{{short description|Norwegian football manager (born 1940)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Erling Hokstad | image = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1940|8|7|df=y}}<ref>{{WorldFootball.net|erling-hokstad}}</ref> | birth_place = | height = | position = midfielder | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = | clubs1 = Vito | years2 = 1962 | clubs2 = Skeid | years3 = 1963 | clubs3 = Vito | years4 = 1964– | clubs4 = Eidsvold Turn | manageryears1 = 1971–1975 | managerclubs1 = Eidsvold Turn | manageryears2 = 1976–1977 | managerclubs2 = Kongsvinger | manageryears3 = 1978 | managerclubs3 = Strømmen | manageryears4 = 1979 | managerclubs4 = Stabæk | manageryears5 = 1980–1985 | managerclubs5 = Eidsvold Turn | manageryears6 = 1983–1989 | managerclubs6 = Norway women | manageryears7 = 1990 | managerclubs7 = Lyn | manageryears8 = 1991–1994 | managerclubs8 = Holter }}
'''Erling Hokstad''' (born 7 August 1940) was a Norwegian football midfielder and later manager.
He was born in Frøya. Moving south to take his education, he graduated from teachers' college in 1963 and the State School of Gymnastics in 1965. He was subsequently employed as PE teacher at Nannestad lower secondary school in 1966.<ref name=who>{{cite book|editor=Skirstad, Berit|title=Hvem er hvem i norsk idrett|year=1986|publisher=Universitetsforlaget|location=Oslo|language=no|isbn=8200363589|page=109}}</ref>
He represented Lesla IL, IL Vito and Skeid in his early career,<ref name=who/> returning to Vito in 1963 after completing his compulsory military service.<ref>''Eidsvold Blad'' 3 July 1963, p. 3</ref> After debuting for Eidsvold Turn in 1964,<ref>''Romerikes Blad'' 29 June 1964, p. 4</ref> he spent the remainder of his playing career there. Following an injury, he started his managing career in the same club, and took further education at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences.<ref name=budst>{{cite news|title=Tøffhet og lagdisiplin svakeste punkter hos lag i 4. divisjon|last=Hole|first=Arne|date=20 April 1979|work=Asker og Bærums Budstikke|page=7|language=no}}</ref>
After four seasons in Kongsvinger, Strømmen and Stabæk,<ref name=budst/> he returned to Eidsvold Turn in 1980.<ref>{{cite news|title=Eidsvold Turn i 'new look'|last=Nordahl|first=Trond|date=25 April 1980|work=Akershus Arbeiderblad|page=13|language=no}}</ref> He continued through 1985, but also managed the Norwegian women's national team from 1983. His major achievement was the gold medal in the 1987 UEFA Women's Championship.
After a stint on the Norwegian men's second tier with Lyn in 1990,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lynhistorie.com/statistikk/Lyn-trener.asp?lag=Erling+Hokstad|title=Erling Hokstad som Lyntrener|publisher=Lynhistorie.com|language=no|access-date=30 August 2021|archive-date=16 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216033636/http://www.lynhistorie.com/statistikk/Lyn-trener.asp?lag=Erling+Hokstad|url-status=dead}}</ref> he managed Holter IF from 1991 through 1994,<ref>{{cite news|title=Holters A-stall|date=28 February 1991|work=Romerikes Blad|page=18|language=no}}</ref> guiding the team to the third tier in Norway.<ref>{{cite news|title=Holter berget plassen?|last=Midtsjø|first=Anne-Karine|date=2 October 1994|work=Romerikes Blad|page=15|language=no}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{UEFA Women's Championship winning managers}} {{Kongsvinger IL Toppfotball managers}} {{Norway women's national football team managers}} {{Lyn Fotball managers}}
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