{{short description|Estonian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Elmar Gustav Kaljot | image = | caption = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date|1901|11|15|df=y}} | birth_place = Tallinn, Estonia | death_date = {{death date and age|1969|1|8|1901|11|15|df=y}} | death_place = New York City, United States | height = | position = Midfielder | years1 = 1922–1925 | clubs1 = JK Tallinna Kalev | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1925–1930 | clubs2 = Tallinna Jalgpalliklubi | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 1930–1933 | clubs3 = JS Estonia Tallinn | caps3 = | goals3 = | nationalyears1 = 1923–1929 | nationalteam1 = Estonia | nationalcaps1 = 25 | nationalgoals1 = 3 }} '''Elmar Gustav Kaljot''' (15 November 1901 – 8 January 1969) was an Estonian footballer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=10041|title = Elmar Kaljot, international footballer}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/24970 |title=Elmar Kaljot |work=Olympedia |access-date=24 August 2021}}</ref>
==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 and won the 1929 Baltic Cup.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-04-18 |title=Elmar Kaljot Bio, Stats, and Results {{!}} Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/elmar-kaljot-1.html |access-date=2024-12-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418095104/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/elmar-kaljot-1.html |archive-date=18 April 2020 }}</ref>
He was Estonian champion in five occasions, last two times as a coach. During World War II, he fled to Germany in 1944 and in 1948 he moved to the United States, where he lived until his death in 1969.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ESBL |url=https://www.esbl.ee/biograafia/Elmar+Gustav_Kaljot |access-date=2024-12-03 |website=esbl.ee}}</ref>
==Honours== * Estonian Top Division: 1923, 1926, 1928, 1934, 1935
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Estonia football squad 1924 Summer Olympics}}
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