Sad news has hit football world. NFL Player Association Executive Director and Hall fo Fame offensive lineman Gene Upshaw has passed away from pancreatic cancer.
Upshaw played for the Oakland and Los Angeles Raiders from 1967 through 1981. He was a seven-time Pro Bowl selection and an 11-time All-Pro, playing on two Super Bowl-winning teams with the Raiders. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1987, but has been better known for the past 25 years as the executive director of the NFL Players Association.
From his involvement with the NFLPA as a player through his tenure as executive director, Upshaw took part in negotiations of the 1977, 1982 and 1993 Collective Bargaining Agreements between the NFL and NFLPA, and extensions of the CBA in 1998, 2002 and 2006.
The prayers, thoughts, and condolences we send out from the readership and participants of DC Pro Sports Report to the family and friends of Gene Upshaw. His loss will be tremendous to the NFL.
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