Field hockey at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Great Britain |
| City | London |
| Teams | 13 |
| Venue(s) | Guinness Ground, Park Royal Lyons' Ground, Sudbury Polytechnic Ground, Chiswick Wembley Stadium |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 49 |
| Goals scored | 118 (2.41 per match) |
Afghanistan
Manager: Shahzada Muhammad Yusuf
| Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammad Attai | 3 | 0 | |||||
G.Jagi |
2 | 0 | |||||
| Mohammad Khogaini | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Bakhteyar Gulam Mangal | 1928 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Ahmed Jahan Nuristani | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Abdul Kadir Nuristani | 1925 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Din Mohammad Nuristani | 1928 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Jahan Gulam Nuristani | 1925 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Mohammad Amin Nuristani | 1928 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Mohammad Jahan Nuristani | 1 | ? | |||||
| Mohammad Kadir Nuristani | 1925 | ? | 3 | ? | |||
| Ahmad Tajik | ? | 1 | |||||
| Khan Nasrullah Totakhail | 1925 | ? | 3 | ? | |||
| Ahmad Yusufzai | ? | 1 | ? |
Argentina
Head coach:
| Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roberto Anderson | ? | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Luis Bianchi | ? | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Juan Brigo | ? | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Carlos Mercali | ? | 3 | 0 | ||||
Roberto Márquez |
? | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Tommie Quinn | August 19, 1927 | 20 | ? |  Hurling Club |
3 | 0 | |
| Valerio Sánchez | ? | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Luis Scally | June 26, 1915 | 33 | ? | Hurling Club |
3 | 0 | |
| Tommy Scally | June 28, 1927 | 21 | ? | Hurling Club |
3 | 2 | |
| Tomás Wade | ? | Hurling Club |
3 | 0 | |||
| Jorge Wilson | ? | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Ángel Zucchi | ? | 3 | 0 |
Austria
Head coach:
| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | Adam Bischof | October 13, 1915 | 32 | ? | 3 | ? | ||
| FW | Karl Brandl | May 2, 1912 | 36 | ? | 3 | ? | ||
| Siegfried Egger | ? | 0 | 0 | |||||
| B | Karl Holzapfel | October 20, 1923 | 24 | ? | 3 | ? | ||
| Wolfgang Klee | ? | 0 | 0 | |||||
| FW | Johann Koller | April 3, 1921 | 27 | ? | 2 | ? | ||
| FW | Franz Lovato | February 28, 1923 | 25 | ? | 3 | ? | ||
| FW | Walter Niederle | February 17, 1921 | 27 | ? | 3 | ? | ||
| FW | Oskar Nowak |
March 25, 1913 | 35 | ? | 3 | ? | ||
| FW | Karl Ördögh |
March 10, 1908 | 40 | ? | 2 | ? | ||
| Josef Pecanka | ? | 0 | 0 | |||||
| GK | Franz Raule | November 20, 1920 | 27 | ? | 3 | ? | ||
| HB | Friedrich Rückert | July 7, 1920 | 28 | ? | 3 | ? | ||
| HB | Franz Strachota | October 14, 1918 | 29 | ? | 2 | ? | ||
| HB | Ernst Schala | July 13, 1916 | 32 | ? | 3 | ? |
Belgium
Head coach:
| Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucien Boekmans | December 14, 1922 | 25 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Robert Cayman | March 17, 1919 | 28 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Henri Delaval | November 1, 1913 | 34 | 3 | 1 | |||
| José Delaval | March 27, 1921 | 27 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Jean Dubois | October 4, 1926 | 21 |  Royal Leopold Club |
4 | 0 | ||
| Jean-Jacques Enderle | January 9, 1920 | 28 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Roger Goossens | December 7, 1926 | 21 | Royal Leopold Club |
3 | 0 | ||
| Jacques Kielbaey | July 28, 1920 | 27 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Harold Mechelynck | July 1, 1924 | 24 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Henri Niemegeerts | February 15, 1922 | 26 | 4 | 1 | |||
| Joseph Van Muylders | May 5, 1923 | 25 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Lucien Van Weydeveld | November 25, 1926 | 21 | 4 | 0 | |||
| André Waterkeyn | August 23, 1917 | 30 | 1 | 0 |
Denmark
Head coach:
| Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preben Blach | December 15, 1920 | 27 |  Skovshoved IF, Klampenborg |
4 | 1 | ||
| Ernest Bohr | March 7, 1924 | 24 | Orient Lyngby Hockey Club |
2 | 0 | ||
| Otto Busch | January 13, 1983 | 34 | København Hockey Club |
1 | 0 | ||
| Eigil Hansen | February 3, 1922 | 26 | København Hockey Club |
4 | 0 | ||
Robert Hansen |
March 23, 1911 | 37 | Kalundborg HK |
4 | 0 | ||
| Vagn Hovard | September 6, 1998 | 33 | København Hockey Club |
1 | 0 | ||
Robert Jensen |
February 2, 1916 | 32 | Kalundborg HK |
4 | 0 | ||
| Egon Johansen | November 9, 1919 | 28 | Kalundborg HK |
4 | 0 | ||
| Svend Jørgensen | December 24, 1904 | 43 | København Hockey Club |
3 | 0 | ||
| Vagn Loft | September 24, 1915 | 32 | Orient Lyngby Hockey Club |
2 | 0 | ||
| Erling Nielsen | May 1, 1922 | 26 | Kalundborg HK |
3 | 0 | ||
| Poul Moll Nielsen | April 21, 1930 | 18 | Slagelse HK |
1 | 0 | ||
| Jørgen Boye Nielsen | February 28, 1925 | 23 | Orient Lyngby Hockey Club |
4 | 0 | ||
| Hjalmar Thomsen | April 30, 1913 | 35 | Skovshoved IF, Klampenborg |
2 | 0 | ||
| Mogens Venge | March 29, 1912 | 36 | København Hockey Club |
3 | 0 | ||
| Henrik Sørensen | August 21, 1924 | 23 | Kalundborg HK |
2 | 0 |
France
Head coach:
| Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernard Boone | September 23, 1919 | 28 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Jacques Butin | September 20, 1925 | 22 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Guy Chevalier | December 5, 1910 | 37 |  Lille MHC, Lille |
2 | 0 | ||
| Jean-François Dubessay | April 1, 1921 | 27 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Claude Hauet | March 25, 1925 | 23 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Jean Hauet | March 25, 1925 | 23 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Michel Lacroix | November 10, 1921 | 26 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Robert Lucas | October 5, 1922 | 25 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Diran Manoukian | March 22, 1919 | 29 | Stade Français Hockey |
4 | 0 | ||
| André Meyer | October 5, 1919 | 28 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Philippe Reynaud | February 3, 1922 | 26 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Jean Rouget | November 7, 1916 | 31 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Jacques Thieffry | May 10, 1924 | 24 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Pierre Vandame | June 17, 1913 | 35 | 3 | 1 |
Great Britain
Head coach:
| Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Dave Brodie | 29 May 1910 | 38 |  Babcock and Wilcox Hockey Club |
5 | 0 | |
| HB | George Sime | 28 February 1915 | 33 | Stepps Hockey Club |
5 | 0 | |
| LB | William Lindsay | 3 March 1916 | 32 |  Corinthian Hockey Club |
5 | 0 | |
| HB | Michael Walford | 27 November 1915 | 32 |  Sherborne Hockey Club |
5 | 0 | |
| HB | Frank Reynolds | 21 August 1917 | 30 | Army Hockey Association |
5 | 1 | |
| Robin Lindsay | 11 January 1914 | 34 | Teddington Hockey Club |
5 | 0 | ||
| John Peake | 26 August 1924 | 23 | Combined Services |
5 | 1 | ||
Neil White |
2 May 1920 | 28 | University of Cambridge |
4 | 3 | ||
Bob Adlard |
15 November 1915 | 32 | Cheltenham Hockey Club |
5 | 5 | ||
| IL | Norman Borrett | 1 October 1917 | 30 | Taunton Vale Hockey Club |
5 | 10 | |
| William Griffiths | 26 June 1922 | 26 |  Newport Athletic Hockey Club |
5 | 1 | ||
| Ronald Davies | 28 December 1914 | 33 | Cardiff Hockey Club |
1 | 0 | ||
| Edgar Hitchman | 27 May 1915 | 33 | Cardiff Hockey Club |
0 | 0 | ||
| OL | W O Greene | School of Military Engineering (Ripon) |
0 | 0 | |||
| David Brynmor Thomas | 29 April 1912 | 36 | Cardiff Hockey Club |
0 | 0 | ||
| LB | Peter Whitbread | 28 March 1917 | 31 | Old Kingstonian Hockey Club |
0 | 0 | |
| A H Young | Whitecraigs Hockey Club |
0 | 0 |
India
Head coach:NN Mukherjee
| Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB | Kishan Lal | February 2, 1917 | 31 |  Indian Railways |
5 | 2 | |
| GK | Ranganathan Francis | March 15, 1920 | 28 | 2 | 0 | ||
| GK | Leo Pinto | April 11, 1914 | 34 | Tata Sports Club |
3 | 0 | |
Walter D’Souza |
December 16, 1920 | 27 | Lusitanian Hockey Team |
1 | 0 | ||
| RB | Trilochan Singh | February 12, 1923 | 25 |  Brothers Club |
5 | 2 | |
| Akhtar Hussain | August 23, 1926 | 21 | 1 | 0 | |||
| B | K. D. Singh 'Babu' | February 22, 1922 | 26 | 5 | 4 | ||
| FB | Randhir Singh Gentle | September 22, 1922 | 25 | 3 | 0 | ||
| HB | Keshav Dutt | December 29, 1925 | 22 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Amir Kumar | August 10, 1923 | 24 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Maxie Vaz | 1923 | 25 | 4 | 0 | |||
| CF | Balbir Singh Sr. | December 31, 1923 | 23 | Punjab Police |
4 | 8 | |
| Patrick Jansen | December 14, 1920 | 27 | 5 | 7 | |||
| Latif-ur Rehman | January 1, 1929 | 19 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Lawrie Fernandes | 1929 | 19 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Gerry Glackan | 1923 | 25 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Reginald Rodrigues | May 29, 1922 | 26 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Grahanandan Singh | February 18, 1926 | 22 | Services (Indian Navy) |
2 | 0 | ||
| CH | Jaswant Singh Rajput | 1926 | 22 | Bhowanipore |
1 | 0 | |
| HB | Leslie Claudius | March 25, 1927 | 21 | Bengal Nagpur Railway |
1 | 0 |
Netherlands
Head coach:
| Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FW | André Boerstra | December 11, 1924 | 23 |  HHIJC |
7 | 3 | |
| Henk Bouwman | June 30, 1926 | 33 | Bloemendaal |
1 | 0 | ||
| Piet Bromberg | March 4, 1917 | 31 | HHIJC |
7 | 7 | ||
| HB | Harry Derckx | March 19, 1918 | 30 | DHV |
7 | 0 | |
| HB | Han Drijver | March 11, 1927 | 21 | TOGO |
7 | 0 | |
| Dick Esser | July 9, 1918 | 30 | TOGO |
7 | 1 | ||
| Wim van Heel | September 27, 1922 | 25 | HHIJC |
7 | 0 | ||
| Roepie Kruize | January 18, 1925 | 23 | HHIJC |
6 | 6 | ||
| Jenne Langhout | September 27, 1918 | 29 | HMHC |
7 | 0 | ||
| GK | Ton Richter | November 16, 1919 | 28 | Be Fair |
7 | 0 | |
| CM | Dick Loggere | May 6, 1921 | 27 | Laren |
7 | 0 | |
| Eddy Tiel | December 29, 1926 | 21 | HHIJC |
7 | 0 |
Pakistan
Head coach:
| Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aziz Malik | April 16, 1916 | 32 | West Punjab Police |
7 | 9 | ||
| Mukhtar Bhatti | October 1932 | 16 | Brothers Club |
3 | 0 | ||
| Hamidullah Burki | November 10, 1920 | 27 | Brothers Club |
6 | 0 | ||
Ali Dara |
April 1, 1915 | 33 | Aryans, Lahore |
7 | 10 | ||
| Milton D'Mello | BOAC |
1 | 0 | ||||
| Abdul Hamid | January 7, 1927 | 21 | NWFP |
3 | 1 | ||
| Abdul Ghafoor Khan | 1920 | 26 | Aryans, Lahore |
4 | 0 | ||
| Abdul Qayyum Khan | November 1922 | 25 | Pak Independents |
1 | 0 | ||
| Aziz-ur Rehman | 1923 | 24 | Pak Independents |
2 | 0 | ||
| Niaz Khan | August 21, 1917 | 30 | Naeem Club |
6 | 0 | ||
| Khawaja Muhammad Taqi | 1918 | 30 | Pak Independents |
2 | 0 | ||
| Muhammad Khurram | March 1920 | 27 | Aryans, Lahore |
1 | 0 | ||
| Masood Ahmed Khan | June 1918 | 28 | Brothers Club |
6 | 1 | ||
| Anwar Baig | November 1924 | 22 | Frontier |
6 | 0 | ||
Abdul Razzaq |
1921 | 25 | Aryans, Lahore |
6 | 1 | ||
| Syed Muhammad Salim | September 5, 1909 | 38 | Naeem Club, Lahore |
1 | 0 | ||
Shazada Muhammad Shah-Rukh |
October 2, 1926 | 21 | Aryans, Lahore |
6 | 0 | ||
| Mahmood-ul Hassan | August 10, 1924 | 23 | Burma Shell |
4 | 0 | ||
| Remat Ullah Sheikh | February 1921 | 27 | Septans Club, Rawalpindi |
5 | 0 |
Spain
Head coach:
| Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB | Manuel Agustín | April 12, 1912 | 36 |  Barcelona |
3 | 0 | |
| FW | Jaime Allende | July 22, 1924 | 24 | 3 | 0 | ||
| DF | Ricardo Cabot y Boix |
January 12, 1917 | 31 | Barcelona |
1 | 0 | |
| FW | Juan del Campo | February 1, 1923 | 25 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Enrique Estébanez | October 23, 1912 | 35 | Atlético Madrid |
1 | 0 | ||
| Pedro Farreras | April 4, 1916 | 32 | Real Club de Polo |
3 | 0 | ||
| Pedro Gasset | July 22, 1924 | 24 | Atlètic Terrassa |
3 | 2 | ||
| Eduardo Jardón | October 3, 1914 | 33 | Club de Campo |
1 | 0 | ||
| Fernando Jardón | August 16, 1916 | 31 | Club de Campo |
3 | 0 | ||
| Francisco Jardón | March 29, 1911 | 37 | Club de Campo |
3 | 0 | ||
| Luis Pratsmasó | March 30, 1916 | 32 | Junior |
2 | 1 | ||
| Manuel Royes | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Rafael Ruiz | December 10, 1916 | 31 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Enrique Sáinz | August 19, 1917 | 30 | Club de Campo |
3 | 0 |
Switzerland
Head coach:
| Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armand Schlée |  Black Boys HC, Geneva |
1 | 0 | ||||
| Emil Grub | Red Sox Hockey Club, Zürich |
1 | 0 | ||||
| Edouard Siegrist | Black Boys HC, Geneva |
3 | 0 | ||||
| Fritz Kehrer | Red Sox Hockey Club, Zürich |
3 | 0 | ||||
| Fridolin Kurmann | December 12, 1912 | 35 | Red Sox Hockey Club, Zürich |
3 | 0 | ||
| Fritz Stühlinger | January 21, 1924 | 24 | Basler Hockey Club, Basel |
2 | 0 | ||
| Hugo Walser | HC Olten, Olten |
1 | 0 | ||||
Jean Gruner |
October 10, 1916 | 31 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Josef Rippstein | August 16, 1916 | 31 | HC Olten, Olten |
2 | 0 | ||
| Jean-Pierre Roche | April 10, 1924 | 24 | Lausanne HC |
2 | 0 | ||
| Karl Vogt | HC Olten, Olten |
3 | 0 | ||||
| Manuel Royes | HC Olten, Olten |
2 | 0 | ||||
| Otto Grolimund | HC Olten, Olten |
2 | 1 | ||||
| Pierre Pasche | Black Boys HC, Geneva |
2 | 1 | ||||
| Roland Jenzer | Basler Hockey Club, Basel |
2 | 0 | ||||
| Robert Eger | HC Olten, Olten |
3 | 0 |
United States
Head coach: Henry Goode as playing manager and Kurt Orban as playing coach
| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB | Donald Buck | September 26, 1916 | 31 | ? |  Mt. Washington Club |
2 | 0 | |
| David Cauffman | October 29, 1916 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| FW | Claus Gerson | November 12, 1917 | 30 | ? | New York Tennis and Hockey Club |
3 | 0 | |
| FW | Henry Goode | June 7, 1918 | 30 | ? | 1 | 0 | ||
| FW | Frederick Hewitt | September 16, 1916 | 31 | ? | Mt. Washington Club |
2 | 1 | |
| HB | William Kurtz | December 18, 1917 | 30 | ? | Philadelphia Field Hockey Association |
2 | 0 | |
| HB | Hendrick Lubbers | December 30, 1926 | 21 | ? | 3 | 0 | ||
| FW | Harry Marcoplos | January 28, 1926 | 22 | ? | Baltimore Field Hockey Club |
3 | 0 | |
| FW | Kurt Orban | August 6, 1916 | 31 | ? | Downtown Athletic Club |
3 | 0 | |
| B | John Renwick | May 13, 1921 | 27 | ? | Rye Field Hockey Club |
3 | 0 | |
| Phillip Schoettle | ? | 0 | 0 | |||||
| HB | Sanders Sims | June 1, 1921 | 26 | ? | Philadelphia Hockey and Tennis Club |
1 | 0 | |
| GK | John Slade | May 30, 1908 | 40 | ? | Westchester Field Hockey Club |
2 | 0 | |
| B | Walter Stude | December 3, 1913 | 34 | ? | Baltimore Field Hockey Club |
3 | 0 | |
| FW/HB/GK | Felix Ucko | January 4, 1919 | 32 | ? | New York Field Hockey Club |
3 | 0 | |
| FW | William Wilson | October 26, 1917 | 30 | ? | Westchester Field Hockey Club |
2 | 0 |
Felix Ucko played in every match a different position.
Position glossary
- GK=Goalkeeper
- B=Back
- HB=Halfback
- FW=Forward
- FB=Fullback
- CH=Centrehalf
- CM=CentreMidfield
References
- Olympic Report
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2008.
- sports-reference
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