Arthur Pink (footballer)

Arthur Pink
Personal information
Full name Arthur John Pink[1]
Date of birth (1900-11-15)15 November 1900
Place of birth Beeac, Victoria
Date of death 5 June 1986(1986-06-05) (aged 85)
Original team(s) Newtown
Height/Weight 169 cm / 65 kg
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1923-1925 Geelong 34 (22)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1925 season.

Arthur John Pink (15 November 1900 – 5 June 1986)[2] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[3]

Career

Pink, who was born in Beeac, went to Geelong High School and was recruited from the Newtown Football Club.[4][5][6]

A lightly built rover, Pink started his Geelong career in 1923 when he played 15 league games.[7] This included Geelong's semi final loss to Fitzroy, during which he received a knock to the head that left him temporarily unconscious.[8] He was given the award for Geelong's best junior player at the cub awards that October.[9]

Pink appeared in all 16 games Geelong played in the 1924 VFL season.[7] Towards the end of the season he was a VFL representative at the Hobart Carnival and was named amongst the state's best players in a win over Western Australia, with four goals.[10] He polled three votes in the 1924 Brownlow Medal, which were enough to finish equal fifth.[11]

A knee injury sustained in the opening round of the 1925 season kept Pink out of the team until round 13, a win over Richmond.[7][12] The following week, against St Kilda at Junction Oval, Pink again injured his knee.[13] The club doctor gave Pink the unfortunate news that the knee cartilage was damaged so badly his football career was over.[14]

References

  1. ↑ "Arthur John Pink". Billion Graves. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Arthur Pink – Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  3. ↑ Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  4. ↑ "World War Two Nominal Roll". Government of Australia. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Mild Stir Caused.". Geelong Advertiser (Vic.: National Library of Australia). 19 January 1924. p. 5. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "N&CFNC Detailed History - Newtown & Chilwell". Fox Sports Pulse. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  7. 1 2 3 "Arthur Pink – Games Played". AFL Tables. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "Rough Football.". Geelong Advertiser (Vic.: National Library of Australia). 24 September 1923. p. 3. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  9. ↑ "Country News.". The Argus (Melbourne: National Library of Australia). 26 October 1923. p. 6. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  10. ↑ "A Carnival Classic – Victoria v WA, 1924". Australian Football. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  11. ↑ "AFL Tables – 1924 Brownlow Medal". AFL Tables. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  12. ↑ "North's Initial Success.". The Argus (Melbourne: National Library of Australia). 4 May 1925. p. 9. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  13. ↑ "Geelong and District.". The Argus (Melbourne: National Library of Australia). 25 August 1925. p. 6. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  14. ↑ "A Thrilling Finish.". The Age (Melbourne: National Library of Australia). 24 August 1925. p. 15. Retrieved 15 January 2015.

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