Birth Name: Eugene Thurman Upshaw Jr.
Place of Birth: Robstown, Texas, USA
Date of Birth: August 15, 1945
Place of Death: Lake Tahoe, California, USA
Date of Death: August 20, 2008
Ethnicity: African-American
Ancestry/Genealogy: Gene Upshaw was a National Football League (NFL) Guard, who played his entire professional career with the Oakland Raiders. Regarded as one of the greatest, he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1987.
Gene Upshaw was the son of Thurman Eugene Upshaw Sr. and Cora Mae Riley.
His paternal grandfather was Herman Alexander Upshaw, Jr. the son of Herman Alexander Upshaw Sr. and Phoebe Johnson.
His paternal grandmother was Cora Burch, the daughter of William Jasper Burch and Eugenia Crownover.
Source: https://www.findagrave.com/ (Gene Upshaw’s obituary)
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