Cornell University Athletics

Quinn was a four-year letterman as a guard on the football team. He was captain of the Ivy League champion Big Red in 1948, when he was named to the Associated Press All-Ivy first team, the AP All-East second team and the AP All-America third squad. He was AP All-East honorable mention in 1947 as well. Quinn played in the North-South Shrine game in Miami on Christmas Day 1948 and also won three varsity letters in lacrosse.