Richard Kohn

Richard Kohn

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(s)	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 Austrian football player and later coach of FC Bayern Munich, FC Barcelona and Feyenoord Rotterdam. He was Jewish, born in Vienna. His nickname was Dombi or Little Dombi. He was also known as John Little(s), Jack Domby, de Hongaarse wonderdokter (the Hungarian wonder doctor), and Ricardo Domby.

Playing career

Before World War I he played for Wiener AC and Wiener AF and Wiener Amateur SV. Kohn was renowned for his good technique. He had seven appearances for the Austria national football team (1907–1912) and scored two times. He scored for WAF when they played Middlesex Wanderers on 26 May 1912. He was also part of Austria's squad for the football tournament at the 1912 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches.

Coaching career

Little is known about the early years of his career. In the 1920s he managed Građanski Zagreb and Sportfreunde Stuttgart and Hertha BSC from 1924 to 1925. He then went to First Vienna FC which he left for Barcelona for a first stint from February 1926 to 1927. He afterwards left TSV 1860 Munich for VfR Mannheim for a year. Upon leaving for FC Bayern Munich, convincing the gifted player Oskar Rohr 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.

After the Nazis rise to power, the Jewish Kohn left Germany initially for Switzerland, but he soon got another engagement with FC Barcelona. His second stint there was not very successful and ended early in February 1934 when he was replaced with the player Ramón Zabalo. He then went to Switzerland where he coached Basel for a season, finishing fifth in the league. From 1935 to 1939, 1951 to 1952, and 1955 to 1956 he managed Feyenoord Rotterdam, 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.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Austria
	1908	1	1
	1910	1	0
	1911	2	0
	1912	2	1
Total		6	2

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

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition

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

See also

• Floor de Zeeuw – Kohn's assistant coach at Feyenoord

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

External links

• Biography Richard Dombi (in Dutch)