Personal
Quirk attended high school at Long Branch High School in Long Branch, New Jersey, where he played football, and later graduated from in 1963. Following high school, he served two years at Fort Monroe in Virginia as a First Lieutenant in the Continental Army Command Headquarters Honor Guard Company. He was a guard and linebacker at the University of Delaware and later earned a master's degree in personnel administration from George Washington University.
Quirk began a career in government securities on New York City's Wall Street in 1965. For thirty-two years, he traveled all over the world, trading with foreign banks. While working in New York City, his interest began in football officiating.
Quirk is married to Carol Christopher, his high school sweetheart; they have three children.
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