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spt_Upshaw.sPubDate = "8/21/2008 1:03:16 PM GMT";
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spt_Upshaw[i-1].body = "While Gene Upshaw was a seven-time Pro Bowl lineman, two-time Super Bowl champion and a Pro Football Hall of Famer, many will remember him for his accomplishments as the long-time NFL Players Association executive director.";

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spt_Upshaw[i-1].body = "<headline/><br><r/><br>Upshaw played for the Raiders from 1967 to 1981. He was a seven-time Pro Bowl selection and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1987.<br><r/><br>He was named Lineman of the Year in the AFC in 1973 and 1974. Upshaw was the only player in NFL history to play in three Super Bowls in three different decades &#150; in the 60&#146;s, 70&#146;s and 80&#146;s, winning in Super Bowl XI and XV.";

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spt_Upshaw[i-1].body = "<headline/><br><r/><br>One of Upshaw's biggest moments as Executive Director of the Players Association was when he led to union to a players' strike in 1987. The strike was deemed unsuccessful.";

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spt_Upshaw[i-1].body = "<headline/><br><r/><br>Pro Football Hall of Fame executive director, Pete Elliott, (C) poses for a photo with Raiders Hall of Fame players from left to right, Art Shell, Jim Otto, Ted Hendricks, Gene Upshaw, George Blanda and Fred Biletnikoff prior to a game between the Green Bay Packers and the Los Angeles Raiders at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on November 11, 1990 in Los Angeles, California.";

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spt_Upshaw[i-1].body = "<headline/><br><r/><br>Upshaw's assumed closeness with National Football League Commissioner Paul Tagliabue was a point of contention throughout the years with some of the players he represented.";

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spt_Upshaw[i-1].body = "<headline/><br><r/><br>President George W. Bush holds a football, as he was flanked by Upshaw and the Commissioner of the National Football League Paul Tagliabue, to pose September 2, 2003 in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC. President Bush was presented with the first game football of the 2003 NFL season.";

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spt_Upshaw[i-1].body = "<headline/><br><r/><br>NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue  testifies on professional sports drug testing policies before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on Capitol Hill Wednesday, March 10, 2004.  Upshaw and Terry Madden, CEO of the U. S. Anti-Doping Agency, look on.";

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spt_Upshaw[i-1].body = "<headline/><br><r/><br>In 2006, Upshaw alienated many retired players who received minimal retirement benefits. <br><r/><br>When they attempted to have the league and the Players Association consider their situation, Upshaw responded: \"I don't work for them. They are not union members and they have no vote.\"";

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