Career
He played for First Vienna Football Club and the Austrian team as defender. Heinrich Retschury played for First Vienna Football Club as defender. Together with Wilhelm Eipeldauer he formed the defence of the club
He also played in the Austrian national football team
Transleithanien was the Hungarian part of the Austrian-Hungary Empire. He played another 5 times in the team
His last match was a 1:8 versus England on June 1, 1909. After his football career he became a successful international referee.
At the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, he was referee and led three matches (Semifinal: Uruguay-Netherlands 2:1.
First Bronze medal match: Netherlands-Sweden 1:1. Second round match: Sweden-Belgium 8:1) He also led a lot of leagueand cupmatches in Austria. During the First World War he was caretaker of the football national team because the coach Hugo Meisl became soldier.