Jack Wink

Wink was born in 1922 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was the son of Elmer and Jane (Florscyzk) Wink.^[1] His father was a city fireman.^[2] Wink attended Milwaukee Boys Tech High School.

Wink attended the University of Wisconsin and played quarterback for the 1942 Wisconsin Badgers football team. The following season, he played at the University of Michigan as a marine trainee. Wink started two games as quarterback for the 1943 Michigan Wolverines.^[3] After World War II, he returned to Wisconsin, lettering for the 1946 and 1947 Wisconsin football teams. As a senior in 1947, he was named the team's honorary captain at a postseason banquet.^[4]

Wink served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II from 1943 to 1946 before returning to Wisconsin to complete his master's degree. After graduating from Wisconsin, he served as the head football coach and a physical education teacher at New London High School in New London, Wisconsin during the 1948 season.^[5][6]

In July 1949, Wink was hired as head football coach by Wayne State Teachers College in Wayne, Nebraska.^[7] He served as the head football coach at Wayne State from 1949 to 1951,^[5] compiling a record of 21–6 with an undefeated 9–0 season and a conference championship in 1949.^[8][9]

In April 1952, Wink was hired as the head football coach at The Stout Institute, now known as the University of Wisconsin–Stout, in Menominee, Wisconsin.^[10][11] He held that position for four years and also coached the baseball team at Stout.^[5]

In May 1956, Wink was hired as head football coach by St. Cloud State Teachers College, now known as St. Cloud State University, in St. Cloud, Minnesota.^[12] He was the head football coach at St. Cloud for nine years from 1956 to 1964, compiling a record of 25–45–5. Wink also coached the men's ice hockey team at St. Cloud State from 1956 to 1968, tallying a mark of 69–69–2. In April 1968, Wink resigned his coaching position at St. Cloud, though he continued to serve as director of intramural athletics. He also continued until 1984 as an instructor in the department of health, physical education and recreation.^[1][5][13]

Wink was married to Virginia Warnecke in 1948. They had two daughters, Deborah and Wendy.^[1] He died in September 1995.^[1]

College football

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Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Wayne State Wildcats (Nebraska College Conference) (1949–1951)
1949	Wayne State	9–0	8–0	1st
1950	Wayne State	6–3	5–2	T–2nd
1951	Wayne State	6–3	5–2	3rd
Wayne State:		21–6	18–4
Stout Institute / Stout State Blue Devils (Wisconsin State College Conference) (1952–1955)
1952	Stout Institute	3–5	2–3	6th
1953	Stout Institute	1–7	0–5	T–9th
1954	Stout Institute	2–5–1	1–3–1	8th
1955	Stout State	2–5–1	0–4–1	T–8th
Stout Institute / Stout State:		8–22–2	3–15–2
St. Cloud State Huskies (Minnesota State College Conference / Northern State College Conference/ Northern Intercollegiate Conference) (1956–1964)
1956	St. Cloud State	6–2–1	2–1–1	2nd
1957	St. Cloud State	0–7–1	0–3–1	5th
1958	St. Cloud State	1–6–1	0–3–1	6th
1959	St. Cloud State	2–6	1–4	5th
1960	St. Cloud State	3–5	2–3	T–3rd
1961	St. Cloud State	1–6–1	0–4–1	6th
1962	St. Cloud State	5–3–1	2–2–1	3rd
1963	St. Cloud State	6–3	3–2	T–3rd
1964	St. Cloud State	1–7	0–5	6th
St. Cloud State:		25–45–5	10–27–5
Total:		54–73–7
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

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College ice hockey

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Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
St. Cloud State Huskies Independent (1956–1968)
1956–57	St. Cloud State	5–6–0
1957–58	St. Cloud State	4–5–0
1958–59	St. Cloud State	6–6–0
1959–60	St. Cloud State	11–2–0
1960–61	St. Cloud State	12–1–0
1961–62	St. Cloud State	12–0–0
1962–63	St. Cloud State	5–1–1
1963–64	St. Cloud State	3–2–1
1964–65	St. Cloud State	5–4–0
1965–66	St. Cloud State	4–10–0
1966–67	St. Cloud State	1–14–0
1967–68	St. Cloud State	1–18–0
St. Cloud State:		69–69–2
Total:		69–69–2

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