Elmar Tepp

Elmar Tepp
Personal information
Full name	Elmar Leonhard Tepp
Date of birth	30 April 1913
Place of birth	Tallinn, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire
Date of death	11 May 1943 (aged 30)
Place of death	Kalinin, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Tallinna Puhkekodu [lt]
International career
1937–1940	Estonia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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]

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 EU-Football.info
Elmar Tepp at National-Football-Teams.com
Elmar Tepp at WorldFootball.net

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[Birthday-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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