Vintage 1990s Purdue University Boilermakers Purdue Pete Trench USA Sweatshirt Men's Large 42-44

Purdue Pete was first designed as a logo by the University Bookstore in 1940. 

In the summer of 1940, Robert “Doc” Epple borrowed $10,000 from his father to invest as part owner of the University Bookstore. Doc had just graduated from Purdue and he and his partner, Red Simmons, decided their business should have a logo. They commissioned Art Evans to create it. Carl Verplank was the model for the caricature he created. Carl weighed 210 pounds and ran the 100 yard dash under 10 seconds.  The bookstore would use the character on their products and portray him dressed up in different clothes for the different majors. The owners of the bookstores gave him the name “Pete”; no one today knows why this was chosen to be his name.

Manufactured by Trench USA, Buffalo, USA
Single stitch.

Relevant measurements are as follows:

  1. Neck to Shoulder :  10”
  2. Sleeve length:  23 ½”
  3. Shoulder to Shoulder:  19 ¾”
  4. Chest:  20”
  5. Front Length:  29 3/4”
  6. Hem:  18 ¼”
  7. Sleeve cuff:  2 ¾”
 Comes from a smoke-free and no pet home and is freshly laundered.