Football_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics_–_Men's_team_squads

Football at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

List of footballers

Main article: Football at the 1908 Summer Olympics

The following teams took part at the 1908 Summer Olympics:^[1]

Great Britain

Great Britain was represented by the England national amateur football team.
Coach: Alfred Davis

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No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	1908 club
	1GK	Horace Bailey	(1881-07-03)3 July 1881 (aged 27)	7	Leicester Fosse
R	4FW	George Barlow	(1885-09-19)19 September 1885 (aged 23)	1	Wigan Grammar School Old Boys Club
R	2DF	Albert Edward Bell		3	Woking FC
	4FW	Arthur Berry	(1888-01-03)3 January 1888 (aged 20)	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
R	1GK	Ronald Brebner	(1881-09-23)23 September 1881 (aged 27)	3	Chelsea F.C.
	3MF	Frederick Chapman	(1883-05-10)10 May 1883 (aged 25)	3	South Notts F.C.
	2DF	Walter Corbett	(1880-11-26)26 November 1880 (aged 27)	11	Birmingham City F.C.
R	2DF	Wilfrid Crabtree	(1885-02-01)1 February 1885 (aged 23)	0	Blackburn Crosshill FC
R	3MF	Walter Daffern		1	Royal Engineers AFC
	4FW	Harold Hardman	(1882-04-04)4 April 1882 (aged 26)	10	Manchester United F.C.
	4FW	Robert Hawkes	(1880-10-18)18 October 1880 (aged 28)	14	Luton Town F.C.
	3MF	Kenneth Hunt	(1884-02-24)24 February 1884 (aged 24)	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
R	4FW	Thomas Porter	(1885-10-25)25 October 1885 (aged 22)	1	Stockport County FC
	4FW	Clyde Purnell	(1877-05-14)14 May 1877 (aged 31)	4	Clapton F.C.
R	2DF	Albert Scothern	(1882-09-12)12 September 1882 (aged 26)	3	Oxford City FC
	2DF	Herbert Smith	(1877-11-22)22 November 1877 (aged 30)	10	Reading F.C.
	4FW	Harold Stapley	(1883-04-29)29 April 1883 (aged 25)	5	Glossop North End A.F.C.
	4FW	Vivian Woodward (c)	(1879-06-03)3 June 1879 (aged 29)	25	Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

The following players were also part of Great Britain's squad, but did not play in any matches:^[1] Robert Bill Bayley, Arthur Bell, John Charnley, Paul Hayden, Willie Jordan, Lionel Louch, Eversley Mansfield, Charles Horace Pearce, Arthur Prest, John Prosser, Ernest Proud, James Raine, Harold Uren, Ernest Williams, Gordon Wright

Denmark

Denmark was represented by the Denmark national football team.
Coach: Charles Williams

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No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	1908 club
	4FW	Peter Marius Andersen	(1885-04-25)25 April 1885 (aged 23)	BK Frem
R	2DF	Magnus Beck	(1889-12-08)8 December 1889 (aged 18)	B.93
R	3MF	Ødbert E. Bjarnholt	(1885-12-21)21 December 1885 (aged 22)	BK Frem
	3MF	Harald Bohr	(1887-05-22)22 May 1887 (aged 21)	AB
	2DF	Charles Buchwald	(1880-10-22)22 October 1880 (aged 27)	AB
	1GK	Ludvig Drescher	(1881-07-21)21 July 1881 (aged 27)	KB
	4FW	Johannes Gandil	(1873-05-21)21 May 1873 (aged 35)	B.93
	2DF	Harald Hansen	(1884-03-14)14 March 1884 (aged 24)	B.93
R	3MF	Knud Hansen		BK Olympia
	3MF	August Lindgren	(1883-08-01)1 August 1883 (aged 25)	B.93
R	2DF	Einar Middelboe	(1883-09-25)25 September 1883 (aged 25)	KB
	2DF	Kristian Middelboe (c)	(1881-03-24)24 March 1881 (aged 27)	KB
	2DF	Nils Middelboe	(1887-10-05)5 October 1887 (aged 21)	KB
	4FW	Sophus Nielsen	(1888-03-15)15 March 1888 (aged 20)	BK Frem
	4FW	Oskar Nielsen	(1882-10-04)4 October 1882 (aged 26)	KB
	4FW	Bjørn Rasmussen	(1885-05-19)19 May 1885 (aged 23)	KB
	4FW	Vilhelm Wolfhagen	(1889-11-11)11 November 1889 (aged 18)	KB

Netherlands

Netherlands was represented by the Netherlands national football team.
Coach: Edgar Chadwick

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No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	1908 club
R	4FW	Tonie van Renterghem	(1885-04-17)17 April 1885 (aged 23)	3	HBS Craeyenhout
	1GK	Reinier Beeuwkes	(1884-02-17)17 February 1884 (aged 24)	8	DFC
R	2DF	Jan van den Berg	(1879-08-22)22 August 1879 (aged 29)	0	HFC Haarlem
R	1GK	Lo la Chapelle	(1888-06-22)22 June 1888 (aged 20)	1	HVV Den Haag
	4FW	Frans de Bruyn Kops	(1886-10-28)28 October 1886 (aged 21)	1	HBS Craeyenhout
	3MF	Karel Heijting	(1883-05-01)1 May 1883 (aged 25)	7	HVV Den Haag
	3MF	Jan Kok	(1889-07-09)9 July 1889 (aged 19)	0	UD Deventer
	3MF	Bok de Korver	(1883-01-27)27 January 1883 (aged 25)	8	Sparta Rotterdam
R	3MF	Vic Gonsalves	(1887-10-20)20 October 1887 (aged 20)	0	HBS Craeyenhout
R	4FW	Wim Groskamp	(1886-10-08)8 October 1886 (aged 22)	0	HVV Quick
	3MF	Emil Mundt (c)	(1880-05-30)30 May 1880 (aged 28)	0	HVV Den Haag
	2DF	Louis Otten	(1883-11-05)5 November 1883 (aged 24)	2	HVV Quick
	4FW	Jops Reeman	(1886-08-09)9 August 1886 (aged 22)	0	HVV Quick
	4FW	Edu Snethlage	(1883-11-05)5 November 1883 (aged 24)	4	HVV Quick
	3MF	Eetje Sol	(1881-06-10)10 June 1881 (aged 27)	0	HVV Den Haag
	4FW	Jan Thomée	(1886-12-04)4 December 1886 (aged 21)	4	Concordia Delft
	4FW	Caius Welcker	(1885-07-09)9 July 1885 (aged 23)	4	HVV Quick

The following players were also part of the Dutch squad, but did not play in any matches:^[1] Jack Akkersdijk, Aaron Cas Julian Begeer, Kees Bekker, Jan Brutel de la Riviere, Jur Haak, John Heijning, Ernest Jacobi, Hannes Mads Linthout, Friedrich Giovanni Pluim, Noud Stempels, Sebastian Veen, Hubertus Leopoldus Visser, Willem Boerdam

Sweden

Sweden was represented by the Sweden national football team.

Head coach: Ludvig Kornerup

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Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	1908 club
4FW	Sune Almkvist	(1886-02-04)4 February 1886 (aged 22)	0	IFK Uppsala
2DF	Nils Andersson	(1887-03-10)10 March 1887 (aged 21)	1	IFK Göteborg
4FW	Karl Ansén	(1887-07-26)26 July 1887 (aged 21)	2	AIK Stockholm
1GK	Oskar Bengtsson	(1885-01-14)14 January 1885 (aged 23)	1	Örgryte IS
4FW	Gustaf Bergström	(1884-07-04)4 July 1884 (aged 24)	1	Örgryte IS
4FW	Arvid Fagrell	(1888-08-10)10 August 1888 (aged 20)	0	IFK Göteborg
2DF	Åke Fjästad	(1887-12-16)16 December 1887 (aged 20)	1	IFK Stockholm
3MF	Karl Gustafsson	(1888-09-16)16 September 1888 (aged 20)	2	IFK Köping
3MF	Valter Lidén	(1887-03-10)10 March 1887 (aged 21)	0	IFK Göteborg
3MF	Hans Lindman (c)	(1884-09-06)6 September 1884 (aged 24)	2	IFK Uppsala
2DF	Theodor Malm	(1889-10-23)23 October 1889 (aged 18)	2	AIK Stockholm
4FW	Sven Ohlsson	(1888-02-14)14 February 1888 (aged 20)	0	Mariebergs IK
4FW	Olof Ohlsson	(1888-10-04)4 October 1888 (aged 20)	0	IFK Eskilstuna
3MF	Sven Olsson	(1889-10-03)3 October 1889 (aged 19)	2	Örgryte IS

The following players were also part of Sweden's squad, but did not play in any matches:^[1] Erik Bergström, Kenneth Börjeson, Thor Ericsson, Gustav Thomas Lindblom, Gunnar Jonas Mellin

France

France was represented by the France national football team, divided into two squads.

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No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	1908 club
	4FW	Georges-Henri Albert	(1882-08-21)21 August 1882 (aged 26)	CA Paris
R	3MF	Pierre Allemane	(1882-01-19)19 January 1882 (aged 26)
	3MF	Georges Bayrou	(1883-12-21)21 December 1883 (aged 24)	Gallia Club Paris
	3MF	Gaston Cyprès	(1884-11-19)19 November 1884 (aged 23)	CA Paris
R	3MF	Oscar Desaulty		A.S.Française
R	2DF	Albert Dubly		RC Roubaix
	2DF	Jean Dubly	(1886-08-09)9 August 1886 (aged 22)	RC Roubaix
R	4FW	Julien du Rhéart	(1885-03-13)13 March 1885 (aged 23)	Club Français
	4FW	René Fenouillière	(1882-10-22)22 October 1882 (aged 25)	Red Star Amical Club
	4FW	André François (c)	(1886-01-13)13 January 1886 (aged 22)	RC Roubaix
R	2DF	Gabriel Hanot	(1889-11-06)6 November 1889 (aged 18)	US Tourcoing
	3MF	Charles Renaux	(1884-12-31)31 December 1884 (aged 23)	RC Roubaix
R	4FW	Marius Royet	(1881-01-10)10 January 1881 (aged 27)	US Parisienne
	4FW	Émile Sartorius	(1883-09-11)11 September 1883 (aged 25)	RC Roubaix
	4FW	Louis Schubart	(1885-04-09)9 April 1885 (aged 23)	Olympique Lillois
R	1GK	Jules Signoret
	1GK	Maurice Tillette	(1884-12-29)29 December 1884 (aged 23)	US Boulogne
	2DF	Ursule Wibaut	(1887-06-18)18 June 1887 (aged 21)	Olympique Lillois
R	3MF	Jean Zimmermann		A.S.Française

France B

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No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	1908 club
	2DF	Charles Bilot	(1883-03-10)10 March 1883 (aged 25)	CA Paris
	3MF	Sadi Dastarac	(1888-06-14)14 June 1888 (aged 20)	Gallia Club Paris
R	3MF	Victor Denis	(1889-01-12)12 January 1889 (aged 19)	US Tourcoing
	1GK	Fernand Desrousseaux	(1885-01-03)3 January 1885 (aged 23)	US Tourcoing
R	4FW	René Eucher		A.S. Française
	4FW	Adrien Filez	(1885-08-27)27 August 1885 (aged 23)	US Tourcoing
	3MF	Raoul Gressier	(1885-11-19)19 November 1885 (aged 22)	Calais RUFC
	4FW	Henri Holgard	(1884-12-17)17 December 1884 (aged 23)	Amiens AC
	4FW	Albert Jenicot	(1885-02-15)15 February 1885 (aged 23)	RC Roubaix
	4FW	Paul Mathaux	(1888-02-19)19 February 1888 (aged 20)	US Boulogne
R	2DF	Étienne Morillon	(1884-07-16)16 July 1884 (aged 24)	Red Star Amical Club
R	4FW	Albert Schaff	(1885-04-08)8 April 1885 (aged 23)	CA XIVeme
	3MF	Pierre Six	(1888-01-18)18 January 1888 (aged 20)	Olympique Lillois
R	2DF	Georges Prouvost		US Tourcoing
	2DF	Joseph Louis Verlet (c)	(1883-08-16)16 August 1883 (aged 25)	CA Paris
	3MF	Justin Vialaret	(1883-11-12)12 November 1883 (aged 24)	CA XIVeme

References

[1]
"1908 Summer Olympics: Football, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 August 2020.

Sources

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IFFSH archive
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