AAFC chose James “Sleepy Jim” Crowley, one of the “Four Horsemen of Notre Dame”, as its commissioner
On November 21, 1944 The AAFC chose James “Sleepy Jim” Crowley, one of the “Four Horsemen of Notre Dame”, as its commissioner. Not coincidentally, the NFL commissioner at this time was Elmer Layden, another member of Knute Rockne’s legendary 1924 “Fighting Irish” backfield at the University of Notre Dame
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