Background
Ten Brink was born in the Courthouse Hotel in Smythesdale, Victoria on 31 January 1875.
Ten Brink was born in the Courthouse Hotel in Smythesdale, Victoria on 31 January 1875.
His father, Conrad ten Brink Senior, was a German immigrant from Schleswig-Holstein, who came to Australia as a child in 1854. 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. He played 12 games and kicked 10 goals for Essendon, all in the 1898 VFL season.
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.
At the time of his death in 1938, Ten Brink was based in Brisbane.