Field hockey at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

Field hockey at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Tournament details
Host country Great Britain
CityLondon
Teams13
Venue(s)Guinness Ground, Park Royal
Lyons' Ground, Sudbury
Polytechnic Ground, Chiswick
Wembley Stadium
Tournament statistics
Matches played49
Goals scored118 (2.41 per match)

Afghanistan edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

  • GK=Goalkeeper
  • B=Back
  • HB=Halfback
  • FW=Forward
  • FB=Fullback
  • CH=Centrehalf
  • CM=CentreMidfield

References edit

  • Olympic Report
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2008.
  • sports-reference