Jack S. Wink is a former American football

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 player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Nebraska State Teachers College at Wayne, now Wayne State College

Wayne State College

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 in Wayne, Nebraska

Wayne, Nebraska

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, from 1949 to 1951, at The Stout Institute, renamed at Stout State College in 1955 and now known as the University of Wisconsin–Stout, from 1952 to 1955, and at St. Cloud State College, now St. Cloud State University

St. Cloud State University

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, from 1956 to 1964, compiling a career college football

College football

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 record of 52–74–9.

Playing career

A native of Milwaukee, Wink began his college football playing career as a quarterback

Quarterback

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 at the University of Wisconsin–Madison

University of Wisconsin–Madison

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 in 1942. The following season, he played at the University of Michigan

University of Michigan

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 as a marine trainee. Wink started two games as quarterback for the 1943 Michigan Wolverines

1943 Michigan Wolverines football team

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. After World War II

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, he returned to Wisconsin, lettering for the Badgers

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in 1946 and 1947. As a senior in 1947, he was named the team's honorary captain at a postseason banquet.