Erich Hof (3 August 1936 – 25 January 1995) was an

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

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and coach who played as a forward.

Career

Born in the

Brigittenau Brigittenau () is the 20th district of Vienna (german: 20. Bezirk, Brigittenau). It is located north of the central districts, north of Leopoldstadt on the same island area between the Danube and the Danube Canal. Brigittenau is a heavily popul ...

district of

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, Hof began playing football as a striker with FC Hochstädt. In 1952, he joined

Wiener Sport-Club The Wiener Sport-Club, sometimes abbreviated as WSC, was established in 1883 in Vienna, Austria and is one of the country's oldest athletics clubs. Their traditional home is in the Dornbach quarter of the city ( 17th district). History At vari ...

, where he would play until 1969, with the exception of a brief stint with

FK Austria Wien Fußballklub Austria Wien AG (; known in English as Austria Vienna, and usually shortened to Austria (German: Österreich) in German-speaking countries, is an Austrian association football club from the capital city of Vienna. It has won the mos ...

in 1964. He led the Austrian league in goal-scoring in 1959 and 1961 with 32 and 21 goals respectively. Hof was a leading Austrian footballer in the 1960s and was known as "The Professor of Football" (''Der Professor des Fußballs''). Hof made 37 appearances and scored 28 goals for the

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from 1957 to 1968. He made his debut in a friendly match against West Germany on 10 March 1957.

Personal life

Hof died from

lung cancer Lung cancer, also known as lung carcinoma (since about 98–99% of all lung cancers are carcinomas), is a malignant lung tumor characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. Lung carcinomas derive from transformed, malign ...

in a Vienna hospital on 25 January 1995. He was the brother of retired footballer

Norbert Hof Norbert Hof (2 February 1944 – 8 July 2020Ex-ÖFB-Teamspieler Norbert Hof 76-jährig gestorben

References

External links

Austria Archiv as player

Austria Archiv as coach

National Team stats as player

* * * 1936 births 1995 deaths Austrian footballers Association football forwards Austria international footballers Austrian football managers Austria national football team managers Wiener Sport-Club players FK Austria Wien players FK Austria Wien managers Wiener Sport-Club managers Footballers from Vienna Deaths from cancer in Austria Deaths from lung cancer {{austria-footy-forward-stub