Evald Tipner

Evald Tipner
Personal information
Full nameEvald Tipner
Date of birth13 March 1906
Place of birthTallinn, Russian Empire
Date of death18 July 1947 (aged 41)
Place of deathTallinn, Estonian SSR,
Soviet Union
Playing positionGoalkeeper, Striker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Sport Tallinn[1]112(18)
National team
1924–1939Estonia[1]66(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 January 2000.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 January 2000

Evald Tipner (13 March 1906 – 18 July 1947) was Estonian football, ice hockey and bandy player. He was capped 66 times for Estonian national football team, 7 times for bandy national team and once for ice hockey team. Tipner was also a good track and field athlete. Some sources report him as the first goalscorer in the history of World Cup preliminary competition, having scored what would be an own goal for Sweden against Estonia 7 minutes into the game, on 11 June 1933, in Stockholm. Some other sources consider this was not an own goal, and that it was actually scored by Swedish captain Knut Kroon.

Football

Tipner was mainly a goalkeeper, but he also played in his club as a striker. He was a good penalty taker as well.

Bandy

Tipner played 7 games and scored 9 goals for national team during 1927–1934.

Ice hockey

In 1924 he played one game for national hockey team.

Honours

Football

Club

National

Bandy

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Jalka 06/2009, p42. Tipner – puurivahtide hirm. Eesti Jalgpalli Liit 2009. ISSN 1736-7379