Dean Wink

Dean Wink
Speaker of the South Dakota House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office January 10, 2015
Preceded by	Brian Gosch
Member of the South Dakota House of Representatives from the 29th district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 2009
Preceded by	Larry Rhoden
Personal details
Born	(1944-09-25) September 25, 1944 Moville, Iowa, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Joan Richardson (m. 1966)
Alma mater	Yankton College West Chester University
Football career
No. 64
Position:	Defensive end
Personal information
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Career information
High school:	Woodbury Central
College:	Yankton
Undrafted:	1966
Career history
Philadelphia Eagles (1966–1968)
Career NFL statistics
Games played: 12 Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

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 with the Philadelphia Eagles from 1966 to 1968. A Republican, he has represented District 29 in the South Dakota House of Representatives since January 2009. Wink was the Speaker pro tempore of the House from January 11, 2011 to January 10, 2015. He has served as the Speaker of the House since January 10, 2015.

NFL 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, and started his only game the next year. In the offseason, Wink received his masters degree in education. He was waived on July 15, 1969.

Life after football

After quitting 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.

Political career

• 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%), 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.
• 2010 Wink and incumbent representative Brunner were unopposed for the June 8, 2010 Republican Primary 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.
• 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%); 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%).

External links

• Official page at the South Dakota Legislature
• Dean Wink at Pro Football Archive
• Profile at Project Vote Smart