# Solco Tromp

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**Solco Walle Tromp** (14 December 1874 – 6 February 1962) was a Dutch [footballer](/source/Association_football) who played as a [goalkeeper](/source/Goalkeeper_(association_football)) for [Koninklijke HFC](/source/Koninklijke_HFC) and the [Netherlands national team (unofficial)](/source/Netherlands_national_football_team_results_(unofficial_matches)) in the early 1890s.[1]

## Early life

Solco Tromp was born in Simpoer, [Bhagalpur division](/source/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](/source/Pim_Mulier), [Johan Schröder](/source/Johan_Schr%C3%B6der), [Jacob Schorer](/source/Jacob_Schorer), [Albertus Putman Cramer](/source/Albertus_Putman_Cramer), Tromp was a member of the [Koninklijke HFC](/source/Koninklijke_HFC) team that won the [first ever cup match in the Netherlands on 11 February 1894](/source/KNVB_Cup#Early_history), helping his side to a 3–1 win over [Haarlem](/source/HFC_Haarlem).[4] Five days earlier, he had been one of the eleven footballers who started in the [Netherlands' first-ever unofficial international match](/source/Netherlands_national_football_team_results_(unofficial_matches)) 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](/source/Maidstone_FC_(1894)) 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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Lawyer) in [Rotterdam](/source/Rotterdam). He died in Laiden on 6 February 1962, at the age of 87.[7] His son [Solco Walle Tromp](/source/Solco_Walle_Tromp) was a professor of geology at the University of Cairo and published pioneering writings on [biometeorology](/source/Biometeorology).[8]

## Honours

**[Koninklijke HFC](/source/Koninklijke_HFC)**

- [Dutch Championship](/source/Eredivisie): - **Champions (1)**: [1892–93](/source/1892%E2%80%9393_Netherlands_Football_League_Championship)

- [Dutch Second Division](/source/Tweede_Klasse): - **Champions (1)**: 1897–98

## References

1. ["S. W. Tromp"](https://nha.courant.nu/issue/HFC/1919-01-01/edition/null/page/84) (in Dutch). *nha.courant.nu*. January 1919. Retrieved 20 January 2025.

1. ["Solco Walle Tromp (1874-????)"](https://www.genealogieonline.nl/fr/genealogie-gomes/I42302.php) (in Dutch). *www.genealogieonline.nl*. Retrieved 20 January 2025.

1. ["Solco Walle Tromp (1874 - d.) - Genealogy"](https://www.geni.com/people/Solco-Walle-Tromp/6000000075967464066). *www.geni.com*. Retrieved 20 January 2025.

1. ["Netherlands 1893/94 - Holdert-beeld"](https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/ned1894.html#beeld). [RSSSF](/source/RSSSF). 30 August 2024. Retrieved 20 January 2025.

1. ["Nederlands elftal voor de wedstrijd tegen Felixstowe"](https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/onderzoeken/fotocollectie/af7fe182-d0b4-102d-bcf8-003048976d84?searchKey=982943318b68e4672cb1f11e890aab42) [Dutch national team before the match against Felixstowe] (in Dutch). *www.nationaalarchief.nl*. 6 February 1894. Retrieved 20 January 2025.

1. ["Beste spelers van Nederland niet opgewassen tegen Engelse ploeg"](https://www.dagvantoen.nl/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.

1. ["Décès Solco Walle Tromp le 6 février 1962 à Leiden"](https://www.openarchieven.nl/elo:5151f5ce-5d1c-8d3f-9160-c6dc9a2efe2a/fr) [Death of Solco Walle Tromp on 6 February 1962 in Leiden] (in Dutch). *www.genealogieonline.nl*. Retrieved 20 January 2025.

1. Krasnow, Shelley; Plasterk, K. J. (1984). *In memoriam Dr. Solco Walle Tromp 9 March 1909–17 March 1983*. *[International Journal of Biometeorology](/source/International_Journal_of_Biometeorology)*. Volume 28, Issue 4, pp. 257-260.

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