Solco Tromp

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.

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.

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. 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. 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. His son Solco Walle Tromp was a professor of geology at the University of Cairo and published pioneering writings on biometeorology.

Honours Koninklijke HFC Dutch Championship: Champions (1): 1892–93

Dutch Second Division: Champions (1): 1897–98