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Green Bay Packers CEO Mark Murphy has been named as a defendant in two lawsuits filed Thursday by former Northwestern football players, ESPN reported.
Murphy was the athletic director at Northwestern from 2003-07, when two unnamed players allege they were victims of hazing and other improper acts.
Joining Murphy as defendants are former head coach Pat Fitzgerald, former university president Henry Bienen and the university board of trustees, according to the report.
Bienen was president from 1995-2009. Murphy left Northwestern to join the Packers in 2007.