Career
He subsequently lined out with Dublin for one season. At club level Quinn began his career with Rahealty before playing with Faughs. His death at the age of 80 was announced on 17 January 2016.
Inter-county
lieutenant was an unsuccessful year as Tipp lost their provincial title to Cork.
Tipp subsequently reached the All-Ireland final. Dublin provided the opposition on that occasion, however, Tipperary trounced the Metropolitans by 9-9 to 2-3 giving Quinn a coveted All-Ireland medal in the minor grade.
Quinn was appointed captain of the Tipperary minor team for 1953. He collected a second Munster medal that year as Tipp beat Limerick by 3-11 to 3-3.
The All-Ireland final saw Quinn"s side hammer Dublin by 8-6 to 3-6.
lieutenant was a second successive All-Ireland medal for Quinn while he also had the honour of collecting the cup. Having finished with the Tipp minor team in 1953, Quinn subsequently joined the Tipperary senior team Championship success eluded Tipperary over the next few years and, following a Munster semi-final defeat by Cork in 1956, Quinn was dropped from the panel.
A move from London back to Ireland in the late 1950s saw Quinn line out with Dublin.
A change of rules saw non-Dublin players dropped from the team shortly afterwards. Inter-provincial
Quinn also lined out with Leinster in the inter-provincial series of games.
