GOLD AND BLACK ILLUSTRATED VOLUME 26, ISSUE 6 65
P R E S E N T S : L A FAY E T T E L E G E N D P E T E Q U I N N
Boilermaker legend credits former coach, mentor for success
Positively
Pete
BY ALAN KARPICK
AKarpick@GoldandBlack.com
I
t is no small feat for one of life's moments to
make Pete Quinn near-speechless.
But that is what occurred when Quinn and
his former Boilermaker coach, Jim Young, were
inducted into the Indiana Football Hall of Fame in
the same class. The two were honored at the annu-
al National Football Foundation "Celebrating Our
Legends" banquet June 10.
"It is such a great honor, and the fact that I am
going in with Jim Young just makes it incredible
for me," said Quinn, a four-year starter from 1977-
80 who was named Purdue's all-time greatest cen-
ter on its 100-year anniversary team in '87. "I'm
extremely close to Jim. He's almost like a second
dad to me. We see each other often. … Jim is a
huge part of my life and the fact that I'm going in
with him just makes it significantly better, and it
was great already."
During Young's five-year tenure (1977-81) at Pur-
due, he amassed a record of 38-19-1, including four
seasons with Quinn as the Boilermakers' starting
center. It was a good era. During a three-year span
from '78-'80, the Boilermakers had a 28-7-1 record
with three straight bowl victories. Quinn, who has
been a leader in getting members of those teams
Sandra Dukes
Pete Quinn was hum-
bled by his induction
into the Indiana Foot-
ball Hall of Fame.