A total of eleven countries participated in men's field hockey at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Participating countries
- Position code
- GK = Goalkeeper
- B = Back
- HB = Halfback
- FW = Forward
Afghanistan
Afghanistan had a squad of 18 players five of them are unknown. They scored seven goals but only one scorer is known.
Head coach:
No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abouwi Ahmad Shah | ? | 0 | ? | |||||
B | Jammal-ud-Din Affendi | June 23, 1908 | 28 | ? | 2 | ? | ||
GK | Sayed Ali Atta | August 25, 1913 | 22 | ? | 2 | ? | ||
FW | Sayed Ali Babaci | March 12, 1915 | 21 | ? | 2 | ? | ||
HB | Mohammad Asif Shazada | March 12, 1919 | 17 | ? | 2 | ? | ||
HB | Sayed Mohammad Ayub | ? | 2 | ? | ||||
FW | Mian Faruq Shah | June 3, 1907 | 29 | ? | 1 | ? | ||
B | Hussain Fazal | October 21, 1906 | 29 | ? | 2 | ? | ||
HB | Saadat Malook Shazada | August 26, 1916 | 19 | ? | 2 | ? | ||
FW/B | Zahir Shah Al-Zadah | November 18, 1910 | 25 | ? | 2 | ? | ||
FW | Shuja ud-Din | September 12, 1913 | 22 | ? | 2 | ? | ||
FW | Mohammad Sultan | December 23, 1918 | 17 | ? | 2 | 1 | ||
FW | Sardar Abdul Wahid | March 12, 1901 | 35 | ? | 1 | ? |
Belgium
Belgium had a squad of 22 players six of them are unknown.
Head coach:
No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
B | Lambert Adelot | June 14, 1898 | 38 | ? | 3 | 0 | ||
FW | Henri Delaval | November 1, 1913 | 22 | ? | 3 | 2 | ||
FW | Paul Delheid | December 9, 1909 | 26 | ? | 3 | 2 | ||
Raymond Distave | November 12, 1913 | 22 | ? | 0 | 0 | |||
Louis Eloy | June 3, 1907 | 29 | ? | 0 | 0 | |||
Pierre Geelhand | October 21, 1906 | 29 | ? | 0 | 0 | |||
Willy Hagenaers | May 6, 1914 | 22 | ? | 0 | 0 | |||
HB | Edmond Leplat | February 8, 1911 | 25 | ? | 3 | 0 | ||
FW | Eugène Moreau de Melen | August 6, 1912 | 23 | ? | 2 | 0 | ||
FW | Édouard Portielje | October 15, 1915 | 20 | ? | 3 | 0 | ||
HB | Jacques Putz | October 17, 1911 | 24 | ? | 3 | 0 | ||
HB | Jacques Rensburg | June 8, 1903 | 33 | ? | 3 | 1 | ||
GK | Emmanuel Van De Merghel | November 15, 1909 | 26 | ? | 3 | 0 | ||
FW | Reggy Van De Putte | July 14, 1915 | 21 | ? | 3 | 0 | ||
FW | Albert Van Den Branden | March 23, 1910 | 26 | ? | 1 | 0 | ||
B | Corneille Wellens | July 14, 1905 | 31 | ? | 3 | 0 |
Denmark
Denmark had a squad of 17 players.
Head coach:
No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FW | Arne Blach | July 8, 1900 | 36 | ? | Skovshoved Idrætsforening | 1 | 0 | |
FW | Otto Busch | August 16, 1904 | 19 | ? | KH København | 2 | 1 | |
Jørgen Gry | May 19, 1915 | 21 | ? | Orient København | 0 | 0 | ||
B | Jørgen Robert Hansen | March 23, 1911 | 25 | ? | Kalundborg Hockeyklub | 2 | 0 | |
HB | Henning Holst | October 25, 1891 | 44 | ? | Orient København | 2 | 3 | |
HB | Vagn Hovard | July 28, 1914 | 22 | ? | KH København | 1 | 0 | |
FW | Johannes Robert Jensen | February 2, 1916 | 20 | ? | Kalundborg Hockeyklub | 2 | 0 | |
FW | Aage Kirkegaard | October 14, 1914 | 21 | ? | Orient København | 2 | 1 | |
Gunner Larsen | ? | Kalundborg Hockeyklub | 0 | 0 | ||||
HB | Henry Kristian Larsen | May 16, 1914 | 22 | ? | Kalundborg Hockeyklub | 1 | 0 | |
FW | Vagn Loft | September 24, 1915 | 20 | ? | Orient København | 0 | 0 | |
FW | Carl Malling | May 23, 1905 | 31 | ? | KH København | 1 | 0 | |
FW | Louis Prahm | September 15, 1912 | 23 | ? | Orient København | 2 | 1 | |
Tage Schultz | June 16, 1916 | 20 | ? | Orient København | 0 | 0 | ||
HB | Mogens Thomassen | September 24, 1914 | 21 | ? | Orient København | 2 | 0 | |
B | Mogens Venge | March 29, 1912 | 24 | ? | KH København | 2 | 0 | |
GK | Carl Günther Weiss | April 29, 1915 | 21 | ? | KH København | 2 | 0 |
France
France had a squad of 22 players four of them are unknown. They scored seven goals but only six scorers are known.
Head coach:
No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
B | Guy Chevalier | December 5, 1910 | 25 | ? | 4 | ? | ||
FW | Emmanuel Gonat | October 1, 1916 | 19 | ? | 2 | ? | ||
FW | Joseph Goubert | November 25, 1908 | 27 | ? | 5 | 1 | ||
HB | Claude Gravereaux | May 2, 1913 | 23 | ? | 3 | ? | ||
HB | Félix Grimonprez | June 30, 1910 | 26 | ? | Lille Hockey Club | 5 | ? | |
GK | Étienne Guibel | August 7, 1905 | 30 | ? | 1 | ? | ||
HB | Guy Hénon | February 3, 1912 | 24 | ? | 2 | ? | ||
FW | Charles Imbault | February 19, 1909 | 27 | ? | 1 | ? | ||
B | Paul Imbault | February 19, 1909 | 27 | ? | 4 | ? | ||
HB | Marcel Lachmann | December 6, 1908 | 27 | ? | 1 | ? | ||
FW | Claude Roques | September 16, 1912 | 23 | ? | 2 | ? | ||
FW | Jean Rouget | November 7, 1916 | 19 | ? | 1 | 1 | ||
FW | Paul Sartorius | September 20, 1912 | 23 | ? | 4 | ? | ||
FW | Claude Soulé | November 14, 1911 | 24 | ? | 5 | 4 | ||
GK | Raymond Tixier | December 25, 1912 | 23 | ? | 4 | ? | ||
HB | François Verger | November 29, 1911 | 24 | ? | 4 | ? | ||
B | Michel Verkindère | February 9, 1911 | 25 | ? | 2 | ? | ||
FW | Anatole Vologe | May 25, 1909 | 27 | ? | 5 | ? |
Germany
Germany had a squad of 22 players.
Head coach:
No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
B | Hermann auf der Heide | June 1, 1911 | 25 | ? | 1 | 0 | ||
FW | Ludwig Beisiegel | March 21, 1912 | 24 | ? | 1 | 2 | ||
FW | Erich Cuntz | December 23, 1916 | 19 | ? | Turnverein Sachsenhausen | 1 | 2 | |
GK | Karl Dröse | December 27, 1913 | 22 | ? | 3 | 0 | ||
HB | Alfred Gerdes | October 24, 1916 | 19 | ? | 3 | 0 | ||
FW | Werner Hamel | February 9, 1911 | 25 | ? | Berliner Hockey-Club | 2 | 1 | |
FW | Harald Huffmann | June 3, 1908 | 28 | ? | 3 | 0 | ||
HB | Erwin Keller | April 8, 1905 | 31 | ? | Berliner Hockey-Club | 3 | 0 | |
B | Herbert Kemmer | May 13, 1905 | 31 | ? | 3 | 0 | ||
FW | Werner Kubitzki | April 10, 1915 | 21 | ? | 1 | 0 | ||
FW | Paul Mehlitz | December 24, 1906 | 29 | ? | 2 | 1 | ||
HB | Karl Menke | July 3, 1906 | 30 | ? | 1 | 0 | ||
FW | Fritz Messner | January 18, 1912 | 24 | ? | 3 | 1 | ||
B | Detlef Okrent | October 26, 1909 | 26 | ? | 1 | 0 | ||
HB | Heinrich Peter | June 13, 1910 | 26 | ? | Heidelberger Hockey-Club | 1 | 0 | |
HB | Heinz Raack | May 18, 1917 | 19 | ? | 1 | 0 | ||
FW | Carl Ruck | December 23, 1912 | 23 | ? | 1 | 1 | ||
FW | Hans Scherbart | December 16, 1905 | 30 | ? | 3 | 0 | ||
HB | Heinz Schmalix | July 24, 1910 | 26 | ? | Berliner Hockey-Club | 3 | 0 | |
GK | Tito Warnholtz | February 17, 1906 | 30 | ? | 1 | 0 | ||
FW | Kurt Weiß | March 30, 1906 | 30 | ? | Berliner Sport-Club | 3 | 6 | |
B | Erich Zander | April 11, 1905 | 31 | ? | 3 | 0 |
Hungary
Hungary had a squad of 21 players six of them are unknown.
Head coach:
No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
B | Béla Bácskai | April 25, 1912 | 24 | ? | Magyar Hockey Club | 1 | 0 | |
FW | Zoltán Berkes | October 1, 1916 | 19 | ? | Magyar Athlétikai Club | 1 | 0 | |
HB | Dénes Birkás | March 13, 1907 | 29 | ? | Budapesti (Budai) Toran Egylet | 3 | 0 | |
GK | István Csák | February 18, 1915 | 21 | ? | Magyar Athlétikai Club | 3 | 0 | |
FW | László Cseri | June 6, 1912 | 24 | ? | Amateur Hockey Club | 3 | 1 | |
FW | Béla Háray | March 25, 1915 | 21 | ? | Budapesti (Budai) Toran Egylet | 3 | 2 | |
HB | Gyula Kormos | December 27, 1911 | 24 | ? | Amateur Hockey Club | 2 | 0 | |
B | Gusztáv Lifkai | June 11, 1912 | 24 | ? | Amateur Hockey Club | 3 | 0 | |
B | Róbert Lifkai | July 20, 1916 | 20 | ? | Amateur Hockey Club | 1 | 0 | |
FW | Tamás Márffy | March 20, 1907 | 29 | ? | Magyar Hockey Club | 2 | 1 | |
FW | György Margó | May 15, 1912 | 24 | ? | Magyar Hockey Club | 2 | 0 | |
HB | Ferenc Miklós | August 7, 1909 | 26 | ? | Magyar Hockey Club | 3 | 0 | |
HB/B | Ferenc Szamosi | February 15, 1915 | 21 | ? | Budapesti (Budai) Toran Egylet | 2 | 0 | |
FW | Géza Teleki | November 27, 1911 | 24 | ? | Magyar Hockey Club | 3 | 0 | |
HB/FW | Zoltán Turcsányi | November 7, 1914 | 21 | ? | Budapesti (Budai) Toran Egylet | 1 | 0 |
India
India had a squad of 22 players three of them are unknown.
Head coach:
No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GK | Richard Allen | June 4, 1902 | 34 | ? | Port Commissioners, Calcutta | 4 | 0 | |
FW | Dhyan Chand | August 29, 1905 | 30 | ? | HC United Provinces | 5 | 13 | |
FW | Ali Dara | April 1, 1915 | 21 | ? | 2 | 4 | ||
FW | Lionel Emmett | January 8, 1913 | 23 | ? | HC Bengal | 1 | 0 | |
FW | Peter Fernandes | September 15, 1916 | 19 | ? | HC Sindh | 2 | 0 | |
HB | Joseph Galibardy | January 10, 1915 | 21 | ? | HC Bengal | 5 | 0 | |
HB | Earnest Goodsir-Cullen | July 15, 1912 | 24 | ? | HC Madras | 5 | 4 | |
B | Mohammed Hussain | October 1, 1911 | 24 | ? | Manavdar | 4 | 0 | |
FW | Sayed Jaffar | 1911 | ? | HC Punjab | 5 | 3 | ||
FW | Ahmed Sher Khan | November 1, 1912 | 23 | ? | HC Bhopal | 1 | 0 | |
HB | Ahsan Khan | April 7, 1916 | 20 | ? | HC Bhopal | 1 | 0 | |
HB | Mirza Masood | November 23, 1908 | 27 | ? | HC Manavdar | 1 | 0 | |
GK | Cyril Michie | August 20, 1900 | 35 | ? | HC Bengal | 1 | 0 | |
HB | Baboo Nimal | March 15, 1908 | 28 | ? | HC Bombay | 3 | 0 | |
B | Joseph Phillips | March 24, 1911 | 25 | ? | HC Bombay | 1 | 0 | |
FW | Shabban Shahab-ud-Din | November 8, 1909 | 26 | ? | HC Manavdar | 4 | 1 | |
B | G.S. Garewal | May 4, 1911 | 25 | ? | HC Punjab | 1 | 0 | |
FW | Roop Singh | September 8, 1910 | 25 | ? | HC United Provinces | 5 | 10 | |
B | Carlyle Tapsell | July 24, 1909 | 27 | ? | HC Bengal | 4 | 3 |
Richard Carr was part of the original team but when he could not get leave from his employer, Ahmed Sher Khan was selected in his place.[1]
Japan
Japan had a squad of 15 players four of them are unknown.
Head coach:
No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GK | Shunkichi Hamada | October 19, 1910 | 25 | ? | 3 | ? | ||
B | Michihiro Ito | March 20, 1915 | 21 | ? | 3 | ? | ||
FW | Takeo Ito | January 5, 1915 | 21 | ? | 3 | ? | ||
FW | Makoto Kikuchi | 1911 | ? | 3 | ? | |||
HB | Daiji Kurauchi | 1913 | ? | 3 | ? | |||
B | Toshio Ohtsu | January 23, 1912 | 24 | ? | 3 | ? | ||
HB | Yoshio Sakai | May 2, 1910 | 26 | ? | 3 | ? | ||
HB | Osamu Takechi | 1914 | ? | 3 | ? | |||
FW | Noboru Tanaka | 1912 | ? | 3 | ? | |||
FW | Sadao Wakizaka | 1916 | ? | 3 | ? | |||
FW | Takehiko Yanagi | March 28, 1916 | 20 | ? | 3 | ? |
Netherlands
The Netherlands had a squad of 18 players six of them are unknown.
Head coach:
No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FW | Ernst van den Berg | December 3, 1915 | 20 | ? | Hockeyclub Amsterdam | 5 | 6 | |
FW | Piet Gunning | July 5, 1913 | 23 | ? | Hockeyclub Amsterdam | 5 | 1 | |
HB | Ru van der Haar | October 6, 1913 | 22 | ? | Hockeyclub Amsterdam | 5 | 1 | |
FW | Inge Heybroek | October 12, 1915 | 20 | ? | Hockeyclub Amsterdam | 4 | 0 | |
HB | Tonny van Lierop | September 9, 1910 | 25 | ? | Hockeyclub Amsterdam | 5 | 0 | |
HB | Henk de Looper | December 26, 1912 | 23 | ? | Hilversumse Mixed Hockey Club | 5 | 0 | |
GK | Jan de Looper | May 2, 1914 | 22 | ? | Hockeyclub Bloemendaal | 5 | 0 | |
FW | Aat de Roos | April 15, 1919 | 17 | ? | DKS | 4 | 1 | |
FW | Hans Schnitger | August 5, 1915 | 20 | ? | HTCC, Eindhoven | 5 | 4 | |
FW | René Sparenberg | December 3, 1918 | 17 | ? | Hockeyclub Amsterdam | 5 | 0 | |
B | Rein de Waal | November 24, 1904 | 31 | ? | Delftsche Studenten Hockeyclub | 5 | 0 | |
B | Max Westerkamp | October 8, 1912 | 23 | ? | HGC | 5 | 0 |
Switzerland
Switzerland had a squad of 22 players nine of them are unknown. They scored three goals but only two scorers are known.
Head coach:
No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FW | Roland Annen | September 22, 1916 | 19 | ? | 3 | 1 | ||
FW | René Courvoisier | June 9, 1907 | 29 | ? | 2 | 1 | ||
HB/FW | Adolf Fehr | November 25, 1908 | 27 | ? | 3 | ? | ||
FW | Konrad Fehr | December 9, 1910 | 25 | ? | 2 | ? | ||
HB/FW | Louis Gilliéron | November 18, 1909 | 26 | ? | 3 | ? | ||
FW | Jean Grüner | October 10, 1916 | 19 | ? | 1 | ? | ||
B | Fridolin Kurmann | December 12, 1912 | 23 | ? | 3 | ? | ||
B | Charles Légeret | August 19, 1909 | 26 | ? | 3 | ? | ||
HB | Giancarlo Luzzani | May 12, 1912 | 24 | ? | 1 | ? | ||
FW/HB | Walther Meier | August 28, 1910 | 25 | ? | 3 | ? | ||
HB | Walter Scherrer | December 3, 1908 | 27 | ? | 3 | ? | ||
FW | Roger Toffel | October 8, 1909 | 26 | ? | 3 | ? | ||
GK | Ernst Tüscher | August 3, 1911 | 25 | ? | 3 | ? |
United States
The United States had a squad of 15 players.
Head coach: Frank Kavanaugh as coach and Leonard O'Brien as playing manager
No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FW | William Boddington | November 22, 1910 | 25 | ? | Westchester Field Hockey Club | 3 | 0 | |
FW | Lanphear Buck | December 9, 1901 | 34 | ? | Westchester Field Hockey Club | 1 | 0 | |
FW | Amos Deacon | May 28, 1904 | 32 | ? | Germantown Cricket Club | 2 | 0 | |
HB | Horace Disston | January 7, 1906 | 30 | ? | Philadelphia Cricket Club | 3 | 1 | |
B | Samuel Ewing | July 27, 1906 | 30 | ? | Merion Cricket Club | 2 | 0 | |
GK | Paul Fentress | November 13, 1913 | 22 | ? | Princeton University | 3 | 0 | |
HB | James Gentle | July 21, 1904 | 21 | ? | Philadelphia Cricket Club | 3 | 0 | |
B/HB | Ellwood Godfrey | July 17, 1910 | 26 | ? | Philadelphia Cricket Club | 2 | 0 | |
Wilson Hobson | ? | 0 | 0 | |||||
FW | Lawrence Knapp | May 30, 1905 | 31 | ? | Westchester Field Hockey Club | 1 | 0 | |
FW | David McMullin | June 30, 1908 | 28 | ? | Philadelphia Cricket Club | 3 | 0 | |
B | Leonard O'Brien | January 20, 1904 | 32 | ? | 3 | 0 | ||
FW | Charles Sheaffer | December 6, 1904 | 31 | ? | Merion Cricket Club | 3 | 1 | |
FW | Alexis Thompson | May 20, 1914 | 22 | ? | Yale University | 1 | 0 | |
HB/FW | John Turnbull | June 30, 1910 | 26 | ? | Mt. Washington Club | 3 | 0 |
References
- ↑ Indian hockey tour, Guardian, 7 July 1936 (via newspapers.com)
- Olympic Report
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2008.
- sports-reference