Elmar Tepp

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]

Elmar Tepp
Personal information
Full name Elmar Leonhard Tepp[1]
Date of birth (1913-04-30)30 April 1913
Place of birth Tallinn, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire[1]
Date of death 11 May 1943(1943-05-11) (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
  1. "Tepp, Elmar Leonhard". Eesti spordi biograafiline leksikon (ESBL) (in Estonian). Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  2. "Elmar Tepp". National Football Teams. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  3. "World Cup 1938 - Qualifying". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
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