Tributes
Quinn was made a Life Member of the Port Adelaide Football Club in 1944, joint Number One ticket holder at Port Adelaide Football Club in 1997, a member of the Port Adelaide Football Club Hall of Fame in 1998, a Life Member of the SANFL in 2002 and a member of the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1996. In addition, when the new Alberton Oval grandstand was built in 1972, it was named the RB Quinn Stand in his honour, as is the Bob Quinn medal, first awarded in 2002 to the best player on ground at the annual SANFL ANZAC Day match.
Following Quinn's death, fellow Port player and coach John Cahill praised his courage and charisma; "he had a presence, and for someone that achieved so much on and off the field he was so humble and quietly spoken".
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—Jean Genet (1910–1986)