** FILE ** In this December 1970 file photo, Oakland Raiders' Gene Upshaw (63) and Hewitt Dixon, center right, look for the ball after Dixon fumbled near the goal line during an NFL football game against the San Francisco 49ers in Oakland, Calif. Upshaw, who was executive director of the NFL Players Association for more than 25 years, died Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008. He was 63. (AP Photo/File)