Toby Pink (born 11 August 1998) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the

North Melbourne Football Club The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed the Kangaroos or colloquially the Roos, is a professional Australian rules football club. The men's team competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), and the women's team in the AFL Women's (AF ...

in the

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(AFL). From

Tantanoola, South Australia Tantanoola is a town in regional South Australia. The name is derived from the aboriginal word ''tentunola'', which means ''boxwood / brushwood hill or camp''. ''Tantanoola'' was originally named 'Lucieton' by Governor Jervois after his daughte ...

, Pink played his under-18s football for the

Glenelg Football Club The Glenelg Football Club, nicknamed the Tigers or the Bays, is an Australian rules football team which plays in the South Australian National Football League. Their home ground is Stratarama Stadium (formerly Glenelg Oval), located in the so ...

while boarding at Rostrevor College in

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. While there, he kicked the winning behind in Glenelg's one-point win against

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in the 2016 under-18s grand final; having marked just before the final siren, Pink took an after the siren 60m set shot into the wind, which fell short but bounced through for a behind, somehow eluding the eleven North Adelaide defenders who were standing in the goal square. In previous years he played for his local community club Tantanoola Tigers and attended Millicent High School. Pink was drafted by Sydney with the last pick of the 2017 rookie draft. He spent three seasons on the Sydney list, missing most of the 2018 season with a broken ankle, but was ultimately delisted at the end of 2019 without playing a senior game. Pink signed with the North Melbourne reserves in the 2020 season, never playing a game there because the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He then returned to play senior football with Glenelg. Having played mostly as a forward and ruckman through the early part of his career, Pink switched to the backline at Glenelg, and in 2023 he was named full back in the SANFL Team of the Year – as well as being part of the club's premiership team. This performance saw him return to the AFL, signed by as a delisted free agent in October 2023. He made his senior AFL debut at age 25 in round 2, 2024. He played 15 senior games in 2024, triggering a one-year contract extension.

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2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pink, Toby North Melbourne Football Club players Glenelg Football Club players 1998 births Living people Australian rules footballers from South Australia 21st-century Australian sportsmen People educated at Rostrevor College