Heinrich Retschury (5 January 1887 – 11 June 1944) was an

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

n football player, referee, coach and official. He played for

First Vienna FC First Vienna FC is an Austrian association football club based in the Döbling district of Vienna. Established on 22 August 1894, it is the country's oldest team and has played a notable role in the history of the game there. It is familiarly ...

and the Austrian team as defender.

Career

Heinrich Retschury played for First Vienna FC as defender.Players profil Weltfußball.de (German)
/ref> Together with Wilhelm Eipeldauer he formed the defence of the club. He also played in the Austria national football team. His first match was a 4:0 win against Transleithanien. Transleithanien was the Hungarian part of the Austrian-Hungary Empire. He played another 5 times in the team. His last appearance for Austria was a 1:8 versus England on 1 June 1909. Later he was a member of the Olympic squad for the Stockholm Olympic games in 1912, but he did not play there.

Coach

During the

First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

he was caretaker of the football national team because the coach

Hugo Meisl Hugo Meisl (16 November 1881 – 17 February 1937), brother of the journalist Willy Meisl, was the multi-lingual football coach of the famous Austrian ' Wunderteam' of the early 1930s, as well as a referee. Background Meisl was born to a Jewish ...

became soldier. (23 matches: 6 won, 4 draws, 13 lost). Also in the year 1937, after the death of Hugo Meisl, he became caretaker of the national team (5 matches: 2 won, 1 draw, 2 lost) and reached the qualification for the

1938 FIFA World Cup The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third edition of the World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams and was held in France from 4 June until 19 June 1938. Italy defended its title in the final, bea ...

where Austria did not play, because the country was occupied by Germany.

Referee

After his football career he became a successful international referee. At the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, he refereed three matches (round of 16: Belgium-Sweden 1:8; Quarterfinal: Netherlands-Irish Free State 2:1; First Bronze medal: Netherlands-Sweden 1:1;).Complete international referee record. https://eu-football.info/_referee.php?id=1865 He also refereed league and cup matches in Austria.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Retschury, Heinrich Austrian footballers Austrian football managers Austria national football team managers 1887 births 1944 deaths Footballers from Vienna First Vienna FC players Association football defenders