1956 Panamerican Championship squads
These are the squads for the countries that played in the 1956 Panamerican Championship.[1]
The age listed for each player is on 26 February 1956, the first day of the tournament. The numbers of caps and goals listed for each player do not include any matches played after the start of the tournament. The club listed is the club for which the player last played a competitive match before the tournament. The nationality for each club reflects the national association (not the league) to which the club is affiliated. A flag is included for coaches who are of a different nationality than their own national team.
Argentina
Head Coach: Guillermo Stábile
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Rogelio Antonio Domínguez | 9 March 1931 (aged 24) | 0 | 0 |  Racing Club
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| GK | Antonio Roma | 13 July 1932 (aged 23) | 0 | 0 | Ferro Carril Oeste
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| DF | Federico Vairo | 27 January 1930 (aged 26) | 9 | 1 | River Plate
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| DF | Oscar Di Stéfano | 29 December 1929 (aged 26) | 0 | 0 | Argentinos Juniors
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| DF | Luis Raúl Cardoso | 18 July 1930 (aged 25) | 0 | 0 | Boca Juniors
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| DF | Federico Pizarro | 1 January 1927 (aged 29) | 2 | 0 | San Lorenzo
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| DF | Juan Manuel Filgueiras | 11 January 1927 (aged 29) | 4 | 0 | Huracán
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| MF | Juan Héctor Guidi | 4 July 1930 (aged 25) | 0 | 0 | Lanús
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| MF | Natalio Sivo | 2 February 1936 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | Racing Club
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| MF | Eliseo Mouriño | 3 June 1927 (aged 28) | 15 | 0 | Boca Juniors
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| MF | Ernesto Gutiérrez | 9 November 1927 (aged 28) | 20 | 0 | Racing Club
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| MF | Nicolás Daponte | 17 February 1928 (aged 28) | 0 | 0 | Lanús
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| FW | Oreste Corbatta | 11 March 1936 (aged 19) | 0 | 0 | Racing Club
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| FW | Humberto Maschio | 20 February 1933 (aged 23) | 0 | 0 | Racing Club
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| FW | Benito Cejas | 3 February 1934 (aged 22) | 0 | 0 | Lanús
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| FW | Dante Lugo | 28 August 1932 (aged 23) | 0 | 0 | Lanús
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| FW | José Yudica | 26 February 1936 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | Newell's Old Boys
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| FW | Luis Pentrelli | 15 June 1932 (aged 23) | 4 | 0 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)
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| FW | Francisco Loiácono | 11 December 1935 (aged 20) | 2 | 0 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)
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| FW | Omar Sívori | 2 October 1935 (aged 20) | 4 | 1 | River Plate
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| FW | Ernesto Cucchiaroni | 16 November 1927 (aged 28) | 6 | 0 | Boca Juniors
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| FW | Norberto Méndez | 5 January 1923 (aged 33) | 29 | 19 | Tigre
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Brazil
Head coach: Teté
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Sérgio Torres | 21 September 1926 (aged 29) | 0 | 0 | .svg.png){kind=small} Grêmio
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| GK | Paulinho | 22 July 1926 (aged 29) | 0 | 0 | Floriano
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| DF | Valdir de Moraes | 23 November 1931 (aged 24) | 0 | 0 | Renner
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| DF | Oreco | 13 June 1932 (aged 23) | 0 | 0 | Internacional
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| DF | Florindo | 13 June 1932 (aged 23) | 0 | 0 | Internacional
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| DF | Duarte | 3 April 1931 (aged 24) | 0 | 0 | Internacional
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| DF | Ênio Rodrigues | 11 January 1927 (aged 29) | 0 | 0 | Grêmio
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| MF | Airton Pavilhão | 31 October 1934 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 | Grêmio
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| MF | Odorico | 2 July 1930 (aged 25) | 0 | 0 | Internacional
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| MF | Luizinho | 13 June 1932 (aged 23) | 0 | 0 | Internacional
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| MF | Ênio Andrade | 31 January 1928 (aged 28) | 0 | 0 | Renner
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| MF | Raul Klein | 27 September 1927 (aged 28) | 0 | 0 | Floriano
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| MF | Figueiró | 22 August 1934 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 | Grêmio
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| FW | Juarez Teixeira | 20 September 1928 (aged 27) | 0 | 0 | Grêmio
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| DF | Ortunho | 1 October 1935 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | Nacional-RS
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| MF | Milton Kuelle | 22 August 1933 (aged 22) | 0 | 0 | Grêmio
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| FW | Bodinho | 16 July 1928 (aged 27) | 0 | 0 | Internacional
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| FW | Larry | 3 November 1932 (aged 23) | 3 | 4 | Internacional
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| FW | Sarará | 4 August 1931 (aged 24) | 0 | 0 | Grêmio
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| FW | Hercílio | 29 January 1931 (aged 25) | 0 | 0 | Grêmio
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| FW | Jerônimo | 28 July 1930 (aged 25) | 0 | 0 | Internacional
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| FW | Chinesinho | 15 September 1935 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | Internacional
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Costa Rica
Head coach: Alfredo Piedra
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Hernán Alvarado Guerrero | 25 November 1932 (aged 23) | 8 | 0 | .svg.png){kind=small} La Libertad
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| GK | Mario Pérez Rodríguez | 11 April 1936 (aged 19) | 1 | 0 | Saprissa
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| GK | René Muñoz | 0 | 0 | Orión
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| DF | Jorge Solís Vargas | 25 March 1932 (aged 23) | 6 | 0 | La Libertad
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| DF | Mario Murillo | 24 January 1927 (aged 29) | 4 | 4 | Herediano
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| DF | Reynaldo Orozco | 24 November 1932 (aged 23) | 2 | 0 | La Libertad
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| DF | Mario Cordero | 7 April 1930 (aged 25) | 9 | 3 | Saprissa
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| DF | Marvin Rodríguez | 26 November 1934 (aged 21) | 5 | 0 | Saprissa
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| DF | Alex Sánchez | 20 July 1930 (aged 25) | 5 | 0 | Saprissa
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| MF | Isidro Williams | 22 December 1922 (aged 33) | 6 | 0 | Uruguay de Coronado
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| MF | Edgar Quesada | 16 August 1931 (aged 24) | 14 | 1 | Herediano
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| MF | Tulio Quirós | 7 August 1930 (aged 25) | 1 | 0 | Saprissa
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| MF | Elías Valenciano | 4 April 1925 (aged 30) | 0 | 0 | Gimnástica Española
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| MF | Édgar Esquivel | 27 February 1925 (aged 30) | 7 | 1 | Herediano
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| FW | Danilo Montero Campos | 21 July 1937 (aged 18) | 3 | 2 | Herediano
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| FW | Jorge Monge | 14 February 1938 (aged 18) | 3 | 2 | Saprissa
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| FW | Isaías Araya | 7 August 1930 (aged 25) | 0 | 0 | Alajuelense
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| FW | Alexis Goñi | 11 June 1933 (aged 22) | 4 | 2 | Cartaginés
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| FW | Álvaro Murillo | 24 November 1930 (aged 25) | 10 | 1 | Saprissa
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| FW | Rodolfo Herrera González | 11 August 1931 (aged 24) | 10 | 8 | Saprissa
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| FW | Rubén Jiménez | 9 December 1932 (aged 23) | 5 | 0 | Saprissa
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| FW | Óscar Bejarano | 15 September 1932 (aged 23) | 1 | 0 | Herediano
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Chile
Head Coach: Luis Tirado
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Misael Escuti | 20 December 1928 (aged 27) | 11 | 0 |  Colo Colo
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| GK | Carlos Espinoza | 21 April 1928 (aged 27) | 2 | 0 | Everton
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| DF | Manuel Álvarez | 23 May 1928 (aged 27) | 37 | 0 | Universidad Católica
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| DF | Rodolfo Almeyda | 10 June 1923 (aged 32) | 16 | 0 | Palestino
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| DF | Carlos Cubillos | 25 December 1929 (aged 26) | 8 | 0 | Unión Española
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| DF | Carlos Carmona Albanez | 18 March 1931 (aged 24) | 0 | 0 | Ferrobádminton
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| DF | Carlos Huerta | 20 December 1933 (aged 22) | 0 | 0 | Ferrobádminton
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| MF | Mario Ortiz | 28 January 1936 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | Palestino
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| MF | Ramón Climent | 5 September 1929 (aged 26) | 0 | 0 | Rangers
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| DF | Sergio Goity | 21 February 1930 (aged 26) | 1 | 0 | Palestino
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| DF | Isaac Carrasco | 12 August 1928 (aged 27) | 18 | 0 | Colo Colo
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| MF | Ramiro Cortés | 27 April 1931 (aged 24) | 32 | 0 | Audax Italiano
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| MF | Enrique Hormazábal | 6 January 1931 (aged 25) | 35 | 14 | Colo Colo
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| FW | Leonel Sánchez | 25 April 1936 (aged 19) | 7 | 2 | Universidad de Chile
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| FW | José Fernández | 23 February 1928 (aged 28) | 9 | 1 | Palestino
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| FW | Manuel Muñoz | 28 April 1928 (aged 27) | 23 | 8 | Colo Colo
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| FW | Jaime Ramírez | 14 August 1931 (aged 24) | 13 | 4 | Colo Colo
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| FW | Braulio Musso | 8 March 1930 (aged 25) | 2 | 1 | Universidad de Chile
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| FW | Carlos Tello | 28 March 1929 (aged 26) | 5 | 0 | Audax Italiano
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| FW | Guillermo Díaz Zambrano | 29 December 1930 (aged 25) | 10 | 3 | Palestino
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| FW | René Meléndez | 29 December 1928 (aged 27) | 29 | 10 | Everton
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| FW | Jorge Robledo | 14 April 1926 (aged 29) | 17 | 6 | Colo-Colo
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Mexico
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Antonio López Herranz
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Jaime Gómez | 29 December 1929 (aged 26) | 0 | 0 | .svg.png){kind=small} Guadalajara
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| GK | Manuel Camacho | 29 April 1929 (aged 26) | 0 | 0 | Toluca
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| DF | Máximo Vázquez | 17 April 1933 (aged 22) | 0 | 0 | Toluca
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| DF | Narciso López | 18 August 1928 (aged 27) | 5 | 0 | Oro
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| DF | Sergio Bravo | 27 November 1927 (aged 28) | 7 | 0 | León
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| DF | José Villegas | 20 June 1934 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 | Guadalajara
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| DF | José Luis Molina Porras | 19 March 1931 (aged 24) | 4 | 1 | Necaxa
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| MF | Alfonso Portugal | 21 January 1934 (aged 22) | 0 | 0 | Necaxa
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| MF | Pedro Nájera | 3 February 1929 (aged 27) | 0 | 0 | América
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| MF | Samuel Cuburu | 20 February 1929 (aged 27) | 2 | 0 | Zacatepec
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| MF | Raúl Cárdenas | 30 October 1928 (aged 27) | 6 | 1 | Zacatepec
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| MF | Jaime Salazar | 6 February 1931 (aged 25) | 0 | 0 | Necaxa
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| MF | Rodolfo Torres | 5 May 1929 (aged 26) | 0 | 0 | Irapuato
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| FW | Carlos González | 12 April 1935 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | Zamora
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| FW | Ligorio López | 3 July 1933 (aged 22) | 0 | 0 | Atlante
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| FW | Alfredo del Águila | 3 January 1935 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 | Necaxa
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| FW | José Naranjo | 19 March 1926 (aged 29) | 12 | 3 | Oro
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| FW | Carlos Calderón de la Barca | 2 October 1934 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 | Atlante
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| FW | Horacio Casarín | 25 May 1918 (aged 37) | 13 | 15 | América
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| FW | Antonio Jasso | 11 March 1935 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | Necaxa
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| FW | Salvador Reyes | 20 September 1936 (aged 19) | 0 | 0 | Guadalajara
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| FW | Raúl Arellano | 28 February 1935 (aged 20) | 2 | 0 | Guadalajara
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Peru
Head Coach: Arturo Fernández Meyzán
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Rigoberto Felandro | 4 January 1924 (aged 32) | 0 | 0 | .svg.png){kind=small} Sport Boys
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| GK | Carlos Novella | 11 May 1929 (aged 26) | 0 | 0 | Ciclista Lima
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| DF | Guillermo Delgado | 11 February 1931 (aged 25) | 21 | 0 | Alianza Lima
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| DF | Adolfo Donayre | 10 August 1933 (aged 22) | 0 | 0 | Sporting Cristal
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| DF | Alberto del Solar | 1 January 1930 (aged 26) | 0 | 0 | Sporting Cristal
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| DF | Víctor Salas | 29 March 1935 (aged 20) | 8 | 0 | Universitario de Deportes
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| MF | Dagoberto Lavalle | 25 March 1925 (aged 30) | 5 | 0 | Deportivo Municipal
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| MF | Carlos Lazón | 5 October 1929 (aged 26) | 10 | 0 | Alianza Lima
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| MF | Cornelio Heredia | 16 October 1920 (aged 35) | 29 | 2 | Alianza Lima
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| MF | Luis Calderón | 17 June 1929 (aged 26) | 17 | 0 | Sport Boys
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| MF | Augusto del Valle | 25 July 1927 (aged 28) | 0 | 0 | Centro Iqueño
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| MF | Carlos Fernández | 28 July 1935 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | Universitario de Deportes
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| MF | Ernesto Morales | 17 May 1925 (aged 30) | 2 | 0 | Centro Iqueño
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| MF | Enrique Velásquez | 28 July 1935 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | Alianza Lima
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| FW | Juan Emilio Salinas | 12 July 1926 (aged 29) | 4 | 2 | Ciclista Lima
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| FW | Máximo Mosquera | 8 January 1928 (aged 28) | 17 | 3 | Alianza Lima
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| FW | Óscar Gómez Sánchez | 31 October 1935 (aged 20) | 12 | 10 | Alianza Lima
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| FW | Félix Castillo | 21 February 1928 (aged 28) | 17 | 6 | Alianza Lima
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| MF | Roberto Drago | 28 July 1923 (aged 32) | 23 | 6 | Deportivo Municipal
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| FW | Guillermo Barbadillo | 9 January 1925 (aged 31) | 19 | 4 | Alianza Lima
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| FW | Juan Seminario | 22 July 1936 (aged 19) | 2 | 0 | Deportivo Municipal
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| FW | Jorge Lama | 28 July 1923 (aged 32) | 0 | 0 | Sport Boys
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References
- ^ Lugo, Erik Francisco; Mendoza, Eduardo (25 March 2021). "II. Panamerican Championship 1956 - Squad Lists". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 October 2025.