kalina 23 – (1924-11-22)22 November 1924 13 Josef Ezr 24 – (1923-10-03)3 October 1923 Slavia VŠ Praha 14 Josef Bělohradský 21 – (1926-12-09)9 December 1926 BK Uncas Praha 15 Jiří Siegel 21 – (1927-03-05)5 March 1927 16 Zoltán Krenický 22 – (1925-11-16)16 November 1925 17 Ivan Mrázek 22 – (1926-01-18)18 January 1926 BC Brno	Head coach Josef Fleischlinger Legend Club – describes last club before the competition Age – describes age on 30 July 1948

Egypt

The following players represented Egypt:^[16]

Egypt men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. Salah El-Dine Nessim – Albert Tadros 33 – (1914-08-08)8 August 1914 Armand Catafago 22 – (1926-01-13)13 January 1926 Fouad Abdel Meguid El-Kheir 26 – (1921-11-18)18 November 1921 Hassan Sayed Moawad – Hussain Montassir 25 – (1923-03-02)2 March 1923 Youssef Mohamed 21 – (1927-01-05)5 January 1927 Mohamed Mohamed Habib – Mohamedi Soliman – Robert Makzoumi – Youssef Abou Ouf 24 – (1924-03-23)23 March 1924 Abdel Rahman Hafez Ismail 25 – (1923-02-17)17 February 1923	Head coach Neal Harris Legend Club – describes last club before the competition Age – describes age on 30 July 1948

Peru

The following players represented Peru:^[17]

Peru men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. 3 Guillermo Ahrens – 5 José Vizcarra 21 – (1927-03-16)16 March 1927 6 Rodolfo Salas 20 – (1928-05-25)25 May 1928 7 Rodolfo Soracco 21 – (1927-07-27)27 July 1927 8 Virgilio Drago – 9 Alberto Fernández – 10 Carlos Alegre 24 – (1924-05-07)7 May 1924 11 Eduardo Fiestas 23 – (1925-06-16)16 June 1925 13 David Descalzo 28 – (1920-01-02)2 January 1920 14 Augusto Ferreyros 23 – (1924-10-12)12 October 1924 15 Luis Sánchez –	Legend Club – describes last club before the competition Age – describes age on 30 July 1948

Switzerland

The following players represented Switzerland:^[18]

Switzerland men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. 3 Georges Stockly 31 – (1916-08-01)1 August 1916 4 Henry Gujer – 5 Jean Pollet 36 – (1912-07-18)18 July 1912 6 Maurice Chollet 20 – (1927-12-23)23 December 1927 7 Claude Chevalley – 8 Pierre Albrecht 22 – (1926-01-01)1 January 1926 9 Marcos Bossy 28 – (1920-04-18)18 April 1920 10 Robert Geiser – 11 Jean Tribolet – 12 Claude Landini 22 – (1926-03-01)1 March 1926 13 Jean Pare 35 – (1913-03-24)24 March 1913 14 Bernard Dutoit – 15 Henri Baumann 20 – (1927-08-15)15 August 1927 16 Gérald Piaget –	Head coach André Mottier Legend Club – describes last club before the competition Age – describes age on 30 July 1948

United States

The following players represented the United States:^[19]

United States men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. 11 Lew Beck 26 – (1922-04-19)19 April 1922 Phillips 66ers 12 Ralph Beard 20 – (1927-12-02)2 December 1927 University of Kentucky 15 Alex Groza 21 – (1926-10-07)7 October 1926 University of Kentucky 23 Cliff Barker 27 – (1921-01-15)15 January 1921 University of Kentucky 24 Ray Lumpp 25 – (1923-07-11)11 July 1923 New York University 26 Kenny Rollins 24 – (1923-09-14)14 September 1923 University of Kentucky 27 Wallace Jones 22 – (1926-07-14)14 July 1926 University of Kentucky 30 Vince Boryla 21 – (1927-03-11)11 March 1927 University of Denver 33 Don Barksdale 25 – (1923-03-31)31 March 1923 Oakland Bittners 55 Jesse Renick 30 – (1917-09-29)29 September 1917 Phillips 66ers 66 Gordon Carpenter 28 – (1919-09-24)24 September 1919 Phillips 66ers 77 Jackie Robinson 21 – (1927-04-26)26 April 1927 Baylor University 90 Bob Kurland 23 – (1924-12-23)23 December 1924 Phillips 66ers 99 Robert Pitts 29 – (1919-06-23)23 June 1919 Phillips 66ers	Head coach Bud Browning Legend Club – describes last club before the competition Age – describes age on 30 July 1948

Group D

Cuba

The following players represented Cuba:^[20]

Cuba men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. Casimiro García 18 – (1930-04-12)12 April 1930 Fabio Ruíz 20 – (1927-08-07)7 August 1927 Federico López 30 – (1918-05-05)5 May 1918 Frank Lavernia 30 – (1918-04-03)3 April 1918 José Llanusa 22 – (1925-08-11)11 August 1925 Mario Aguero 24 – (1924-05-01)1 May 1924 Mario Quintero 24 – (1924-01-10)10 January 1924 Miguel Llaneras 21 – (1926-08-05)5 August 1926 Ramón Wiltz 21 – (1926-12-12)12 December 1926 Raúl García 23 – (1924-09-15)15 September 1924 Alfredo Faget 25 – (1923-07-01)1 July 1923 Juan García 22 – (1926-07-02)2 July 1926 Pedro Otero 28 – (1920-06-20)20 June 1920	Legend Club – describes last club before the competition Age – describes age on 30 July 1948

France

The following players represented France:^[21]

France men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. 3 André Buffière 25 – (1922-11-12)12 November 1922 UA Marseille 4 René Dérency 23 – (1925-05-27)27 May 1925 5 Pierre Thiolon 21 – (1927-01-17)17 January 1927 6 Jacques Perrier 23 – (1924-10-12)12 October 1924 7 René Chocat 27 – (1920-11-28)28 November 1920 8 Raymond Offner 20 – (1927-11-17)17 November 1927 9 André Even 22 – (1926-01-14)14 January 1926 10 Maurice Desaymonnet 27 – (1921-06-24)24 June 1921 11 Fernand Guillou 22 – (1926-01-06)6 January 1926 12 Michel Bonnevie 26 – (1921-11-19)19 November 1921 13 Maurice Girardot 26 – (1921-12-22)22 December 1921 14 Lucien Rebuffic 23 – (1924-12-22)22 December 1924 15 Yvan Quénin 28 – (1920-03-01)1 March 1920 16 André Barrais 28 – (1920-02-22)22 February 1920	Head coach Robert Busnel Legend Club – describes last club before the competition Age – describes age on 30 July 1948

Iran

The following players represented Iran:^[22]

Iran men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. Abolfazl Salabi 23 – (1924-11-28)28 November 1924 Asghar Ehssassi – Fereidoun Esfandiary 17 – (1930-10-15)15 October 1930 Ferydoun Sadeghi – Hussain Jabbar Zadegan – Hossein Karandish – Houshang Rafati – Hossein Soudipour 26 – (1922-03-21)21 March 1922 Hossein Hashemi – Hossein Soroudi – Kazem Ashtari – Ziaeddin Shademan 24 – (1923-11-27)27 November 1923 Matthew Farhang Mohtadi 22 – (1926-01-06)6 January 1926	Head coach Kazem Rambari Legend Club – describes last club before the competition Age – describes age on 30 July 1948

Ireland

The following players represented Ireland:^[23]

Ireland men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. 3 Kevin O'Donovan – Irish Army 4 Frank O'Connor – Irish Army 5 Tommy Malone – Irish Army 6 Paddy Crehan 28 – (1920-02-18)18 February 1920 Irish Air Corps 7 Jimmy McGee 25 – (1923-06-03)3 June 1923 Irish Army 8 Bill Jackson 29 – (1918-08-08)8 August 1918 Irish Army 9 Harry Boland 22 – (1925-09-21)21 September 1925 UCD (Dublin) 10 Tommy Keenan 25 – (1923-05-19)19 May 1923 Irish Army 11 George McLoughlin – UCD (Dublin) 12 Dermot Sheriff 27 – (1920-08-10)10 August 1920 Irish Army 13 Danny Reddin 33 – (1914-08-12)12 August 1914 Irish Army 14 Paddy Sheriff 21 – (1926-08-15)15 August 1926 Irish Army 15 Jim Flynn – Irish Army 16 Christy Walsh – Irish Army	Head coach Donald McCormack Legend Club – describes last club before the competition Age – describes age on 30 July 1948

Mexico

The following players represented Mexico:^[24]

Mexico men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. 3 Jorge Gudiño 28 – (1920-06-02)2 June 1920 4 Francisco Galindo – 5 Emilio López 24 – (1923-08-23)23 August 1923 9 Angel Acuña Lizaña 29 – (1919-02-11)11 February 1919 12 Alberto Bienvenú – 13 Fernando Rojas 24 – (1923-08-02)2 August 1923 14 José Rojas 24 – (1923-11-09)9 November 1923 19 Jorge Cardiel 24 – (1924-04-23)23 April 1924 21 Isaac Alfaro – 22 Ignacio Romo Porchas 24 – (1924-07-17)17 July 1924 29 José Cabrera 27 – (1921-01-22)22 January 1921 33 Héctor Guerrero 21 – (1926-11-24)24 November 1926 55 Rodolfo Díaz 30 – (1918-05-07)7 May 1918 77 Josué Santos 32 – (1916-07-01)1 July 1916	Head coach Agustín García Arreola Legend Club – describes last club before the competition Age – describes age on 30 July 1948

References

External links

• 1948 Olympic Games