Purple Gang

Purple Gang can refer to:

  • The Purple Gang, Jewish American bootleggers and hijackers in the 1920s
  • The Purple Gang (band), British rock band active intermittently since the 1960s
  • East Harlem Purple Gang, Italian American gang of drug dealers and hitmen
  • Purple People Eaters, defensive line of the Minnesota Vikings from the late 1960s to the late 1970s

Famous quotes containing the words purple and/or gang:

    “There is no dignity in wickedness, whether in purple or rags; and hell is a democracy of devils, where all are equals.”
    —Herman Melville (1819–1891)

    “Till by and came Our Blessed Lady,
    Her dear young son her wi.

    “Will ye gang to your men again?
    Or will ye gang wi me?
    Will ye gang to the high heavens,
    Wi my dear son and me?””
    —Unknown. Brown Robyn’s Confession (l. 23–28)