| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1888-09-27)27 September 1888 | ||
| Place of birth | Vienna,Austria-Hungary | ||
| Date of death | 16 June 1963(1963-06-16) (aged 75) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1904-1909 | Wiener AC | ||
| 1910 | MTK Budapest | ||
| 1910 | Wiener AC | ||
| 1910-1913 | Wiener AF | ||
| 1913 | Wiener Amateur SV | ||
| 1913-1914 | Wiener AC | ||
| 1919-1920 | Germania Schwechat | ||
| International career | |||
| 1907–1912 | Austria | 7 | (2) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1923–1924 | Hertha BSC | ||
| 1924–1925 | HŠK Građanski | ||
| First Vienna | |||
| 1926–1927 | FC Barcelona | ||
| 1927–1927 | KS Warszawianka | ||
| 1928–1930 | 1860 Munich | ||
| 1930–1931 | VfR Mannheim | ||
| 1931–1933 | Bayern Munich | ||
| 1933–1934 | FC Barcelona | ||
| 1934 | FC Basel | ||
| 1935–1939 | Feyenoord | ||
| FC Zurich | |||
| 1951–1952 | Feyenoord | ||
| 1954–1955 | EBOH | ||
| 1955–1956 | Feyenoord | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Richard Kohn (27 September 1888 – 16 June 1963) was an Austrianfootball player and later coach ofFC Bayern Munich,FC Barcelona andFeyenoord Rotterdam. He wasJewish, born inVienna. His nickname wasDambi orLittle Dambi. He was also known as John Little(s), Jack Domby,[1]de Hongaarse wonderdokter (theHungarian wonder doctor), and Ricardo Domby. He developedcataracts later in life and was forced to quit sports.
BeforeWorld War I he played forWiener AC andWiener AF andWiener Amateur SV. Kohn was renowned for his good technique. He had seven appearances for theAustria national football team (1907–1912) and scored two times.[2]He scored for WAF when they playedMiddlesex Wanderers on 26 May 1912.[3] He was also part of Austria's squad for thefootball tournament at the1912 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches.[4]
Little is known about the early years of his career. In the 1920s he managedGrađanski Zagreb andSportfreunde Stuttgart andHertha BSC from 1924 to 1925.[5] He then went toFirst Vienna FC[6][7] which he left forBarcelona for a first stint from February 1926 to 1927. He afterwards leftTSV 1860 Munich forVfR Mannheim for a year. Upon leaving forFC Bayern Munich, convincing the gifted playerOskar Rohr to follow him there. With Rohr andConny Heidkamp he formed a strong team in Munich and in 1932 won theGerman championship with Bayern in a final victory againstEintracht Frankfurt.
After the Nazis rise to power, the Jewish Kohn left Germany initially for Switzerland, but he soon got another engagement withFC Barcelona.[8] His second stint there was not very successful and ended early in February 1934 when he was replaced with the playerRamón Zabalo. He then went toSwitzerland where he coachedBasel for a season, finishing fifth in the league. From 1935 to 1939, 1951 to 1952, and 1955 to 1956[9] he managedFeyenoord Rotterdam, winning theDutch 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.[10]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | |||
| 1908 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1910 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1911 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1912 | 2 | 1 | |
| Total | 6 | 2 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 May 1908 | Hohe Warte Stadium,Vienna,Austria-Hungary | 1 |  Hungary | 4–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
| 2 | 22 December 1912 | Stadio Comunale,Genoa,Kingdom of Italy | 6 |  Italy | 3–1 | 3–1 | Friendly |
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