Conrad ten Brink explained

Conrad ten Brink
Fullname:Conrad Caesar ten Brink
Birth Date:31 January 1875
Birth Place:Smythesdale, Victoria
Death Place:Benalla, Victoria
Originalteam:Albury
Height:180 cm
Weight:82 kg
Position:Follower
Statsend:1898
Years1:1898
Club1:Essendon
Games Goals1:12 (10)

Conrad Caesar ten Brink (31 January 1875 – 3 March 1938) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Early life

Ten Brink was born in the Courthouse Hotel in Smythesdale, Victoria on 31 January 1875.[2] His father, Conrad ten Brink Sr, was a German immigrant from Schleswig-Holstein, who came to Australia as a child in 1854.[3]

Conrad Ted Brink Sr promoted Sheffield Handicap running races into Victoria when he was based at Smythesdale, near Ballarat.[4]

The family moved to Albury, New South Wales when Ten Brink was young and his father twice served as the town's mayor, in 1898 and 1906.[5]

The Ten Brink family operated the Globe Hotel, Albury.

Football career

A follower, Ten Brink developed a high reputation during his time with the Albury Football Club and joined Essendon in 1898.[6] [7] He played 12 games and kicked 10 goals for Essendon, all in the 1898 VFL season.[8] His final appearance came in the 1898 VFL Grand Final, which he started as a forward, but was unable to register a goal in a 15-point loss.[9] [10]

He returned to play with Albury FC in the Ovens and Murray Football League in 1899 and was still playing with Albury in 1903.[11]

Later years

At the time of his death in 1938, Ten Brink was based in Brisbane.[12] [13]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Holmesby, Russell. Main. Jim. The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. 2007. 9781920910785.
  2. News: Family Notices. 1 February 1875. The Ballarat Star. 2.
  3. News: Personal and Social. . . NSW . 7 March 1913 . 22 July 2015 . 30 . National Library of Australia.
  4. Web site: Simpson's Sheffield Handicap . Trove . The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA) . 20 December 2023 . 7 . 16 August 1886.
  5. News: Alderman Ten Brink Dead. . . Albury, NSW . 3 March 1913 . 22 July 2015 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
  6. News: Football Notes. . . NSW . 23 August 1898 . 22 July 2015 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
  7. News: Rovers T. Lake Albert. . . NSW . 31 May 1898 . 22 July 2015 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
  8. Web site: Past Player Profiles – T. essendonfc.com.au. 21 July 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150706144919/http://www.essendonfc.com.au/our-club/history/past-player-profiles/past-player-profiles---t. 6 July 2015. dmy-all.
  9. Book: Lovett, Michael. AFL 2004 – The Official Statistical History Of The AFL. AFL Publishing. 2004. 0-9580300-5-7.
  10. News: Football Championship. The Final Match. . . Melbourne . 26 September 1898 . 22 July 2015 . 7 . National Library of Australia.
  11. Web site: 1899 - Albury FC team . Trove Newspapers . The Corowa Free Press . 25 August 1899. 3.
  12. News: Obituary. . The Horsham Times . Victoria . 22 March 1938 . 22 July 2015 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
  13. Web site: 1938 - Conrad Ten Brink - Obituary. . Trove Newspapers . Benalla Ensign . 11 March 1938. 3.

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