| Arthur Pink | |
| Fullname: | Arthur John Pink[1] |
| Birth Date: | 15 November 1900 |
| Birth Place: | Beeac, Victoria |
| Death Place: | Geelong, Victoria |
| Originalteam: | Newtown |
| Height: | 169 cm |
| Weight: | 65 kg |
| Statsend: | 1925 |
| Years1: | 1923–1925 |
| Club1: | Geelong |
| Games Goals1: | 34 (22) |
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]
Pink, who was born in Beeac, went to Geelong High School and was recruited from the Newtown Football Club.[4] [5]
A lightly built rover, Pink started his Geelong career in 1923 when he played 15 league games.[6] This included Geelong's semi final loss to Fitzroy, during which he received a knock to the head that left him temporarily unconscious.[7] He was given the award for Geelong's best junior player at the club awards that October.[8]
Pink appeared in all 16 games Geelong played in the 1924 VFL season.[6] 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.[9] He polled three votes in the 1924 Brownlow Medal, which were enough to finish equal fifth.[10]
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.[6] [11] The following week, against St Kilda at Junction Oval, Pink again injured his knee.[12] The club doctor gave Pink the unfortunate news that the knee cartilage was damaged so badly his football career was over.[13]
Pink volunteered for part time service in the Volunteer Defence Corps during World War II, serving for three years in the Geelong area.[14]