Heinrich Retschury Explained

Heinrich Retschury
Fullname:Heinrich Carl Franz Retschury
Birth Date:5 January 1887
Birth Place:Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Death Place:Vienna, Nazi Germany
Position:defender
Years1:1906 –1912
Clubs1:First Vienna FC
Nationalyears1:1908 – 1909
Nationalteam1:Austria
Manageryears1:1914 –1919
Manageryears2:1937
Managerclubs2:Austria

Heinrich Carl Franz Retschury (5 January 1887 – 15 December 1944) was an Austrian football player, referee, coach and official. He played for First Vienna FC and the Austrian team as defender.

Career

Heinrich Retschury played for First Vienna FC as defender.[1] Together with Wilhelm Eipeldauer he formed the defence of the club. He also played in the Austria national football team.[2] His first match was a 4:0 win against Transleithanien. Transleithanien was the Hungarian part of the Austrian-Hungary Empire. He played another 5 times in the team. His last appearance for Austria was a 1:8 versus England on 1 June 1909. Later he was a member of the Olympic squad for the Stockholm Olympic games in 1912, but he did not play there.[3]

Coach

During the First World War he became caretaker of the Austrian national football team while coach Hugo Meisl was serving on the front. (23 matches: 6 won, 4 draws, 13 lost).[4] He became caretaker of the national team again in 1937, after the death of Hugo Meisl. (5 matches: 2 won, 1 draw, 2 lost) Under Retschury, the team qualified for the 1938 FIFA World Cup, but finally did not appear at the tournament, as the country was annexed by Nazi Germany.

Referee

After his football career he became a successful international referee. At the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, he refereed three matches (round of 16: Belgium-Sweden 1:8;[5] Quarterfinal: Netherlands-Irish Free State 2:1;[6] First Bronze medal: Netherlands-Sweden 1:1;[7]).[8] He also refereed league and cup matches in Austria.

DateTeam1ScoreScoreTeam2StadiumRoundNotes
29/05/1924 align=center 1 8 Round of 16 Sweden advance
02/06/1924 2 1 Quarterfinal Netherland Advance AET 2-1 FT 1-1
08/06/1924 1 1 3rd Place Playoff (1st game) Replayed 09/06/1924 Sweden won 3-1

Notes and References

  1. http://www.weltfussball.de/spieler_profil/heinrich-retschury/ Players profil Weltfußball.de (German)
  2. Player's International Statistics - https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=17621
  3. Web site: Heinrich Retschury . Olympedia . 26 May 2021.
  4. Managerial Statistics https://eu-football.info/_manager.php?id=515
  5. https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=5070 EU-Football database Belgium v Sweden
  6. https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=5063 EU-Football database Netherlands v Irish Free State
  7. https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=5018 EU-Football database Netherlands v Sweden
  8. Complete international referee record. https://eu-football.info/_referee.php?id=1865