Erik Holmberg (23 May 1922 – 18 September 1998) was a
Norwegian international
football
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defender. He played his entire career at
Fredrikstad FK, and won the
Norwegian Cup in
1950
Events January
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* January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 cr ...
and the
Hovedserien four times (in
1948–49,
1950–51,
1951–52 and
1953–54).
He was
capped 27 times for
Norway,
and participated at the
Helsinki Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...
in 1952.
After his retirement he was the head coach of Fredrikstad from 1956 to 1957, and
Østsiden from 1966 to 1968.
References
1922 births
1998 deaths
Sportspeople from Fredrikstad
Norwegian footballers
Eliteserien players
Norway international footballers
Association football defenders
Olympic footballers of Norway
Footballers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Fredrikstad FK players
Norwegian football managers
Fredrikstad FK managers
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