1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...
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*CF=Centre forward
*CB=Centre back
*D=Defender
*GK=Goalkeeper
Argentina
The following players represented Argentina.
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Diego Wolf
Diego Wolf (30 August 1934 – 23 December 2010) was an Argentine water polo player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the ...
Michael Withers
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Keith Whitehead
Keith Whitehead (9 September 1931 – 9 June 1980) was an Australian water polo player. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as ...
Dick Thornett
Richard Norman Thornett (23 September 1940 – 12 October 2011) was one of five Australians to have represented their country in three sports. He was an Olympic water polo player before becoming a rugby league and rugby union player – a dual ...
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Tom Hoad
Thomas Hoad (born 22 March 1940) is an Australian water polo coach and former player. In 1968, he was appointed to International Swimming Federation (FINA), the world governing body for swimming and was chairman of the 1998 World Swimming Cha ...
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Allan Charleston
Allan Charleston (10 February 1934 – 24 March 2015) was an Australian water polo player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics. In 2012, he was inducted into the Water Polo Australia Hall of Fame The Water Polo A ...
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Keith Wiegard
Keith Wiegard (7 January 1938 – 17 December 1992) was an Australian rules footballer and Olympian. He played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and represented Australia in Water polo at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Wiegard ma ...
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Des Clark
Des Clark (born 4 March 1972) is an Australian former rugby league footballer. A journeyman or , he played for the North Sydney Bears, Balmain Tigers, Gold Coast Chargers, Halifax Blue Sox, St. Helens and North Queensland Cowboys during his s ...
Roger De Wilde
Roger De Wilde (5 April 1940 – 26 December 2019) was a Belgian water polo player. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 1964 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an ...
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Jacques Caufrier
Jacques Caufrier (15 February 1942 – 2 August 2012) was a Belgian male water polo player. He was a member of the Belgium men's national water polo team. He competed with the team at the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 1964 Summer Olympics
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Karel De Vis
Karel De Vis (born 29 December 1937) is a Belgian water polo player. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 1964 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi ...
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Léon Pickers
Léon Pickers (27 July 1937 – 25 February 1968) was a Belgian water polo player. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 1964 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an i ...
Brazil
The following players represented Brazil.
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Jorge Cruz
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In an interview with Camilo Rocha, Cruz described the forthcoming plans that zhe had with Trax Records. One of which included a prematurely signed single of Azari an ...
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Rolando Cruz
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Rolando Cruz (born September 17, 1939, in Salinas, Puerto Rico) is a former pole vaulter from Puerto Rico. He trained under Jimmy Curran at Mercersburg Academy ...
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Roland da Cruz
Roland da Cruz (5 July 1930 – 1987) was a Brazilian water polo player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the X ...
Adhemar Grijó Filho
Adhemar Grijó Filho (18 October 1931 – 23 August 2020) was a Brazilian athlete who competed in three Olympics. He represented Brazil in swimming at the 1952 Olympics and in water polo at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics.
Career
At the inaugural Pa ...
Alex Jany
Alexandre Charles Sixte "Alex" Jany (5 January 1929 – 18 July 2001) was a French freestyle swimmer and water polo player. As a swimmer, he competed in 100–400 m events at the 1948, 1952 and 1956 Olympics, alongside his sister Ginette Jany-Se ...
Hungary entered a squad of 14 players. They scored 37 goals, including one own goal from the Belgian Jozef Smits.
Head coach:
Béla Rajki
Béla Rajki-Reich (2 February 1909 – 20 July 2000) was a Hungarian swimming and water polo coach.
Early life
Rajki was born in Budapest.
He was a swimmer and a water polo player early in his life. He received coaching diplomas in swimming and ...
Italy
Italy entered a squad of twelve players. They scored 31 goals.
Head coach: Andres Zolyomy
Koki Takagi
is a Japanese water polo player. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly know ...
Netherlands
The following players represented the Netherlands.
* Ben Kniest
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Harry Lamme
Harry Lamme (8 October 1935 – 12 November 2019) was a Dutch water polo player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Ga ...
Bram Leenards
Abraham "Bram" Cornelis Willem Leenards (born 14 June 1940) is a retired Dutch water polo player. He was part of the Dutch teams that placed eighth at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ...
Gavril Blajek
Gavril Blajek (born 23 July 1939) is a Romanian water polo player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Oly ...
Leon Nahon
Leon Nahon (born 5 March 1938) is a South African water polo player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII O ...
Gamal El-Nazer
Gamal El-Nazer (22 January 1930 – 5 September 2006) was an Egyptian water polo player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.
See also
* Egypt men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
* List ...
The United States entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 33 goals.
Head coach:
Urho Saari
Urho is a Finnish male given name. It was most popular in the first half of the 20th century. As of 2013 there were more than 12,000 people registered with this name in Finland. The nameday is the 17th of June. It means 'brave' or 'courageous'. A ...
The following players represented the United Team of Germany.
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Hans Hoffmeister
Heinrich Bernhard Karl "Hans" Hoffmeister (17 March 1901 – 9 January 1980) was a German discus thrower who set a world record at 48.77 m in 1928. He showed much worse results at the 1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olymp ...
Bernd Strasser
Bernd Strasser (born 22 January 1936) is a German water polo player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII ...
Yugoslavia entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 27 goals.
Head coach:
References
External links
Olympic Report *
{{DEFAULTSORT:Water Polo At The 1960 Summer Olympics - Men's Team Squads
1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...