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

The following is the list of squads that took place in the men's field hockey tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

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

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
 * Denys Carnill
 * John Conroy
 * Geoffrey Cutter
 * Colin Dale
 * Howard Davis
 * Michael Doughty
 * Neil Forster
 * Steven Johnson
 * Anthony Robinson
 * Frederick Scott
 * John Strover
 * David Thomas
 * John Cockett

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

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