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Heinrich Retschury
Personal information
Full name Heinrich Retschury
Date of birth 5 January 1887
Place of birth Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Date of death 11 June 1944
Position(s) defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1906 –1912 First Vienna FC
International career
1908 – 1909 Austria
Managerial career
1914 –1919 Austria
1937 Austria
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Heinrich Retschury (born 5 January 1887 in Vienna; died 11 June 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 Austrian 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.[3] Later he was a member of the Olympic squad for the Stockholm Olympic games in 1912, but he did not play there.[1]

Coach

During the First World War he was caretaker of the football national team because the coach Hugo Meisl became soldier. (22 matches: 8 won, 3 draws, 11 lost). Also in the year 1937, after the death of Hugo Meisl, he became caretaker of the national team (5 matches: 2 won, 1 draw, 2 lost) and reached the qualification for the 1938 FIFA World Cup where Austria did not play, because the country was occupied by 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;[4] Quarterfinal: Netherlands-Irish Free State 2:1;[5] First Bronze medal: Netherlands-Sweden 1:1;[6]) He also refereed league and cup matches in Austria.

Date Team1 Score Score Team2 Stadium Round Notes
29/05/1924 Belgium 1 8 Sweden Stade Olympique de Colombes Round of 16 Sweden advance
02/06/1924 Netherlands 2 1 Irish Free State Stade de Paris (Bauer Saint-Ouen) Quarterfinal Netherland Advance AET 2-1 FT 1-1
08/06/1924 Netherlands 1 1 Sweden Stade Olympique de Colombes 3rd Place Playoff (1st game) Replayed 09/06/1924 Sweden won 3-1

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