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Erich Hof
Personal information
Date of birth	3 August 1936
Place of birth	Vienna, Austria
Date of death	25 January 1995 (aged 58)
Place of death	Vienna, Austria
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
0000–1952	SCR Hochstädt
1952–1964	Wiener Sport-Club
1964–1965	FK Austria Wien
1964–1969	Wiener Sport-Club
National team
1957–1968	Austria
Teams managed
1969–1970	Wiener Sport-Club
1971	Austria Salzburg
1974–1979	Wiener Sport-Club
1980–1982	FK Austria Wien
1982–1984	Austria
1985–1986	Wiener Sport-Club
1987	Diagoras F.C.
1989–1990	FK Austria Wien
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Erich Hof (3 August 1936 – 25 January 1995) was an Austrian footballer and coach. played as a forward mostly for Wiener Sport-Club.

Career

He was born in the Brigittenau district of Vienna. Hof began playing football as a striker with SCR Hochstädt. In 1952 he went to Wiener Sport-Club. There he played until 1969. Only 1964/65 he played for FK Austria Wien. In 1959 and 1961 he was top scorer of the Austrian league with 32 and 21 goals. ^[1] Hof was a leading Austrian footballer in the 1960s and was known as "The Professor of Football" (Der Professor des Fußballs).^[2]

Hof made 37 appearances and scored 28 goals for the Austria national football team from 1957 to 1968. He made his debut in a friendly match against West Germany on 10 March 1957.^[3]

Coaching career

He was coach of Wiener Sport-Club (1969–70, 1974–1979, and 1985–86), Austria Salzburg and FK Austria Wien (1980–1982 and 1989-90). From 1982 to 1984 he was coach of the Austrian national football team. He also managed Diagoras Rhodos in Greece.

Personal life

Hof died from lung cancer in a Vienna hospital on 25 January 1995.^[2] He was the brother of retired footballer Norbert Hof.

Honours

Player

Austrian Bundesliga: 1958, 1959
Austrian Bundesliga top scorer: 1959, 1963
Austrian Cup: 1969 (finalists)

Coach

Austrian Bundesliga: 1980, 1981
Austrian Cup: 1982

References

↑ "Eine Legende wäre heute 70 geworden: Am 3. August 1936 kam Erich Hof auf die Welt" [A Legend would be 70 years old today: On 3 August 1936, Erich Hof entered the world] (in German). News.at. 2 August 2006. Archived from the original on 10 August 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "Der "Professor" des Fußballs ist tot" [The "Professor" of football is dead]. Kurier (in German). 26 January 1996. p. 22.
↑ Klukowski, Tomasz (21 April 2011). "Erich Hof - International Goals". RSSSF.