Elmar Tepp Explained

Elmar Tepp
Fullname:Elmar Leonhard Tepp
Birth Date:30 April 1913
Birth Place:Tallinn, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire[1]
Death Place:Kalinin, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Nationalteam1:Estonia
Nationalyears1:1937–1940
Nationalcaps1:17
Nationalgoals1:0

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tepp, Elmar Leonhard. Eesti spordi biograafiline leksikon (ESBL) . 11 May 2021. et.
  2. Web site: Elmar Tepp . National Football Teams . 11 May 2021.
  3. Web site: World Cup 1938 - Qualifying . RSSSF . 11 May 2021.