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Happy anniversary, NFL commissioner’s office

Happy anniversary, NFL commissioner’s office

Seventy-three years ago today, the NFL named one of Notre Dame’s famed “Four Horsemen” as its first commissioner. Then-Notre Dame athletic director Elmer Layden, who coached and played for the Fighting Irish, was tabbed as league commissioner on March 1, 1941. According to “The Pro Football Chronicle,” Layden beat out two other candidates, including John…