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August 22, 2008

Remembering Player, Friend and Enemy

Remembering Player, Friend and Enemy Nobody expected to be writing a Gene Upshaw memorial now. No one expected to be speaking of Upshaw in the past tense. As news circulated Thursday morning that Upshaw had died of pancreatic cancer at his home in California’s Lake Tahoe region, the reaction from friends and enemies was shock.…
Culture  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
August 22, 2008

Gene Upshaw, N.F.L. Union Chief, Dies at 63

Gene Upshaw, N.F.L. Union Chief, Dies at 63 They called Gene Upshaw the Governor because he carried himself like a leader from the time he arrived in the N.F.L. from the tiny Texas College of Arts and Industries. For 15 years, he was such a bedrock of the Oakland Raiders’ offensive line that he became…