NFLPA director Upshaw dies of cancer

By Neal Coolong  |   Thursday, August 21, 2008  |  Comments( 6 )

 NFL Football News
Gene Upshaw, the executive director of the NFLPA, passed away as a result complications from pancreatic cancer, the Post-Chronicle and NFL.com are reporting Thursday morning. Upshaw's ailment was not widely known before his death. He named Clark Gaines, a running back with the Jets and Chiefs from 1976 to 1982, as his deputy in the spring of...
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CommentsComments: 6
 No.1
 02:58 PM
08/21/2008
Sad day for the NFL as the article shows Mr. Upshaw was quite the leader and will be missed.
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 No.2
RedskinFan21ST		 09:03 PM
08/21/2008
Correct, a class act always trying to do the right thing, RIP.
 No.3
 09:39 PM
08/21/2008
I wonder who's going to take over his position.
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