Gene Upshaw Passes [Pancreatic Cancer]

[Keith]

Great player, influential individual given his role with the NFLPA. Sad to see him go. His passing could have major ramifications on the new CBA.

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., of pancreatic cancer, which was diagnosed only last Sunday, the NFL Players Association said Thursday.

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