Dean Wink

{{short description|American politician (born 1944)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = 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 | state_senate2 = South Dakota | district2 = 29th | term_start2 = January 10, 2023 | term_end2 = January 2025 | preceded2 = | succeeded2 = John Carley |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|9|25}} |birth_place = Moville, Iowa, U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = Republican |alma_mater = Yankton College<br>West Chester University |spouse = {{marriage|Joan Richardson|1966}} |module = {{Infobox NFL biography | 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 ({{NFL Year|1966}}–{{NFL Year|1968}}) | 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.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mercer|first1=Bob|title=South Dakota Legislature kicks off 2015 session on Tuesday|url=http://www.aberdeennews.com/news/local/south-dakota-legislature-kicks-off-session-on-tuesday/article_61954d1f-3044-564a-8f58-2b9c9231a213.html|accessdate=November 10, 2015|work=Aberdeen News|date=January 11, 2015}}</ref>

==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,<ref>{{cite news|title=Eagles activate halfback Nelson|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19671111&id=bh8rAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Q6AFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3489,5600586|accessdate=November 10, 2015|work=Reading Eagle|via=Google News|date=November 11, 1967}}</ref> and started his only game the next year. In the offseason, Wink received his master's degree in education.<ref name=RCJCook>{{cite news|last1=Cook|first1=Andrea J.|title=Rep. Dean Wink gives a nod to rural living|url=http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/rep-dean-wink-gives-a-nod-to-rural-living/article_8795aad4-7616-5da3-9ce0-c37ee41a7b0f.html|work=Rapid City Journal|date=February 9, 2014}}</ref> He was waived on July 15, 1969.<ref>{{cite news|title=13 rookies are dropped by Eagles|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19690716&id=KJAjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XqAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4460,608058|accessdate=November 10, 2015|work=Reading Eagle|via=Google News|date=July 16, 1969}}</ref>

=== 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.<ref name="RCJCook" />

==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%),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sdsos.gov/content/viewcontent.aspx?cat=elections&pg=/elections/pastelections_electioninfo08_primarylegislature.shtm |title=2008 South Dakota Official Primary Election Results June 3, 2008 |publisher=Secretary of State of South Dakota |location=Pierre, South Dakota |accessdate=January 17, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116103442/http://sdsos.gov/content/viewcontent.aspx?cat=elections&pg=%2Felections%2Fpastelections_electioninfo08_primarylegislature.shtm |archivedate=January 16, 2014 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sdsos.gov/content/viewcontent.aspx?cat=elections&pg=/elections/pastelections_electioninfo08_generalleg.shtm |title=2008 South Dakota Official General Election Results Legislature November 4, 2008 |publisher=Secretary of State of South Dakota |location=Pierre, South Dakota |accessdate=January 17, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116103400/http://sdsos.gov/content/viewcontent.aspx?cat=elections&pg=%2Felections%2Fpastelections_electioninfo08_generalleg.shtm |archivedate=January 16, 2014 }}</ref> *2010 Wink and incumbent representative Brunner were unopposed for the June 8, 2010 Republican Primary<ref>{{cite web |url= http://electionresults.sd.gov/resultsSW.aspx?eid=2&type=LEG&map=DIST |title= Official Results Primary Election June 8, 2010 |publisher= Secretary of State of South Dakota |location= Pierre, South Dakota |accessdate= January 17, 2014}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sdsos.gov/content/viewcontent.aspx?cat=elections&pg=/elections/pastelections_general2010_leg.shtm |title=2010 South Dakota Official General Election Results Legislature November 2, 2010 |publisher=Secretary of State of South Dakota |location=Pierre, South Dakota |accessdate=January 17, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116104333/http://sdsos.gov/content/viewcontent.aspx?cat=elections&pg=%2Felections%2Fpastelections_general2010_leg.shtm |archivedate=January 16, 2014 }}</ref> *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%);<ref>{{cite web |url= http://electionresults.sd.gov/resultsSW.aspx?eid=4&type=LEG&map=DIST |title= Official Results Primary Election - June 5, 2012 |publisher= Secretary of State of South Dakota |location= Pierre, South Dakota |accessdate= January 17, 2014}}</ref> 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%).<ref>{{cite web |url= http://electionresults.sd.gov/resultsSW.aspx?type=LEG&map=DIST |title= Official Results General Election November 6, 2012 |publisher= Secretary of State of South Dakota |location= Pierre, South Dakota |accessdate= January 17, 2014}}</ref>

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==External links== *[http://legis.sd.gov/Legislators/Historical_Listing/LegislatorDetail.aspx?MemberID=3812 Official page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151109030547/http://legis.sd.gov/Legislators/Historical_Listing/LegislatorDetail.aspx?MemberID=3812 |date=2015-11-09 }} at the South Dakota Legislature *[http://www.profootballarchives.com/wink00200.html Dean Wink] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909104217/http://www.profootballarchives.com/wink00200.html |date=2015-09-09 }} at Pro Football Archive * {{CongLinks | congbio= | votesmart=92840 | fec= | congress= }}

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