Dean Wink

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Dean Wink
Speaker of the South Dakota House of Representatives
In office
January 10, 2015 –January 10, 2017
Alma mater Yankton College
West Chester University
American football career
No. 64
Position: Defensive end
Personal information
Height:6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:246 lb (112 kg)
Career information
High school:Woodbury Central
College: Yankton
Undrafted: 1966
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Games played:12
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Dean Albert Wink (born September 25, 1944) is an American politician and former football player who played parts of three seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Philadelphia Eagles from 1966 to 1968. A Republican, he represented District 29 in the South Dakota House of Representatives from 2009 to 2016. Wink was the Speaker pro tempore of the House from January 11, 2011 to January 10, 2015 and the Speaker of the House from January 10, 2015 to January 10, 2017. [1]

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Career

Wink signed as an undrafted free agent with the Philadelphia Eagles in 1966 and made the team as a taxi squad player. He was called up to the active roster on November 10, 1967, [2] and started his only game the next year. In the offseason, Wink received his master's degree in education. [3] He was waived on July 15, 1969. [4]

Life after football

After retiring from football, Wink returned to Yankton College, then moved to Arizona, where he became a rancher, before working for a Texas cattle company. Wink and his wife Joan, whom he had married in 1966, returned to South Dakota in 1988. That year they bought a ranch in Meade County, and moved to it full-time in 1994. Ten years later, Joan retired from the faculty of California State University. [3]

Elections

South Dakota House of Representatives

  • 2008 When District 29 incumbent Republican Representatives Larry Rhoden ran for South Dakota Senate and left a District 29 seat open, Wink ran in the three-way June 3, 2008 Republican primary and placed second with 1,309 votes (32.3%), [5] in the four-way November 4, 2008 General election incumbent Republican Representative Thomas Brunner took the first seat and Wink took the second seat with 5,341 votes (29.1%) ahead of Democratic nominees Fred McPherson and Bob Burns. [6]
  • 2010 Wink and incumbent representative Brunner were unopposed for the June 8, 2010 Republican Primary [7] and won the three-way November 2, 2010 General election, where Representative Brunner took the first seat and Wink took the second seat with 5,088 votes (35.5%) ahead of Democratic nominee DaleArleta Volmer. [8]
  • 2012 When fellow District 29 incumbent Republican Representative Thomas Brunner was term limited and left the Legislature, Wink ran in the three-way June 5, 2012 Republican Primary and placed second with 1,059 votes (32.0%); [9] Wink and Gary Cammack were unopposed for the November 6, 2012 General election, where Cammack took the first seat and Wink took the second seat with 4,824 votes (44.6%). [10]

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References

  1. ↑ Mercer, Bob (January 11, 2015). "South Dakota Legislature kicks off 2015 session on Tuesday". Aberdeen News. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Eagles activate halfback Nelson". Reading Eagle. November 11, 1967. Retrieved November 10, 2015– via Google News.
  3. 1 2 Cook, Andrea J. (February 9, 2014). "Rep. Dean Wink gives a nod to rural living". Rapid City Journal.
  4. ↑ "13 rookies are dropped by Eagles". Reading Eagle. July 16, 1969. Retrieved November 10, 2015– via Google News.
  5. ↑ "2008 South Dakota Official Primary Election Results June 3, 2008". Pierre, South Dakota: Secretary of State of South Dakota. Archived from the original on January 16, 2014. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
  6. ↑ "2008 South Dakota Official General Election Results Legislature November 4, 2008". Pierre, South Dakota: Secretary of State of South Dakota. Archived from the original on January 16, 2014. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Official Results Primary Election June 8, 2010". Pierre, South Dakota: Secretary of State of South Dakota. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
  8. ↑ "2010 South Dakota Official General Election Results Legislature November 2, 2010". Pierre, South Dakota: Secretary of State of South Dakota. Archived from the original on January 16, 2014. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Official Results Primary Election - June 5, 2012". Pierre, South Dakota: Secretary of State of South Dakota . Retrieved January 17, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Official Results General Election November 6, 2012". Pierre, South Dakota: Secretary of State of South Dakota. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
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