Gene Upshaw

Gene Upshaw

Upshaw with the Raiders.
No. 63
Position:	Guard
Personal information
Born:	(1945-08-15)August 15, 1945 Robstown, Texas, U.S.
Died:	August 20, 2008(2008-08-20) (aged 63) Lake Tahoe, California, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight:	255 lb (116 kg)
Career information
High school:	Robstown
College:	Texas A&I (1963–1966)
NFL draft:	1967 / Round: 1 / Pick: 17
Career history
Oakland Raiders (1967–1981)
Career highlights and awards
2× Super Bowl champion (XI, XV) AFL champion (1967) 3× First-team All-Pro (1970, 1974, 1977) 2× First-team All-AFL (1968, 1969) 5× Second-team All-Pro (1971–1973, 1975, 1976) Second-team All-AFL (1967) 6× Pro Bowl (1972–1977) AFL All-Star (1968) NFL 1970s All-Decade Team NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team NFL record Most consecutive starts to begin a career, including playoffs: 231[a]
Career AFL/NFL statistics
Games played: 217 Games started: 207 Fumble recoveries: 5
Player stats at PFR
Pro Football Hall of Fame

Eugene Thurman Upshaw Jr. (August 15, 1945 – August 20, 2008), nicknamed "Uptown Gene" and "Highway 63", was an American professional football guard who played for the Oakland Raiders of the American Football League (AFL) and later the National Football League (NFL). He later served as the executive director of the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA). Upshaw was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1987 and is also the only player in NFL history to reach the Super Bowl with the same team in three different decades.
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