Heinrich Schönfeld Explained

Heinrich Schönfeld
Birth Date:3 August 1900
Birth Place:Kolozsvár, Austria-Hungary
Death Place:Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Position:Forward
Years1:1916–1921
Years2:1921–1923
Years3:1923–1925
Years4:1925–1926
Years5:1926
Years6:1926–1927
Years7:1927–1928
Years8:1928–1929
Years9:1929–1930
Years10:1930–1933
Clubs1:SpC Rudolfshügel
Clubs2:Merano
Caps1:?
Caps2:?
Caps3:30
Caps4:14
Caps5:8
Caps6:6
Caps7:10
Caps8:12
Caps9:6
Goals1:?
Goals2:?
Goals3:23
Goals4:7
Goals5:6
Goals6:3
Goals7:4
Goals8:11
Goals9:0
Manageryears1:1930–1933
Managerclubs1:Juventus Trapani
Manageryears2:1933
Managerclubs2:Catanzarese
Manageryears3:1933–1935
Managerclubs3:Juventus Trapani

Heinrich Schönfeld (3 August 1900 – 3 September 1976) was an Austrian footballer who played as a forward, and football manager.

Club career

Nicknamed "Beppo", Schönfeld was born in Kolozsvár, Austria-Hungary, and was Jewish.[1] [2] [3] He made his professional debut as a goalkeeper in 1916 at 16 years of age for Austrian team SpC Rudolfshügel, but was later converted into a striker.[4] He moved to Sportclub Meran in 1921.

In 1923, Schönfeld moved to Italian side Torino. There, he became the top scorer in the 1923–1924 Serie A, scoring 22 goals, in 20 games, as he scored 51.1% of this team's goals.[4] He spent one season with Inter Milan.[4] He returned to Austria in 1926 with Hakoah Vienna.[4] In 1926, he played a tour in the United States with Hakoah.[1]

He later spent time playing in the American Soccer League with Brooklyn Wanderers, Brooklyn Hakoah, and New York Hakoah.[5] [4] [6] [7] He coached in Italy between 1930 and 1935 for Juventus Trapani and Catanzarese.[8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

Schönfeld emigrated to Canada with his wife Elisabeth in 1952.[13] He died in Toronto on 3 September 1976.[9]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia in 10 Volumes: An Authoritative and Popular Presentation of Jews and Judaism Since the Earliest Times. 1939. Universal Jewish Encyclopedia, Incorporated.
  2. Book: Day by Day in Jewish Sports History. 9781602800137. 2008. KTAV Publishing House.
  3. Stanley Bernard Frank (1936). The Jew in Sports
  4. Web site: Before The 'D'...Association Football around the world, 1863-1937.: Capocannonieri. February 27, 2013.
  5. Web site: The Blizzard - The Football Quarterly: Issue Twenty Three. Jonathan. Wilson. George. Osborn. Rob. Smyth. Rupert. Fryer. James. Young. December 1, 2016. Blizzard Media Ltd. Google Books.
  6. Book: The Greatest Comeback: From Genocide to Football Glory: The Story of Béla Guttman. 9781785902642. 18 May 2017. Biteback.
  7. Book: Bliss, Dominic. Erbstein: the triumph and tragedy of football's forgotten pioneer. 2014. Blizzard Media Ltd. Google Books.
  8. Web site: 1933–34 Serie B Girone A season. 27 April 2021. webalice.it. https://web.archive.org/web/20160224184940/http://www.webalice.it/stasin/pdf/1933-34.pdf. 24 February 2016. it.
  9. Web site: Nati oggi: Schönfeld, un maestro austriaco a Trapani. Trama, Antonio. 3 August 2020. www.trapanigranata.it. 27 April 2021. 2 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201002031824/https://www.trapanigranata.it/2020/08/03/nati-oggi-schonfeld-un-maestro-austriaco-a-trapani/. dead.
  10. Web site: Heinrich Schoenfeld summary . www.worldfootball.net. 27 April 2021. it.
  11. Web site: RSSSF coaches . . 27 April 2021.
  12. News: La notizia a Schönfeld. Il Littoriale. 4. 13 July 1933. 27 April 2021. it.
  13. Web site: Reschreiter, Walter. SC Hakoah Hallein 1951–(2011). 28 July 2021. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150710101730/http://www.laube.at/uploads/media/SC_Hakoah_Hallein_Info.pdf. 2015-07-10.