Richard Kohn

Richard Kohn (27 February 1888 – 16 June 1963) was an Austrian football player. Later he was coach of FC Bayern Munich, FC Barcelona and Feyenoord Rotterdam. He was of jewish origin.[1]

Richard Kohn
Personal information
Date of birth(1888-02-27)27 February 1888
Place of birthVienna, Austria-Hungary
Date of death16 June 1963(1963-06-16) (aged 75)
Playing positionMidfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Wiener AC
Wiener AF
Wiener Amateur SV
Wiener AC
Hungária FC
Wiener AC
National team
1907–1912Austria7(2)
Teams managed
19xx – 1924Hertha BSC
1924–1925HŠK Građanski
First Vienna
1926–1927FC Barcelona
1927–1927KS Warszawianka
1928–19301860 Munich
1930–1931VfR Mannheim
1931–1933Bayern Munich
1933–1934FC Barcelona
1934FC Basel
1935–1939Feyenoord
FC Zurich
1951–1952Feyenoord
1954–1955EBOH
1955–1956Feyenoord
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career as player

He played at the latest from 1907 to 1910 at Wiener AC. One of his highlights at WAC was when he scored the winning goal in May 1909 in a 2-1 win against English Premier League side Sunderland AFC. [2]

International

He had seven appearances for the Austria national football team (1907–1912) and scored two times.[3]

Career as coach

In the 1920s he managed Građanski Zagreb, Sportfreunde Stuttgart and Hertha BSC.[4] He then went to First Vienna FC[5][6].He left for Barcelona from February 1926 to 1927. He afterwards left TSV 1860 Munich for VfR Mannheim for a year. He left for FC Bayern Munich. With them he won the German championship in a final victory against Eintracht Frankfurt.

After the Nazis rise to power the Kohn left Germany for the Grasshopper Club in Zurich, then for Barcelona,[7] . Later he went back to Switzerland. There he coached Basel. From 1935 to 1939, 1951 to 1952, and 1955 to 1956[8] he managed Feyenoord Rotterdam, winning the 2 titels in the 1935–36 and 1937–38 season.

References

  1. "Jack Domby (1926-27 i 1933-34)". www.fcbarcelona.cat.
  2. http://www.austriasoccer.at
  3. "Länderspielstatistik von 1901 bis heute". Österreichischer Fußballbund. 17 June 2008. Archived from the original on 2012-02-11. Retrieved 2008-07-12.
  4. Michael Jahn, Hertha BSC Eine Liebe in Berlin, page 409
  5. [1] El Mundo Deportivo, 7 February 1926
  6. [2] La Vanguardia, 10 February 1926
  7. [3] El Mundo Deportivo, 11 August 1933 release
  8. "Hall of Fame - Richard Dombi". feyenoordhistorie.blogspot.com. Retrieved July 14, 2019.

Further reading

  • Andreas Wittner: "Richard Little Dombi – Kleine Eminenz, vom Himmel gesandt". In: Schulze-Marmeling, Dietrich (Hrsg.): "Strategen des Spiels – Die legendären Fußballtrainer", Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2005, ISBN 3-89533-475-8, S.54–63

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