Dennis Preboski (2010) - Bison Athletic Hall of Fame

Dennis Preboski

Induction:
2010
Class:
1971

Three-year letterman and part of three undefeated teams and three bowl game victories in his career...Co-captain and Most Valuable Player of the 1970 Bison team that won its seventh straight North Central Conference championship...Led the 1970 team in rushing with 773 yards in 157 carries en route to All-North Central Conference honors and All-America honorable mention by the Associated Press...Earned the nicknames "Supersub" and "The Fifth Back" for his success off the bench behind star backfield mates Joe Roller, Tim Mjos, Paul Hatchett and Bruce Grasamke...Career stats included 1,258 yards on 251 carries and 17 touchdowns...Also caught 10 passes for 110 yards and two TDs...Grew up in Antigo, Wis., where he participated in football, wrestling and baseball in high school...He hit over .600 as a junior on the diamond and wrestled in the state tournament as a senior...On the gridiron, he was a two-time team MVP, all-conference and all-state pick...Led the Wisconsin Valley Conference in rushing for three seasons and set Antigo's single-season and career rushing records...The career mark was established over three 7-game seasons and held up for 29 years when longer seasons were the norm...While at NDSU, he was a member of the Gamma Delta chapter of the Kappa Delta Pi honor society...Graduated from NDSU in 1971 with a bachelor's degree in physical education and later earned a master's degree in education from Wisconsin-Stevens Point...He taught and coached for one year in Burns, Ore., and two years in Fond du Lac, Wis., before returning to his hometown of Antigo, Wis., to teach for 35 years until his retirement last year...He spent eight years as the English department chair and was the head wrestling coach for 10 years...He took Antigo's wrestling program from the bottom of the conference to three straight regional championships, and the team won a state title two years after his resignation as head coach...He was married to his wife of 43 years, Marti, as a freshman at NDSU...The couple has one daughter and four grandchildren