Career
He is a half forward flanker in East Fremantle"s official "Team of the Century". Preen was mainly a centre half forward but could also be used in the ruck. He played at East Fremantle between 1953 and 1959, a career which yielded 122 senior games with Best and fairest award wins in 1954 and 1958 as well as a premiership in 1957.
He regularly represented Western Australia at interstate football, in all playing 15 state games, with his performance in 1958 earning him All-Australian selection.
As a cricketer, Preen was a left-arm medium-pace bowler and from his 13 first-class matches from 1953/54 to 1956/57 took 28 wickets at 34.96. His best innings bowling figures of 6/97 were taken against Victoria at the Street Kilda Cricket Ground and included the wickets of Neil Harvey Sam Loxton and Colin McDonald.