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Boilermaker. Statue of a boilermaker by the sculptor Jef Lambeaux. A boilermaker is a tradesperson who fabricates steels, iron, or copper into boilers and other large containers intended to hold hot gas or liquid, as well as maintains and repairs boilers and boiler systems. [1]
Purdue Boilermakers. Hail Purdue! The Purdue Boilermakers are the official intercollegiate athletics teams representing Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana. As is common with athletic nicknames, the Boilermakers nickname is also used as colloquial designation of Purdue's students and alumni at large.
The Boilermakers finished the 2013 season 1–11, one of the worst seasons in Purdue history. The Boilermakers went 3–9 in 2014, 2–10 in 2015, and were 3–3 in 2016 when on October 16, 2016, Hazell was fired with a record of 9–33 with the Boilermakers, including 3–24 in conference play.
The Boilermakers (29-4, 17-3 Big Ten) are led by 7-foot-4 reigning player of the year Zach Edey, who is averaging 24.1 points and 11.7 rebounds per game this season while shooting 62.3% from the ...
In England, the term boilermaker traditionally refers to a half pint of draught mild mixed with a half pint of bottled brown ale. In the South west of England it is also known as a 'brown split', although it also refers to the American shot and pint. [6] In Scotland, a half and a half is a half pint of beer with a whisky ("a wee hawf"). [7]
Jemal Yimer of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, wins the Boilermaker 15K Road Race for the second year in a row with a time of 42:06 in Utica, NY on Sunday, July 9, 2023.
The Purdue Boilermakers basketball team is a men's college basketball program that competes in NCAA Division I and is a founding member of the Big Ten Conference.. Purdue basketball has the most Big Ten regular season championships with 26 conference titles, and in 2024 became the first Big Ten program to be ranked as the #1 team in America for three consecutive seasons.
Cline is all grown up now, a 6-foot-6 college senior who went from a solid Purdue starter to a Purdue legend here with one of the most spectacular shooting displays in recent NCAA tournament memory.