Adrian Young (2012) - USC Athletics Hall of Fame

Adrian Young

Induction:
2012
Class:
1967

Adrian Young, a 1967 consensus All-American linebacker who was born in Dublin, Ireland (he lived there until he was 10), broke Irish hearts when he tied a Pac-8 record by intercepting 4 passes in a USC road victory over Notre Dame in 1967. It was the first of 12 USC wins over the Irish in a 16-year span. The three-year (1965-67) letterman helped the Trojans to the national championship that season, when he served as a team captain and won USC’s Most Inspirational Player Award. He played on two conference championship teams and in a pair of Rose Bowls. He then was selected to be in the 1968 Coaches All-America Game, College All-Star Game and Hula Bowl. A third round NFL draft pick, he played for the Philadelphia Eagles (1968-72), Detroit Lions (1972) and Chicago Bears (1973), then spent 1974 with the WFL’s Hawaiians. He then worked in the commercial real estate business in Southern California.