Gene Upshaw has died

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Texas native, Texas A&I alum.

 

[HousHorn09]

God bless you Gene. You will be missed.

 

[TheFied]

He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last Sunday and is dead now. Wow. That's fast.

 

[Tex Pete]

Lost my 63 year old dad last year to a related disease(neuroendocrine cancer). It's brutal.

My prayers go out to the Upshaw family.

 

[kujotx]

Yeah. My mom was diagnosed on a Tuesday and passed on the next Monday.

 

[jmrob93]

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[mackfan1]

Talk about an overachiever. Upshaw played for A&I as a walk-on, then went on to a Hall-Of-Fame NFL career.

I didn't always agree with his methods on the NFLPA, but he was a true Texas legend and will be missed.

 

[ferrariparty]

RIP. A legend indeed! Him and Art Shell on the same O-line, mustve have sucked to be a dt or de on a team playing the Raiders. He definately will be missed

 

[Genco]

History will look very favorably on his tenure as the lead of the NFLPA.

 

[gobears92]

RIP...him and art shell were a helluva duo....

 

[GatorHorn]

They talked to his former coach and friend, John Madden, on the NFLRN yesterday about his passing. Pretty good interview.

 

[Horn87]

why is there all of this love for Upshaw this week all of a sudden?? I dont want to sound negative, but all you ever heard about him before was how he was screwing (their words) all of the former NFL players from their medical coverage, etc, and was more in-tune to the players of today--I mean, Ditka, etc were all talking negatively towards him---remember ESPN doing an OTL special about former players who were still struggling with their injuries and looking for the NFLPA for help and not receiving any--I know the guy just died, but all you hear about now is comments from guys who played with him (albeit Tom Jackson did comment on his play) and not from guys who were upset from him earlier--anyone else getting the same impression??