Edward F. "Big Ed" Simonich (January 11, 1916 – August 22, 1965) was an American college football player and coach. He was drafted in the 19th round of the 1939 NFL Draft. He served as the head football coach at Carroll College in

Butte, Montana Butte ( ) is a consolidated city-county and the county seat of Silver Bow County, Montana, United States. In 1977, the city and county governments consolidated to form the sole entity of Butte-Silver Bow. The city covers , and, according to th ...

from 1939 to 1941 and the Montana State School of Mines—now known as Montana Technological University—from 1957 to 1964. Simonich played football at the

University of Notre Dame The University of Notre Dame du Lac, known simply as Notre Dame ( ) or ND, is a private Catholic university, Catholic research university in Notre Dame, Indiana, outside the city of South Bend, Indiana, South Bend. French priest Edward Sorin fo ...

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Elmer Layden Elmer Francis Layden (May 4, 1903 – June 30, 1973) was an American football player, coach, college athletics administrator, and professional sports executive. He played college football at the University of Notre Dame where he starred at full ...

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