Richard Kohn

Richard Kohn began his career as a striker with the Wiener AC (WAC). He was also on the team that sensationally defeated the professional English team from Sunderland in 1909 thanks to the winning goal by Kohn. In 1910, he founded together with other dissatisfied players the new club Wiener AF (WAF) and immediately placed third in the 1912 Austrian championship. Disputes with the Austrian Football Federation (ÖFV) ultimately prevented all WAF players from travelling to the Olympic Games in Stockholm.

1913 Kohn joined Wiener Amateur SV, where he rarely played, however, and lost his shape. He then returned to WAC for one year. Possibly, he was with MTK Budapest during the war. In 1919, he had a short spell with Germania Schwechat. Between 1908 and 1912, he won six caps scoring two goals. His last international game was a 3-1 win in Italy in 1912.

In 1923, he started a successful coaching career that lasted for more than 30 years and took him to clubs in six countries under the name Richard Dombi. During the 1920s he worked for Hertha BSC Berlin, HŠK Građanski Zagreb, Wiener FC and FC Barcelona. During his year with the latter club, he won the Catalan championship. He then joined KS Warszawianka in Poland, TSV 1860 München and VfR Mannheim, mostly engaged for not more than one year. From 1930-33 he coached Bayern München and led the club to its first German championship in 1932.

As a jew Kohn-Dombi left Germany in 1933 and returned for a disappointing season to Barcelona. After one year in Switzerland with FC Basel, he moved to the Netherlands coaching SC Feijenoord (1935-39) until the outbreak of World War II. He won the Dutch championship in his first season and repeated this feat two years later. After the war, he returned to his post with Feijenoord twice, in 1951 and 1955, without regaining his former success. In between he coached two clubs in Dorddrecht, SC Emma and EBOH, and Neptunus in Rotterdam.