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Reports: Gene Upshaw Dies at 63
Stampede Blue found this 8/21/2008 on nfl.fanhouse.com [flag]
Multiple news outlets are reporting that Gene Upshaw, the Oakland Raiders Hall of Famer who has ruled the NFL players' union for the last quarter century, has died at the age of 63. Upshaw's death was first reported by Jim Riggio of Clear Channel , who reported that Upshaw had pancreatic cancer. Upshaw had never disclosed that he was ill, but other outlets, including NBC Sports and the Post ... [link]

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Gene Upshaw, Hall of Famer and director of the NFLPA, dead at 63
Published 8/21/2008 by BigBlueShoe at Stampede Blue
This is a tremendous shock to the NFL community. Gene Upshaw, former player for the Oakland Raiders and director of the NFL Players Association, has passed. According to multiple sources, Upshaw had long suffered from pancreatic cancer. He did not disclose his illness to the media. Upshaw presided over the NFL Players Association as director, and helped players gain significant increases in salary and guaranteed money during his tenure. Many have said his relationship with former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue helped to mold the successful ...

Daily Haze
Published 8/21/2008 by The Hazean at The Hazean
... players mysteriously absent from training camps and preseason football. [The Fantasy Football Geek Blog] Sarah wrote about how a woman can help a man’s fantasy draft. However, these women want to shut fantasy football down. [RotoNation] Information overload! Tiers for your cheat sheet. [Bruno Boys] I was thinking ultimate frisbee, but imagine Usain Bolt in a football uniform. [ProFootballTalk] Gene Upshaw passed away this morning. [FanHouse] Breaking down the ...

How Will Upshaw’s Death Impact NFL?
Published 8/21/2008 by Dave at Dave's Football Blog
... Former Oakland Raider and NFL Players Association chief Gene Upshaw has died from pancreatic cancer at the age of 63. In other news, Mike Ditka was last seen ...

NFL Players Will Wear Patch to Honor the Late Gene Upshaw
Published 9/2/2008 at FanHouse
Filed under: Giants, Raiders, AFC West, NFC EastThe NFL has announced that all players will wear a uniform patch to honor the late Gene Upshaw. Upshaw died on August 20th of pancreatic cancer at the age of 63. Players will wear a patch with the number 63 ... which was Upshaw's uniform number during his Hall Of Fame career as a guard for the Oakland Raiders. The black patch will also have the initials "GU". The Oakland Raiders will have the patch's image painted on the field for their Monday night game ...

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Report: NFLPA director Upshaw dead at 63

ProFootballTalk.com found this 8/21/2008 on nbcsports.msnbc.com

Hall of Fame player and longtime NFL Players Association executive director Gene Upshaw has died, according to a report citing unnamed sources by Clear Channel Online.
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Hall of Famer Upshaw loses battle with pancreatic cancer

The Zoner posted 8/21/2008 from sports.espn.go.com

Hall of Fame football player and longtime NFL Players Association executive director Gene Upshaw has died. Upshaw, 63, had been fighting pancreatic cancer.
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Gene Upshaw Dead: Hall of Famer, NFLPA Exec Dies From Cancer At 63

FanHouse found this 8/21/2008 on www.postchronicle.com

Gene Upshaw's death has been confirmed. Gene Upshaw, the longtime NFLPA executive director and a Hall of Fame NFL football player, has died of complications from Pancreatic Cancer....
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BREAKING NEWS: Gene Upshaw, Head of NFLPA Dead at 63

Maury posted 8/21/2008 from bizoffootball.com

BREAKING NEWS: Gene Upshaw , who went from being a hard-nosed offensive lineman with the Oakland and Los Angeles Raiders to the head of the NFL Players Association has died at the age of 63. Upshaw had been battling pancreatic cancer. He was a seven-time Pro Bowl selection and an 11-time All-Pro. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1987. Upshaw is survived by his wife, ...
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FanHouse found this 8/21/2008 on www.kfyr.com

Clear Channel Online Hall of Fame football player and longtime NFL Players Association executive director Gene Upshaw has died, sources have told Clear Channel. The former offensive lineman had been fighting pancreatic cancer. He was 63. Upshaw ...
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Today, for a start, I check into my new and read that Gene Upshaw, Hall of Famer, and the leaders of the Player's Union, had died. He was only 63. I'd have to say, many people in Football were in shock over this. First, Gene was part of the old guard ...