Football at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads
The following teams took part at the 1908 Summer Olympics:[1]
Great Britain
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Great Britain was represented by the England national amateur football team.
Coach: Alfred Davis
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | 1908 club |
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| GK | Horace Bailey | 3 July 1881 (aged 27) | 7 |  Leicester Fosse
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| R | FW | George Barlow | 19 September 1885 (aged 23) | 1 | Wigan Grammar School Old Boys Club
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| R | DF | Albert Edward Bell | 3 | Woking FC
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| FW | Arthur Berry | 3 January 1888 (aged 20) | 4 | Liverpool F.C.
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| R | GK | Ronald Brebner | 23 September 1881 (aged 27) | 3 | Chelsea F.C.
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| MF | Frederick Chapman | 10 May 1883 (aged 25) | 3 | South Notts F.C.
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| DF | Walter Corbett | 26 November 1880 (aged 27) | 11 | Birmingham City F.C.
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| R | DF | Wilfrid Crabtree | 1 February 1885 (aged 23) | 0 | Blackburn Crosshill FC
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| R | MF | Walter Daffern | 1 | Royal Engineers AFC
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| FW | Harold Hardman | 4 April 1882 (aged 26) | 10 | Manchester United F.C.
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| FW | Robert Hawkes | 18 October 1880 (aged 28) | 14 | Luton Town F.C.
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| MF | Kenneth Hunt | 24 February 1884 (aged 24) | 4 | Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
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| R | FW | Thomas Porter | 25 October 1885 (aged 22) | 1 | Stockport County FC
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| FW | Clyde Purnell | 14 May 1877 (aged 31) | 4 | Clapton F.C.
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| R | DF | Albert Scothern | 12 September 1882 (aged 26) | 3 | Oxford City FC
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| DF | Herbert Smith | 22 November 1877 (aged 30) | 10 | Reading F.C.
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| FW | Harold Stapley | 29 April 1883 (aged 25) | 5 | Glossop North End A.F.C.
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| FW | Vivian Woodward (c) | 3 June 1879 (aged 29) | 25 | Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
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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
editDenmark was represented by the Denmark national football team.
Coach: Charles Williams
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | 1908 club |
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| FW | Peter Marius Andersen | 25 April 1885 (aged 23) | 0 |  BK Frem
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| R | DF | Magnus Beck | 8 December 1889 (aged 18) | 0 | B.93
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| R | MF | Ødbert E. Bjarnholt | 21 December 1885 (aged 22) | 0 | BK Frem
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| MF | Harald Bohr | 22 May 1887 (aged 21) | 0 | AB
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| DF | Charles Buchwald | 22 October 1880 (aged 27) | 0 | AB
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| GK | Ludvig Drescher | 21 July 1881 (aged 27) | 0 | KB
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| FW | Johannes Gandil | 21 May 1873 (aged 35) | 0 | B.93
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| DF | Harald Hansen | 14 March 1884 (aged 24) | 0 | B.93
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| R | MF | Knud Hansen | 0 | BK Olympia
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| MF | August Lindgren | 1 August 1883 (aged 25) | 0 | B.93
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| R | DF | Einar Middelboe | 25 September 1883 (aged 25) | 0 | KB
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| DF | Kristian Middelboe (c) | 24 March 1881 (aged 27) | 0 | KB
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| DF | Nils Middelboe | 5 October 1887 (aged 21) | 0 | KB
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| FW | Sophus Nielsen | 15 March 1888 (aged 20) | 0 | BK Frem
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| FW | Oskar Nielsen | 4 October 1882 (aged 26) | 0 | KB
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| FW | Bjørn Rasmussen | 19 May 1885 (aged 23) | 0 | KB
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| FW | Vilhelm Wolfhagen | 11 November 1889 (aged 18) | 0 | KB
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Netherlands
editNetherlands was represented by the Netherlands national football team.
Coach: Edgar Chadwick
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | 1908 club |
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| R | FW | Tonie van Renterghem | 17 April 1885 (aged 23) | 3 |  HBS Craeyenhout
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| GK | Reinier Beeuwkes | 17 February 1884 (aged 24) | 8 | DFC
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| R | DF | Jan van den Berg | 22 August 1879 (aged 29) | 0 | HFC Haarlem
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| R | GK | Lo la Chapelle | 22 June 1888 (aged 20) | 1 | HVV Den Haag
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| FW | Frans de Bruyn Kops | 28 October 1886 (aged 21) | 1 | HBS Craeyenhout
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| MF | Karel Heijting | 1 May 1883 (aged 25) | 7 | HVV Den Haag
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| MF | Jan Kok | 9 July 1889 (aged 19) | 0 | UD Deventer
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| MF | Bok de Korver | 27 January 1883 (aged 25) | 8 | Sparta Rotterdam
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| R | MF | Vic Gonsalves | 20 October 1887 (aged 20) | 0 | HBS Craeyenhout
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| R | FW | Wim Groskamp | 8 October 1886 (aged 22) | 0 | HVV Quick
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| MF | Emil Mundt (c) | 30 May 1880 (aged 28) | 0 | HVV Den Haag
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| DF | Louis Otten | 5 November 1883 (aged 24) | 2 | HVV Quick
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| FW | Jops Reeman | 9 August 1886 (aged 22) | 0 | HVV Quick
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| FW | Edu Snethlage | 5 November 1883 (aged 24) | 4 | HVV Quick
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| MF | Eetje Sol | 10 June 1881 (aged 27) | 0 | HVV Den Haag
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| FW | Jan Thomée | 4 December 1886 (aged 21) | 4 | Concordia Delft
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| FW | Caius Welcker | 9 July 1885 (aged 23) | 4 | HVV Quick
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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
editSweden was represented by the Sweden men's national football team.
Head coach: Ludvig Kornerup
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | 1908 club |
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| FW | Sune Almkvist | 4 February 1886 (aged 22) | 0 |  IFK Uppsala
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| DF | Nils Andersson | 10 March 1887 (aged 21) | 1 | IFK Göteborg
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| FW | Karl Ansén | 26 July 1887 (aged 21) | 2 | AIK Stockholm
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| GK | Oskar Bengtsson | 14 January 1885 (aged 23) | 1 | Örgryte IS
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| FW | Gustaf Bergström | 4 July 1884 (aged 24) | 1 | Örgryte IS
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| FW | Arvid Fagrell | 10 August 1888 (aged 20) | 0 | IFK Göteborg
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| DF | Åke Fjästad | 16 December 1887 (aged 20) | 1 | IFK Stockholm
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| MF | Karl Gustafsson | 16 September 1888 (aged 20) | 2 | IFK Köping
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| MF | Valter Lidén | 10 March 1887 (aged 21) | 0 | IFK Göteborg
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| MF | Hans Lindman (c) | 6 September 1884 (aged 24) | 2 | IFK Uppsala
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| DF | Theodor Malm | 23 October 1889 (aged 18) | 2 | AIK Stockholm
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| FW | Sven Ohlsson | 14 February 1888 (aged 20) | 0 | Mariebergs IK
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| FW | Olof Ohlsson | 4 October 1888 (aged 20) | 0 | IFK Eskilstuna
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| MF | Sven Olsson | 3 October 1889 (aged 19) | 2 | Örgryte IS
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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
editFrance was represented by the France national football team, divided into two squads.
France B
edit| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | 1908 club |
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| DF | Charles Bilot | 10 March 1883 (aged 25) |  CA Paris
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| MF | Sadi Dastarac | 14 June 1888 (aged 20) | Gallia Club Paris
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| R | MF | Victor Denis | 12 January 1889 (aged 19) | US Tourcoing
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| GK | Fernand Desrousseaux | 3 January 1885 (aged 23) | US Tourcoing
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| R | FW | René Eucher | A.S. Française
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| FW | Adrien Filez | 27 August 1885 (aged 23) | US Tourcoing
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| MF | Raoul Gressier | 19 November 1885 (aged 22) | Calais RUFC
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| FW | Henri Holgard | 17 December 1884 (aged 23) | Amiens AC
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| FW | Albert Jenicot | 15 February 1885 (aged 23) | RC Roubaix
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| FW | Paul Mathaux | 19 February 1888 (aged 20) | US Boulogne
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| R | DF | Étienne Morillon | 16 July 1884 (aged 24) | Red Star Amical Club
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| R | FW | Albert Schaff | 8 April 1885 (aged 23) | CA XIVeme
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| MF | Pierre Six | 18 January 1888 (aged 20) | Olympique Lillois
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| R | DF | Georges Prouvost | US Tourcoing
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| DF | Joseph Louis Verlet (c) | 16 August 1883 (aged 25) | CA Paris
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| MF | Justin Vialaret | 12 November 1883 (aged 24) | CA XIVeme
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References
edit- ^ a b c d "1908 Summer Olympics: Football, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 August 2020.