Education
Melbourne High School.
Melbourne High School.
Kink played in a variety of positions during his career but was mainly used as a half forward flanker or full forward. He played in the 1973 preliminary final aged sixteen, becoming the youngest person to play in an American Federation of Labor-Congress/VFL final, and went on to appear in 21 more finals matches in his career although he never got a premiership. Kink played in five losing grand finals however, in 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1983.
The last of those was with Essendon who he had transferred to during the season.
Kink finished his VFL career playing one year at Street Kilda before retiring at the end of 1986. In his fourteen-year career 1979 was his most successful season, kicking 54 goals and finishing equal seventh in the count.
In 1988, Kink captained the Camberwell Football Club in the Victorian Football Association second division. Kink"s brother Adrian played reserves football at Collingwood but never played a senior game.
Kink was nicknamed "The Incredible Hulk" by football commentator Lou Richards and is currently a fitness and boxing instructor at a gym in the Melbourne suburb of Brunswick.
In 1980, Kink and other Collingwood players including Peter Daicos had a minor role in the movie The Club which centred on the Magpies. The movie, directed by Bruce Beresford and based on the play by David Williamson, starred Jack Thompson as Magpies coach Laurie Holden, Graham Kennedy as club President Ted Parker, and John Howard as new recruit Geoff Hayward. Kink played the role of Magpies hard man "Tank O"Donohue".
