Richard Veselý

Richard Veselý (18 September 1881 – unknown) was a Czech footballer who played as a defender for Slavia Prague and the Bohemian national team.

Club career Veselý was born in Prague on 18 September 1881, He was noted for his fighting qualities and tireless energy. Due to his leadership qualities, he soon received the status of captain in the club. His longtime partner in the team's defense line was Rudolf Krummer. At that time, the club mainly played friendly matches with the leading teams of Central and Northern Europe, regularly winning.

Between 1905 and 1907, Veselý was the captain of the Slavia team that was considered one of the strongest in continental Europe after achieving many international victories, including over Austrian teams Wiener AC (4–3, 4–0), First Vienna (2–0, 1–0) and Vienna Cricket (1–0), the Danish club Boldklubben af 1893 (4–2), and Belgian club Union Saint-Gilloise. In a match against the Pilgrims on 25 April 1906, Veselý scored Slavia's first goal in the 60th minute with a long shot from his own half to rally his side to a 3–2 comeback victory. Slavia finished the year of 1906 with 39 wins out of 48 matches played and with 340 goals scored against 62. beating AFK Kolín 4–1 in the 1911 final and beating FC Viktoria 4–3 in the 1912 final on 26 May, although he did not play in the latter final. On 17 September, Veselý was involved in Slavia's first-ever match in the newly-founded Bohemian championship, keeping a clean-sheet in a 3–0 win over Olympia.

Veselý retired from football shortly after, although he occasionally appeared on the field for quite some time, with the last such documented match taking place in 1919, in a Czechoslovak championship match against the club "Meteor VIII" (5–0). Between 1901 and 1915, Veselý played a total of 412 matches for Slavia, scoring three goals. all of which in friendlies, two against Hungary and one against England, registering a record of two losses and one draw. < In the build-up for the tournament, Pimmer helped Bohemia/Slavia win a few friendly matches against British clubs, such as Aberdeen (3–2), Ipswich Town (4–0), and Eastbourne Town (5–4).

Honours Club Slavia Prague Bohemian championship: Champions (1): 1913 Charity Cup: Champions (3): 1910, 1911, and 1912

International Bohemia UIAFA European Tournament: Champions (1): 1911