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Purdue Has Been Around Longer Than the NCAA — Why Are They Called the Boilermakers?
The first Boilermaker mascot wasn’t as people-pleasing as Pete. The first Purdue mascot, the Boilermaker Special, was a ...
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Remembering Rowdy: Purdue Pete's forgotten friend
Purdue Pete did not always act alone. In the late '90s and early '00s he was accompanied by a 10-foot inflatable named Rowdy.
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Things you need to know about the Purdue Boilermakers — and a few you don’t need to know, but are fun anyway
Oddly enough, Purdue has struggled immensely despite having ... The school’s nickname/mascot is, sadly, not a reference or ...
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Purdue History
The Purdue Alumni Association is formed. The Boilermaker Special (the official Purdue mascot in the form of a locomotive mounted on an automobile chassis) is presented to the student body at a ...
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Purdue Pete wins Tribune mascot challenge
After trailing for most of the competition at the Chicago Tribune's Big Ten mascot poll, Purdue fans rallied (or created some voting bots) to lift the Boilermakers mascot to a rousing victory in ...
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Washington retires its first women’s jersey, sending Kelsey Plum’s No. 10 to the rafters
At halftime of its game against Purdue on Saturday, Washington sent its first women’s jersey to the rafters, retiring the No.
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Let's Talk Trains
Trains have a special history and place at the heart of Purdue. The Boilermaker Special has been Purdue’s official mascot since the 1930s to represent the school’s engineering heritage. Every year, ...
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Purdue University--Main Campus
The Boilermaker Special, Purdue’s official mascot, is a railroad locomotive cared for and maintained by the student-run Purdue Reamer Club. Although no students are required to live in ...