The Boilermaker
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The Boilermaker is a statue that was dedicated on Friday, November 4, 2005, as a monument commemorating the "indomitable spirit of the [Purdue] boilermaker
." The statue is located adjacent to Ross Ade Stadium on the Purdue University
-West Lafayette campus's intercollegiate sports
complex
.
The statue was commissioned on behalf of an anonymous donor. The estimated cost was approximately $500,000.
, an unofficial jersey
bearing the number 90 of the team's co-captain
Ryan Baker was worn by the statue during each home game. The tradition was started by a Purdue Army ROTC Cadet Tommy Woroszylo, who has since graduated passed on the tradition to the Army ROTC program. Since the 2010 football season current student and cadet Keegan Wisehart carries on the honor of hanging the jersey for each home game. The jersey has been shown on ESPN, written about in The Journal & Courier, and shown on the NBC show Parks & Recreation.
Purdue Boilermakers
Boilermakers is the official nickname for the intercollegiate athletic teams of Purdue University. As is common with athletic nicknames, it is also used as colloquial designation of Purdue's students and alumni at large....
." The statue is located adjacent to Ross Ade Stadium on the Purdue University
Purdue University
Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...
-West Lafayette campus's intercollegiate sports
College athletics
College athletics refers primarily to sports and athletic competition organized and funded by institutions of tertiary education . In the United States, college athletics is a two-tiered system. The first tier includes the sports that are sanctioned by one of the collegiate sport governing bodies...
complex
Complex
A complex is a whole that comprehends a number of intricate parts, especially one with interconnected or mutually related parts; for example, a complex of buildings.Complex may refer to:-Biology:...
.
The statue was commissioned on behalf of an anonymous donor. The estimated cost was approximately $500,000.
Game Day Traditions
During the 2008 football season2008 Purdue Boilermakers football team
The 2008 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University in the Big Ten during the 2008–2009 college football season. Joe Tiller, in his 12th and final season at Purdue, was the team's head coach. The Boilermakers' home games were played at Ross-Ade Stadium in West...
, an unofficial jersey
Jersey (clothing)
A jersey is an item of knitted clothing, traditionally in wool or cotton, with sleeves, worn as a pullover, as it does not open at the front, unlike a cardigan. It is usually close-fitting and machine knitted in contrast to a guernsey that is more often hand knit with a thicker yarn...
bearing the number 90 of the team's co-captain
Captain (sports)
In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field...
Ryan Baker was worn by the statue during each home game. The tradition was started by a Purdue Army ROTC Cadet Tommy Woroszylo, who has since graduated passed on the tradition to the Army ROTC program. Since the 2010 football season current student and cadet Keegan Wisehart carries on the honor of hanging the jersey for each home game. The jersey has been shown on ESPN, written about in The Journal & Courier, and shown on the NBC show Parks & Recreation.