Elmar Tepp (30 April 1913 – 11 May 1943) was an Estonian footballer. He played in 16 matches for the Estonia national football team from 1937 to 1940.[2] He was also named in Estonia's squad for the Group 1 qualification tournament for the 1938 FIFA World Cup.[3]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Elmar Leonhard Tepp[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 30 April 1913 | ||
| Place of birth | Tallinn, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire[1] | ||
| Date of death | 11 May 1943 (aged 30) | ||
| Place of death | Kalinin, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Tallinna Puhkekodu | |||
| International career | |||
| 1937–1940 | Estonia | 17 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Tepp was conscripted into the Red Army in 1941 and became a prisoner of war of the Germans during the Battle of Velikiye Luki along with teammates Heinrich Uukkivi and Richard Kuremaa. He was released in a later Soviet advance and subsequently sentenced to death by Soviet authorities, which was later commuted to a fifteen-year prison sentence. He died in prison in Kalinin, Russia in 1943.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Tepp, Elmar Leonhard". Eesti spordi biograafiline leksikon (ESBL) (in Estonian). Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- ^ "Elmar Tepp". National Football Teams. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- ^ "World Cup 1938 - Qualifying". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
External links
edit- Elmar Tepp at WorldFootball.net
- Elmar Tepp at National-Football-Teams.com
- Elmar Tepp at kicker (in German)
- Elmar Tepp at EU-Football.info
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