Guide Note:
Gene Upshaw is a retired football player, who played guard for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League and the American Football League.
Fast Facts:
- Full Name: Eugene Thurman Upshaw, Jr.
- Date of Birth: August 15, 1945
- Birth Place: Robstown, Texas
- College: Texas A&I
- Only player to play in three Super Bowls for the same team in three different decades
- 15-year active pro career with the Raiders:
- He made 11 playoff appearances
- Won eight division titles,
- One AFL Championship,
- Two AFC titles
- Two World Championships of Professional Football
- 1987: Elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame