Career
He played for the New Westminster Royals (1913-1914) and Portland Rosebuds (1914-1915) of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association. He also previously played for the Ottawa Victorias, and during his time there was involved in a 1907 game which saw the death of Bud McCourt. He suffered a blow to the head from an opposing player"s stick during a brawl that ensued that game.
Throop also spent time in the National Hockey Association with the Toronto Tecumsehs and Haileybury Comets.
Throop died in 1973 at a Haileybury hospital.