Richard Kohn (27 February 1888 – 16 June 1963) was an Austrian

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player and later coach of

FC Bayern Munich Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), also known as FC Bayern (), Bayern Munich, or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional men's football team, which play ...

FC Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly referred to as Barcelona and colloquially known as Barça (), is a professional football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish football. Founded ...

and

Feyenoord Rotterdam Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the club changed to various names before settling on being called after it ...

. He was

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, born in

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. His nickname was ''Dombi'' or ''Little Dombi'', meaning little eminence. He was also known as John Little(s), Jack Domby, ''De hongaarse wonderdokter'' (the Hungarian wonder doctor), and Ricardo Domby.

Career as player

Before

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he played for

Wiener AC Wiener Athletiksport Club, also known as Wiener AC or WAC, is an Austrian sports club in Vienna. It is particularly noted for its hockey team, which was established in 1900. Its football team won the Austrian Championships and was Runner-up in ...

and

Wiener AF Wiener AF or WAF was a football club which played in Austria. It dissolved in 2004. History The club was established at the end of the 1909–10 season after most of the first-team squad of Wiener AC (known as WAC) left the club to form a new cl ...

and Wiener Amateur SV. Kohn was renowned for his good technique. He had seven appearances for the

Austria national football team The Austria national football team (german: Österreichische Fußballnationalmannschaft) represents Austria in men's international football competition and it is controlled by the Austrian Football Association (German: Österreichischer Fußba ...

(1907–1912) and scored two times. He scored for WAF when they played

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on 26 May 1912. He was also part of Austria's squad for the football tournament at the

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, but he did not play in any matches.

Career as coach

Little is known about the early years of his career. In the 1920s he managed Građanski Zagreb and

Sportfreunde Stuttgart The Sportfreunde Stuttgart is a German association football club from the city of Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. History 1874 to 1945 The club was formed, as a gymnastics club, on 18 April 1874, under the name of Turnverein Heslach. In June 1 ...

and

Hertha BSC Hertha, Berliner Sport-Club e. V., commonly known as Hertha BSC (), and sometimes referred to as Hertha Berlin, Hertha BSC Berlin, or simply Hertha, is a German professional football club based in the locality of Westend of the borough of Charl ...

from 1924 to 1925. He then went to

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 k ...

which he left for

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for a first stint from February 1926 to 1927. He afterwards left

TSV 1860 Munich , commonly known as TSV 1860 München (; lettered as ) or 1860 Munich, is a sports club based in Munich. The club's football team currently plays in the 3. Liga, the third tier of German football. 1860 Munich was one of the founding members o ...

for

VfR Mannheim VfR Mannheim is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg formed in 1911 out of the fusion of Mannheimer FG 1896, Mannheimer FG 1897 Union, and FC Viktoria 1897 Mannheim. The club captured the n ...

for a year. Upon leaving for

, convincing the gifted player

Oskar Rohr Oskar Rohr (24 April 1912 – 8 November 1988) was a German footballer and one of the first footballers to play abroad in a foreign league. He was born in Mannheim, Germany. Early career Rohr, known primarily by his nickname "Ossi", began his ...

to follow him there. With Rohr and Conny Heidkamp he formed a strong team in Munich and in 1932 won the German championship with Bayern in a final victory against

Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. () is a professional sports club based in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. It is best known for its football club, which was founded on 8 March 1899. The team is currently playing in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the Germa ...

. After the Nazis rise to power, the Jewish Kohn left Germany initially for the Grasshopper Club in Zurich for

, and later went to

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

where he coached

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. From 1935 to 1939, 1951 to 1952, and 1955 to 1956 he managed

, winning the Dutch league in 1935–36 and 1937–38. He acted as a coach and physio, and was known for magical potions, which helped to cure injured players.

Statistics

International

International goals

:''As of match played 22 August 1912. Austria score listed first, score column indicates score after each Richard goal.

References

External links

Biography Richard Dombi
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kohn, Richard 1888 births 1963 deaths Association football midfielders Austrian footballers Austria international footballers Austrian football managers Austrian expatriate football managers Jewish footballers First Vienna FC managers Hertha BSC managers HŠK Građanski Zagreb managers Expatriate football managers in Yugoslavia Expatriate football managers in Spain Expatriate football managers in Switzerland FC Barcelona managers TSV 1860 Munich managers FC Bayern Munich managers FC Basel managers Feyenoord managers Footballers from Vienna Austrian Jews Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to Switzerland German expatriates in the Netherlands German expatriates in Spain VfR Mannheim managers Place of death missing SC Emma managers EBOH managers Grasshopper Club Zürich managers