Evald Smitt
| Evald Smitt | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| at least 1940 | Tallinna JK | |
| 1943 | JS Estonia Tallinn | |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1940 | Estonia | 1 (0) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Evald Smitt was an Estonian football player and train driver .
Career
For the Estonian national team Evald Smitt came in July 1940 for an international match against Latvia in Tallinn . A month earlier, the Soviet government had given Estonia an ultimatum and then occupied it. One month after the international match, on August 16 of the same year, the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic (Estonian SSR) was proclaimed and thus annexed by the Soviet Union . In 1940 Smitt was still active for the Tallinna JK in the Estonian Championship. In 1943 he was Estonian champion with JS Estonia Tallinn .
He was a train driver for the Estonian State Railways . During the Soviet annexation in World War II, he was of major importance in the transportation of the Red Army .
Web links
- Memoirs by Evald Smitt: I brought the Red Army to Estonia (language and text Estonian)
- Evald Smitt in the database of EU-Football.info (English)
- Evald Smitt in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Football international match Estonia 2-1 (1-0) Latvia. eu-football.info, accessed on December 2, 2015 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Smitt, Evald |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Estonian soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 19th century or 20th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th century or 21st century |