Elmar Gustav Kaljot (15 November 1901 – 8 January 1969) was an

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Career

Kaljot played 25 times for the Estonian national team between 1923 and 1929. He played for three different teams in Estonian top flight and participated at the

1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The op ...

and won the

1929 Baltic Cup The 1929 Baltic Cup was held in Riga, Latvia at LSB Stadions on 14–16 August 1929. It was the second time three Baltic countries — Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania — came together to play a friendly tournament and determine the best team a ...

. He was Estonian champion in five occasions, last two times as a coach. During

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

, he fled to Germany in 1944 and since 1948 he lived in United States until his death in 1969.http://www.esbl.ee/biograafia/Elmar+Gustav_Kaljot ESBL Profile

Honours

* Estonian Top Division:

1923 Events January–February * January 9 – Lithuania begins the Klaipėda Revolt to annex the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory). * January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area, ...

1926 Events January * January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos (general), Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece. * January 8 **Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Kingdom of Hejaz, Hejaz. ** Bảo Đại, Crown Prince Nguyễn P ...

1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhano ...

1934 Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a max ...

1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * January 12 – Amelia Earhart bec ...

References

1901 births 1969 deaths Footballers from Tallinn People from the Governorate of Estonia Estonian footballers Estonia international footballers Footballers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Estonia JK Tallinna Kalev players Estonian World War II refugees Estonian emigrants to the United States Association football midfielders {{Estonia-footy-bio-stub