Elmar Tepp (30 April 1913 – 11 May 1943) was an Estonian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

. He played in 16 matches for the

Estonia national football team The Estonia national football team ( et, Eesti jalgpallikoondis) represents Estonia in international football matches and is controlled by the Estonian Football Association, the governing body for football in Estonia. Estonia's home ground is ...

from 1937 to 1940. He was also named in Estonia's squad for the Group 1 qualification tournament for the

1938 FIFA World Cup The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third edition of the World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams and was held in France from 4 June until 19 June 1938. Italy defended its title in the final, be ...

. Tepp was conscripted into the

Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Russian language, Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist R ...

in 1941 and became a prisoner of war of the Germans during the

Battle of Velikiye Luki The Battle of Velikiye Luki, also named Velikiye Luki offensive operation (russian: Великолукская наступательная операция), started with the attack by the forces of the Red Army's Kalinin Front against the We ...

along with teammates

Heinrich Uukkivi Heinrich Uukkivi (10 May 1912 – 12 April 1943) was an Estonian association football, bandy and ice hockey player. He won the Estonian Football Championship five times, the Estonian Bandy Championship three times and the Estonian Ice Hockey Cha ...

and

Richard Kuremaa Richard Kuremaa (12 January 1912 – 10 January 1991) was an Estonian footballer - one of the most famous before World War II. He played 42 times for Estonia national football team The Estonia national football team ( et, Eesti jalgpalliko ...

. 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 Kalinin may refer to: * Mikhail Kalinin (1875–1946), Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet functionary * Kalinin (surname) Places *Kalinin, former name of Noramarg, Armenia *Kalinin, former name of Tashir, Armenia *Kalinin, former name of Burunqo ...

, Russia in 1943.

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* 1913 births 1943 deaths Estonian men's footballers Estonia men's international footballers Men's association football defenders Footballers from Tallinn Estonian people who died in Soviet detention People who died in the Gulag Estonian prisoners sentenced to death Prisoners sentenced to death by the Soviet Union Soviet military personnel of World War II Estonian prisoners of war World War II prisoners of war held by Germany {{Estonia-footy-bio-stub