'What's a Boilermaker?' Jimmy Fallon has questions about Purdue's nickname
Purdue's sports teams are named in honor of the big, burly "boilermakers" who worked on big, heavy metal boilers like those that make steam on a locomotive, but how did the school now best-known for its astronauts earn such a moniker?
In 1891, according to the Purdue University website: "Under accusations of recruiting athletes from boiler shops, the ...
Purdue University's mascot, the Boilermakers, originated from a newspaper taunt in 1891 after a football victory against Wabash College. The nickname "Boilermakers" was intended to be an ...
Purdue Football took the field for the second time this week ... Mockobee headlines the returners and is the longest tenured Boilermaker on the roster. He sits top 10 in program history with eight ...
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