Albertus Putman Cramer

Albertus Dithmar Putman Cramer (24 July 1877 – 13 March 1947) was a Dutch footballer who played as a midfielder for Koninklijke HFC and the Netherlands national team (unofficial) in the early 1890s.

Early life Albertus Putman Cramer was born in Willemstad, North Brabant, on 24 July 1877, as the son of Carel Frederik Herman Putman Cramer and Johanna Catharina Huijsman.

Playing career Club career Together with Pim Mulier, Jacob Willem Schorer, Johan Schröder, Solco Tromp, and Hubert Menten, Cramer 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, as well as the 1894–95 Netherlands Football League Championship. After that successful season, a large part of the selection left for the Indies and South Africa, and even though HFC managed to field new players, they could not fully replace the departed footballers, so Putman Cramer was unable to prevent HFC from being relegated in the 1896–97 season. a 2–3 loss to the English Wanderers on 12 April 1896, and a 2–6 loss to the English Wanderers on 28 March 1897.

Honours Koninklijke HFC Dutch Championship: Champions (1): 1894–95