The Four Horsemen of Notre Dame was a group of American football players at the University of Notre Dame under coach Knute Rockne. They were the backfield of Notre Dame's 1924 football team. The playe
The Four Horsemen of Notre Dame: Don Miller, Elmer Layden, Jim Crowley, and Harry Stuhldreher
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Elmer Francis Layden was an American football player, coach, college athletics administrator, and professional sports executive. He played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish where he s
Four Horsemen (American football)
…They were the backfield of Notre Dame's 1924 football team. The players who made up this group were Harry Stuhldreher, Don Miller, Jim Crowley, and Elmer Layden. In 1924, a nickname coined by sportswriter Grantland Rice for the New York Herald Tribune and the actions of a student publicity aide transformed the…
Elmer Layden
Layden as NFL Commissioner in 1941.
Graves of Elmer and Edythe Layden at Calvary Cemetery