Field hockey at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

Afghanistan The following players represented Afghanistan: • Abdul Kadir Nuristani • Din Mohammad Nuristani • Ghazi Salah-ud-Din • Jahan Gulam Nuristani • Bakhteyar Gulam Mangal • Mohammad Amin Nuristani • Najam Yahya • Khan Nasrullah Totakhail • Noor Ullah Nuristani • Ramazan Nuristani • Mohammad Anis Sherzai • Ahmad Shah Abouwi India The following players represented India: • Shankar Laxman • Bakshish Singh • Randhir Singh Gentle • Leslie Claudius • Amir Kumar • Govind Perumal • Charles Stephen • Gurdev Singh • Balbir Singh Sr. • Udham Singh • Raghbir Singh Bhola • Ranganathan Francis • Amit Singh Bakshi • Hari Pal Kaushik • Hardyal Singh • Raghbir Lal • Balkrishan Singh Singapore The following players represented Singapore: • Arumugam Vijiaratnam • Burdett Coutts • Edwin Doraisamy • Fred Fernandez • Dollah Hamid • Chai Hon Yam • Michael Wright • Osbert de Rozario • Percy Pennefather • Rudy Mosbergen • Sinnadurai Vellupillai • Vellupillai Devadas • Bill Hay • Ajit Singh Gill • S. Jeyathurai • Richard Schoon • Roy Sharma United States The following players represented the United States: • Newbold Black • Henry Clifford • Stan Harris • James Jongeneel • Gerrit Kruize • Tjerk Leegstra • Harry Marcoplos • Kurt Orban • John Rote • Walter Stude • Felix Ucko • Kurt Ucko • Ray Wittelsberger ==Group B==

Australia The following players represented Australia: • Ian Dick • Mel Pearce • Gordon Pearce • Eric Pearce • Maurice Foley • Ray Whiteside • Brian Booth • Glen Jobson • Keith Leeson • Kenneth Clarke • Don Mecklem • Kevin Carton • Dennis Kemp • Desmond Spackman • Alan Barblett • Geoff Bennett • John Dwyer • Louis Hailey Great Britain The following players represented Great Britain: • David Archer (gk) (Polytechnic) • Denys Carnill (Cheltenham) • John Cockett (Cambridge University Wanderers) • John Conroy (Mid Surrey) • Geoffrey Cutter (Army) • Colin Dale (Old Kingstonians} • Howard Davis (North Staffs) • Michael Doughty (Old Kingstonians) • Neil Forster (Richmond) • Steven Johnson (Lisnagarvey) • Anthony Robinson (West of England Wanderers) • Frederick Scott (Royal Air Force) • John Strover (Poole) • David Thomas (Hounslow) • Colin Thompson (Royal Air Force) • Luther Vye (gk) (Hampstead) • Stanley Hoare (coach) Kenya The following players represented Kenya: • Roland Frank • Anthony Vaz • Balbir Singh Sidhu • Peter Dalgado • Surjeet Singh Deol • Tejinder Singh Rao • Gursaran Singh Sehmi • Tejparkash Singh Brar • Reynold D'Souza • Hardev Singh Kular • Alu Mendonca • Michael Pereira • Bill Plenderleith • Dudley Coulson Malaya The following players represented Malaya: • Supaat Nadarajah • Manikam Shanmuganathan • Chuah Eng Cheng • Philip Sankey • Mike Shepherdson • Gerry Toft • Salam Devendran • Chua Eng Kim • Thomas Lawrence • Aman Ullah Karim • Sheikh Ali • Hamzah Shamsuddin • Peter van Huizen • Freddy Vias • Rajaratnam Selvanayagam • Gian Singh • Noel Arul ==Group C==

Belgium The following players represented Belgium: • André Carbonnelle • André Muschs • Franz Lorette • Jacques Vanderstappen • Jean Dubois • Jean-Jacques Enderle • Jean Van Leer • Jean-Pierre Rensburg • Luc Decrop • Roger Goossens • Roger Paternoster • Yvan Freedman New Zealand The following players represented New Zealand: • Archie Currie • Brian Johnston • Bruce Turner • David Goldsmith • Guy McGregor • Ivan Armstrong • John Abrams • Jack Tynan • Murray Loudon • Noel Hobson • Phil Bygrave • Reginald Johansson • Bill Schaefer • Keith Cumberpatch Pakistan The following players represented Pakistan: • Zakir Hussain • Munir Ahmed Dar • Ghulam Rasool • Anwar Ahmed Khan • Qazi Massarrat Hussain • Noor Alam • Abdul Hamid • Habibur Rehman • Ahmed Naseer Bunda • Motiullah • Latif-ur Rehman • Akhtar Hussain • Habib Ali Kiddie • Manzoor Hussain Atif United Team of Germany The following players represented the United Team of Germany: • Alfred Lücker • Helmut Nonn • Günther Ullerich • Günther Brennecke • Werner Delmes • Eberhard Ferstl • Hugo Dollheiser • Heinz Radzikowski • Wolfgang Nonn • Hugo Budinger • Werner Rosenbaum ==References==