Warrington-born Brindle signed for Warrington after appearing in the 1954 Lancashire Schoolboys team playing as a . Brindle signed for Warrington from the local amateur side, Blackburne Arms for a signing-on fee of £100, with the agreement of an additional £300 after 10 first-team appearances. Brindle made his debut for Warrington as an 18-year-old vs St Helens at Knowsley Road on 28th September 1957 in a 14-2 loss. Brindle’s next call up to the first team was 12th October 1957 in a 10-8 loss at Salford. Brindle was introduced back into the team 15th February 1958 and was included in each game for the rest of the
1958–59 Northern Rugby Football League season. Warrington recorded their biggest win that season with a 61-16 win against Rochdale at Wilderspool which was the final game of the season. Brindle made 10 appearances in his debut season for Warrington. Brindle established himself in the team in the
1958/59 season and played 27 games. Brindle scored his first try for the club in his second season on the 4th April 1959 helping his side beat Salford 27-21 at Wilderspool. He then went onto score his second try for the club the following week away at Barrow. Brindle played as a for 12 seasons and at 20 years old, Brindle played in the 1959 Warrington side that defeated St Helens 5–4 in the
Lancashire Cup Final at Wigan, which was in front of 39,237 fans. Warrington had won three away games at Workington, Leigh and Wigan beating Wigan in the Semi-Final. On 19th September 1959, Brindle was part of the Warrington team that hosted Australia in their
1959-60 Kangaroo Tour at Wilderspool where they lost 30-24 in front of a crowd of 17,112. Tries that day were scored by
Brian Bevan (2), Bobby Greenough (1),
Jackie Edwards (1), John Manniex (1) and Ally Naughton (1). The following season, Brindle was in the side that finished second in the league and reached the
1961 Championship Final at Odsal, only to lose out to Leeds 25-10 in front of 52,177. In 1962/63 he played in the Warrington side that just missed out on reaching Wembley, losing to Wakefield in the semi-final 5-2 at Swinton. Warrington the following week played Wakefield away and beat them heavily 26-3. Brindle was part of the Warrington side that beat Rochdale 16-5 to win the
Lancashire Cup in 1965 which would be Brindle's second and final trophy with Warrington. The attendance was 21,360 at Knowsley Road. On August 25th 1965, Brindle played against the touring New Zealand side in front of a crowd of 8,162 at Wilderspool, which Warrington lost 7-14. It was a closely contested game, described as a narrow defeat for the home side. Brindle's Testimonial game was played in 1968 at Wilderspool, which was an All Star Soccer game between Warrington and an All Star XI which consisted of
Brian Bevan, Brian Glover,
Jackie Edwards,
Laurie Gilfedder and
Alex Murphy. Brindle played his very last game for Warrington on 12 April 1969 against Wigan at Wilderspool. Brindle was inducted into the Warrington Hall of Fame in 2015. ==Honours==