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BY LARRY LAWRENCE
THE BRINCK OF FAME
Brinck was born Edward
Jeppa Brinck on June 9, 1896,
in Dayton, Ohio. Brinck spent
most of his formative years in
Dayton, which was a mecca of
early bicycling, motorcycling and
aviation. While a young man in
school, Brinck took part-time
summer jobs working in motor-
cycle shops and at the Dayton
Sewing Machine Company,
which also manufactured the
Dayton motorcycle.
Brinck left Dayton briefly when
he attended the Peddie Institute
in New Jersey.
Brinck's engineering skills
landed him job at McCook Field,
which was one of the top military
aviation research centers of the
time. Brinck worked in the motor
E
ddie Brinck was an AMA Class A racing Champion of the 1920s. Brinck won
AMA National titles in 1925 and again in 1927 riding a Harley-Davidson. A
dapper gentleman, Brinck had the looks of a Hollywood leading man. Just as
he was breaking through to become one of the nation's leading motorcycle racers,
his life was tragically cut short after a racing accident. He was 31.
