NEW YORK -- Gene Upshaw, the Hall of Fame guard who during a quarter century as union head helped get NFL players free agency and the riches that came with it, has died. He was 63. Upshaw died Wednesday night at his home in Lake Tahoe, Calif.,...

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NEW YORK    Gene Upshaw, the Hall of Fame guard who as union head helped get NFL players free agency and the riches that came with it, has died. He was 63. Upshaw's death was announced by the NFL Players Association, which he headed for a...
Former Raiders lineman Gene Upshaw, the executive director of the NFL player's association and a Pro Football Hall of Famer, has died from complications of pancreatic cancer, according to the league's Web site. He was 63. Upshaw, an 11-time...
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Gene Upshaw, a Hall of Famer and the NFLPA's Executive Director, passed away last night from pancreatic cancer.  He was only diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last Sunday after going to the emergency room to find out why he hadn't been feeling well...