in 1988, young received the elmer ferguson memorial award from the hockey hall of fame as selected by the professional hockey writers' association, and was also inducted into the manitoba hockey hall of fame. young and his wife sold the farm in the late 1980s and moved to howth, ireland, a suburb of north dublin. in 1990, young received an honorary doctorate from trent university and donated many of his papers to the university's archives. the youngs returned to omemee in 1992 and repurchased their old farm, which young owned for the rest of his life. scott young public school in omemee was named in his honour in 1993. his autobiography, "a writer's life", was published in 1994.