Heinrich Schönfeld

For the Baroque painter, see Johann Heinrich Schönfeld.

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

Heinrich Schönfeld

Schönfeld in 1930
Personal information
Date of birth	(1900-08-03)3 August 1900
Place of birth	Kolozsvár, Austria-Hungary
Date of death	3 September 1976(1976-09-03) (aged 76)
Place of death	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1916–1921	SpC Rudolfshügel	?	(?)
1921–1923	Merano	?	(?)
1923–1925	Torino	30	(23)
1925–1926	Inter Milan	14	(7)
1926	Hakoah Vienna	8	(6)
1926–1927	Brooklyn Wanderers	6	(3)
1927–1928	Hakoah Vienna	10	(4)
1928–1929	Brooklyn Hakoah	12	(11)
1929–1930	Hakoah All-Stars	6	(0)
Managerial career
1930–1933	Juventus Trapani
1933	Catanzarese
1933–1935	Juventus Trapani
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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]

References

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

External links

• (in Italian) Profile at Inter Archive Archived 7 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine