Background
Solomon grew up in the small mining town of Broken Hill excelling in basketball, cricket and football though it is the latter in which he held the most promise.
Solomon grew up in the small mining town of Broken Hill excelling in basketball, cricket and football though it is the latter in which he held the most promise.
He played for the Fremantle Dockers and the Essendon Bombers in his 13 year, 209 games and a premiership career. Solomon is currently serving as an assistant coach with the Gold Coast Football Club. Playing for the North Broken Hill Football Club, a team with which his family has a long history he received several honours as a junior, along with several junior premierships, however as a 16-year-old he was awarded "best junior" when playing for the league or A-grade team against many large, hard men who would often attempt to physically intimidate him.
Solomon played his last game for North Broken Hill in 1996, unfortunately injuring his fingers and missing a grand final.
Solomon then went on to play for the Bendigo Pioneers in the under 18 TAC Cup competition. He was selected in the 1997 American Federation of Labor-Congress Draft by Essendon with a 2nd round selection, number 20 overall.
Solomon made his American Federation of Labor-Congress debut in 1998 for Essendon and was part of their 2000 premiership team On numerous occasions, however, Solomon has shown his lack of discipline to be detrimental to his game, one example being the 2005 clash with Adelaide at AAMI Stadium, where Solomon"s concession of a 50-metre penalty was considered a turning point in the match, from which Adelaide became big victors.
On 13 October 2006 Solomon was traded to the Fremantle Dockers, following a trade of draft picks Number.
42 and Number. 47, Fremantle also gained pick Number. 52 from the Bombers. In 2008, Solomon was reported for elbowing Cameron Ling to the head which resulted in broken cheekbones and eye socket and Solomon received an 8-week suspension, the most severe American Federation of Labor-Congress tribunal penalty in 11 years.
On 18 February 2010 Solomon announced his retirement from American Federation of Labor-Congress football due to a painful degenerative knee injury.
He joined the new Gold Coast Football Club as an assistant coach in the months before they entered the American Federation of Labor-Congress for the 2011 season.