Richard Kohn

Richard Kohn

Personal information
Date of birth	(1888-02-27)February 27, 1888
Place of birth	Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Date of death	1963
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Wiener AC
	Wiener AF
International career
1908–1912	Austria	6	(2)
Managerial career
19xx - 1924	Hertha BSC
1924–1925	HŠK Građanski
	First Vienna FC
1926–1927	FC Barcelona
1927-1927	KS Warszawianka
1928–1930	TSV 1860 München
1930–1931	VfR Mannheim
1931–1933	FC Bayern Munich
1933–1934	FC Barcelona
1934	FC Basel
1935–1939	SC Feijenoord
1951–1952	SC Feijenoord
1955–1956	SC Feijenoord
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Richard Kohn (February 27, 1888–1963) 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, meaning little eminence. He was also known as John Little(s), Jack Domby and Ricardo Domby.

Career as player

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 Austrian national team (1907–1912) and scored two times.

Career as coach

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 the Grasshopper Club in Zurich for Barcelona, and later went to Switzerland where he coached Basel. From 1935 to 1939 and 1951 to 1955 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.

References

• 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

• Porträt Richard Dombi (Dutch)