Arthur Pink (footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Arthur John Pink[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 15 November 1900 | ||
| Place of birth | Beeac, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. | ||
| Original team(s) | Newtown | ||
| Height/Weight | 169 cm / 65 kg | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1923-1925 | Geelong | 34 (22) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1925 season.
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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
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External links
- Arthur Pink's statistics from AFL Tables
