Conrad Caesar ten Brink (31 January 1875 – 3 March 1938) was an

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er who played with

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in the

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(VFL).

Early life

Ten Brink was born in the Courthouse Hotel in

Smythesdale, Victoria Smythesdale is a town in Victoria, Australia. The town is located on the Glenelg Highway. Most of the town is located in the Golden Plains Shire local government area; however, a small section lies in the Shire of Pyrenees. Smythesdale is west ...

on 31 January 1875. His father, Conrad ten Brink Sr, was a German immigrant from

Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein (; da, Slesvig-Holsten; nds, Sleswig-Holsteen; frr, Slaswik-Holstiinj) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Sch ...

, who came to Australia as a child in 1854. Conrad Ted Brink Sr promoted Sheffield Handicap running races into Victoria when he was based at Smythesdale, near Ballarat. The family moved to

Albury, New South Wales Albury () is a major regional city in New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the Hume Highway and the northern side of the Murray River. Albury is the seat of local government for the council area which also bears the city's name – the C ...

when Ten Brink was young and his father twice served as the town's mayor, in 1898 and 1906. The Ten Brink family operated the Globe Hotel, Albury.

Football career

A follower, Ten Brink developed a high reputation during his time with the

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and joined Essendon in 1898. He played 12 games and kicked 10 goals for Essendon, all in the

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. His final appearance came in the

1898 VFL Grand Final The 1898 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Essendon Football Club and Fitzroy Football Club, held in Melbourne on 24 September 1898. The match was played to determine the premiers for the 1898 VFL sea ...

, which he started as a forward, but was unable to register a goal in a 15-point loss. He returned to play with Albury FC in the

Ovens and Murray Football League The Ovens and Murray Football Netball League (O&MFNL) is an Australian rules football and netball competition containing ten clubs based in north-eastern Victoria, Australia, Victoria, the southern Riverina region of New South Wales, Austral ...

in 1899 and was still playing with Albury in 1903.

Later years

At the time of his death in 1938, Ten Brink was based in Brisbane.

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