Jacob Schorer


Jacob Willem Schorer was a Dutch footballer who played as a Forward for Koninklijke HFC and the Netherlands [national football team results |Netherlands national team ] in the early 1890s.

Early and personal life

Jacob Schorer was born in Middelburg, Zeeland, on 14 December 1874, as the son of Maria Petronella Pické and, then the mayor of Middelburg and later vice-president of the Council of State. On 16 August 1898, he married Adrienne Cornélie Schuurbeque Boeye.

Playing career

Together with Pim Mulier, Solco Tromp, Albertus Putman Cramer, Schorer 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. Two months later, on 10 April, he played for the Netherlands national [football team results |an unofficial match for the Netherlands] against Maidstone FC on the field of the HFC, scoring once to help his side to a 4–3 win.

Later life

In 1918, he became the leader of the distance marches of the "Nederlandse Bond voor Lichamelijke Opvoeding". He was an Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau, and an Honorary Knight of the Hospitaller Order of St. John.
Schorer died in Den Haag on 15 February 1936, at the age of 69.

Honours

;Koninklijke HFC