Dean Wink Explained

Dean Wink
Office:	Speaker of the South Dakota House of Representatives
Term Start:	January 10, 2015
Term End:	January 10, 2017
Predecessor:	Brian Gosch
Successor:	Mark Mickelson
State House1:	South Dakota
District1:	29th
Term Start1:	January 2009
Term End1:	January 2017
Predecessor1:	Larry Rhoden
Successor1:	Larry Rhoden
Birth Date:	25 September 1944
Birth Place:	Moville, Iowa, U.S.
Party:	Republican
Alma Mater:	Yankton College West Chester University
Module:	Embed: yes Number: 64 Position: Defensive end Height Ft: 6 Height In: 4 Weight Lbs: 246 High School: Woodbury Central College: Yankton Undraftedyear: 1966 Pastteams: Philadelphia Eagles (–) Statlabel1: Games played Statvalue1: 12 Pfr: WinkDe20

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]

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.

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]

External links

• Official page at the South Dakota Legislature
• Dean Wink at Pro Football Archive

Notes and References

1. News: Mercer. Bob. South Dakota Legislature kicks off 2015 session on Tuesday. November 10, 2015. Aberdeen News. January 11, 2015.
2. News: Eagles activate halfback Nelson. November 10, 2015. Reading Eagle. Google News. November 11, 1967.
3. News: Cook. Andrea J.. Rep. Dean Wink gives a nod to rural living. Rapid City Journal. February 9, 2014.
4. News: 13 rookies are dropped by Eagles. November 10, 2015. Reading Eagle. Google News. July 16, 1969.
5. Web site: 2008 South Dakota Official Primary Election Results June 3, 2008 . Secretary of State of South Dakota . Pierre, South Dakota . January 17, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140116103442/http://sdsos.gov/content/viewcontent.aspx?cat=elections&pg=%2Felections%2Fpastelections_electioninfo08_primarylegislature.shtm . January 16, 2014 .
6. Web site: 2008 South Dakota Official General Election Results Legislature November 4, 2008 . Secretary of State of South Dakota . Pierre, South Dakota . January 17, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140116103400/http://sdsos.gov/content/viewcontent.aspx?cat=elections&pg=%2Felections%2Fpastelections_electioninfo08_generalleg.shtm . January 16, 2014 .
7. Web site: Official Results Primary Election June 8, 2010 . Secretary of State of South Dakota . Pierre, South Dakota . January 17, 2014.
8. Web site: 2010 South Dakota Official General Election Results Legislature November 2, 2010 . Secretary of State of South Dakota . Pierre, South Dakota . January 17, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140116104333/http://sdsos.gov/content/viewcontent.aspx?cat=elections&pg=%2Felections%2Fpastelections_general2010_leg.shtm . January 16, 2014 .
9. Web site: Official Results Primary Election - June 5, 2012 . . Pierre, South Dakota . January 17, 2014.
10. Web site: Official Results General Election November 6, 2012 . Secretary of State of South Dakota . Pierre, South Dakota . January 17, 2014.