Larry Brink

No. 63, 83, 81

Position:

Defensive end

Personal information

Date of birth:

September 12, 1923

Place of birth:

Milaca, Minnesota

Date of death:

August 7, 2016 (aged 92)

Place of death:

Redding, California

Career information

College:

Northern Illinois

NFL Draft:

1948 / Round: 17 / Pick: 150

Career history

Los Angeles Rams (1948–1953)
Chicago Bears (1954)

Career highlights and awards

Pro Bowls (1950, 1951)
All-Pro (1950-1952)

Career NFL statistics

Games played:	82
Fumbles recovered:	8
Touchdowns:	1

Player stats at PFR

Lawrence Raymond "Larry" Brink (September 12, 1923 – August 7, 2016) was an American football defensive end who played seven seasons in the National Football League (NFL).

Early life and education

Brink was born in Milaca, Minnesota on September 12, 1923, to Garrett and Anna (Ruis) Brink.^[1] He attended Foley High School in Foley, Minnesota. After military service in World War II, Brink went to Northern Illinois University, where he played college football for the Huskies from 1945 to 1947. He played with three other future NFL players on the 1946 team that won the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship with an 8–2 record. The team went on to the Turkey Bowl, losing to Evanston in the Huskies' first post-season game.^[2] He graduated in 1948 with a B.S. in education.^[3] In 1978, he was one of the charter inductees of the NIU Athletics Hall of Fame.^[4] He died on August 7, 2016 in Redding, California.^[5]^[6]

References

↑ Geraldine Mandt obituary, May 6, 2002, Isanti County News, accessed May 25, 2008
↑ "NIU greats Bork, Fletcher to be honored at Western Illinois game," September 4, 1996, p. 9, Daily Herald, accessed May 25, 2008
↑ "Board of Trustees Minutes - 1952". UIHistories Project. p. 688. Retrieved April 12, 2010.
↑ Northern Illinois University Athletics Hall of Fame, accessed May 25, 2008
↑ http://www.profootballarchives.com/brin00400.html
↑ http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/redding/obituary.aspx?n=lawrence-brink&pid=181017075&

Los Angeles Rams 1951 NFL champions

Los Angeles Rams 1948 NFL Draft selections

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