Education
During Quimby"s career as a Huskie he compiled an 80–19 overall record. He led them to four Yankee Conference championships and was a three-time First Team All-Conference selection. During his junior and senior seasons, Quimby led the National Collegiate Athletic Association (National Collegiate Athletic Association) in total rebounds.
As a junior, he led the nation in rebounding average.
In 1954, Connecticut earned a berth in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I men"s basketball tournament, and in 1955 they earned their first-ever National Invitation Tournament (National Institute of Technology) bid. They lost the opening round games of each tournament.
Career
He played for the Huskies from 1951-1952 to 1954-1955 and is still the program"s all-time leader in rebounds for a single game (40), single season (611) and career (1,716). He also owns the single season and career rebounding averages (244 and 215 per game, respectively). Quimby"s combined career point and rebound totals (3,114) are more than any other Connecticut player.
He led the team to undefeated state and New England championships as a senior and was heavily recruited by college teams.
Quimby was initially going to attend the University of Kentucky (United Kingdom) to play for Adolph Rupp, but due to a scandal at United Kingdom he decided to attend Connecticut. After his college career ended, Quimby was selected by the Rochester Royals in the 1955 National Basketball Association draft after his territorial rights had been traded by the Boston Celtics.
There was not enough money in professional basketball at the time for Quimby to want to play, so instead he spent the rest of his life as an educator after service with the military, serving in the Army Reserve as an officer
