| Full name | Solco Walle Tromp |
|---|---|
| Birth date | 14 December 1874 |
| Birth place | Simpoer, Bhagalpur division, Dutch East Indies |
| Death date | 6 February 1962 (aged 87) |
| Death place | Leiden, Netherlands |
| Position | Goalkeeper |
| Years 1 | 1892–1894 |
| Clubs 1 | Koninklijke HFC |
| Years 2 | 1897–1898 |
| Clubs 2 | Koninklijke HFC |
| Nationalyears 1 | 1894 |
| Nationalteam 1 | Netherlands unofficial team |
| Nationalcaps 1 | 2 |
| Nationalgoals 1 | 0 |
Solco Walle Tromp (14 December 1874 – 6 February 1962) was a Dutch footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Koninklijke HFC and the Netherlands national team (unofficial) in the early 1890s.[1]
Early life
Solco Tromp was born in Simpoer, Bhagalpur division, on 14 December 1874, as the son of Solco Walle Tromp and Henriëtte Gertrude Zoetelief.[2][3]
Playing career
Club career
Together with Pim Mulier, Johan Schröder, Jacob Schorer, Albertus Putman Cramer, Tromp was a member of the Koninklijke HFC team that won the first ever cup match in the Netherlands on 11 February 1894, helping his side to a 3–1 win over Haarlem.[4] Five days earlier, he had been one of the eleven footballers who started in the Netherlands' first-ever unofficial international match on 6 February 1894 against the English side Felixstowe United, which ended in a 0–1 loss, but such was the English supremacy at the time that this was still an incredible result.[4][5][6] He also played in the team's second match on 10 April 1894 against Maidstone FC on the field of the HFC, helping his side to a 4–3 win, thanks to goals from his club teammates Schorer, Pim Mulier, and Puck Meijer.[4]
In 1894, Tromp left for Leiden to study, where he remained active as an athlete, being a member of the student rowing club SRV Njord.[1] In the 1897–98 season, Tromp returned briefly to the HFC, which had been relegated to the Second Division after its most prominent footballers had left.[1] With the returning captain Otto Menten in the selection, the HFC became champions of the Second Division, after which they won the promotion match against CFC Celeritas 4–1.[1]
Tromp then established himself as a lawyer in Rotterdam. He died in Laiden on 6 February 1962, at the age of 87.[7] His son Solco Walle Tromp was a professor of geology at the University of Cairo and published pioneering writings on biometeorology.[8]
Honours
- Dutch Championship:
- Champions (1): 1892–93
- Dutch Second Division:
- Champions (1): 1897–98
References
- ^ "S. W. Tromp" (in Dutch). nha.courant.nu. January 1919. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
- ^ "Solco Walle Tromp (1874-????)" (in Dutch). www.genealogieonline.nl. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
- ^ "Solco Walle Tromp (1874 - d.) - Genealogy". www.geni.com. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
- ^ "Netherlands 1893/94 - Holdert-beeld". RSSSF. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
- ^ "Nederlands elftal voor de wedstrijd tegen Felixstowe" [Dutch national team before the match against Felixstowe] (in Dutch). www.nationaalarchief.nl. 6 February 1894. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
- ^ "Beste spelers van Nederland niet opgewassen tegen Engelse ploeg" [Best players in the Netherlands are no match for the English team] (in Dutch). www.dagvantoen.nl. 6 February 1894. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
- ^ "Décès Solco Walle Tromp le 6 février 1962 à Leiden" [Death of Solco Walle Tromp on 6 February 1962 in Leiden] (in Dutch). www.genealogieonline.nl. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
- ^ Krasnow, Shelley; Plasterk, K. J. (1984). In memoriam Dr. Solco Walle Tromp 9 March 1909–17 March 1983. International Journal of Biometeorology. Volume 28, Issue 4, pp. 257-260.