Ernst Joll

{{Short description|Estonian footballer and journalist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = | image = | image_size = | caption = | fullname = Ernst-Aleksander Joll<ref name="ESBL">{{Cite web|title=JOLL, Ernst-Aleksander|url=https://esbl.ee/biograafia/Ernst-Aleksander_Joll|access-date=20 January 2026|website=esbl.ee|language=et}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date|1902|9|8|df=y}} | birth_place = Reval, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire | death_date = {{death date and age|1935|4|3|1902|9|8|df=yes}} | death_place = Tallinn, Estonia | height = 1.73m<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/jo/ernst-joll-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418075710/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/jo/ernst-joll-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|title=Ernst Joll|website=sports-reference.com|access-date=20 January 2026}}</ref> | position = Forward | currentclub = | clubnumber = | years1 = 1920–1924 | clubs1 = Kalev | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1926–1930 | clubs2 = Tallinna Jalgpalli Klubi | caps2 = | goals2 = | nationalyears1 = 1920–1929 | nationalteam1 = Estonia | nationalcaps1 = 23 | nationalgoals1 = 4 }} '''Ernst-Aleksander Joll''' (8 September 1902 – 3 April 1935) was an Estonian footballer and sports journalist. He was selected to represent Estonia in their first ever international match against Finland in 1920. Joll also represented Estonia at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

==Career== Joll was recruited to Kalev in 1920 by Eduard Hiiop.<ref name="ESBL"/> Later the same year, on 17 October 1920, Joll played as a forward in Estonia's first ever international match against Finland. He won the 1923 Estonian Championship with Kalev, becoming top scorer in the tournament.<ref name="ESBL"/> Joll was a member of the Estonia national team that competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics, losing their only game against the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/24968 |title=Ernst Joll|work=Olympedia |access-date=24 August 2021}}</ref> He won two more Estonian championships with Tallinna Jalgpalli Klubi, in 1926 and 1928.<ref name="ESBL"/>

From 1921, Joll worked as a sports reporter for ''Päevaleht'', and from 1925 as a sports editor for ''Rahvaleht''. He died of typhus in 1935 and was buried at Rahumäe Cemetery.<ref name="ESBL"/><ref>{{cite news|title=Jaan Kägu suri|date=3 April 1935|newspaper=Sakala|language=et|page=3}}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Joll, Ernst}} Category:1902 births Category:1935 deaths Category:Footballers from Tallinn Category:People from Kreis Harrien Category:Estonian men's footballers Category:Men's association football forwards Category:JK Tallinna Kalev players Category:Estonia men's international footballers Category:Olympic footballers for Estonia Category:Footballers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Category:Burials at Rahumäe Cemetery