Editing Gene Upshaw (section)

==Early life==
Upshaw was born in [[Robstown, Texas]], and graduated from [[Robstown High School]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=UPSHAGEN01|title=Gene Upshaw|publisher=daabaseFootball.com|access-date=December 10, 2012|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130408072529/http://databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=UPSHAGEN01|archive-date=April 8, 2013}}</ref> He played [[college football]] at Texas A&I University (now [[Texas A&M University–Kingsville]]), where he was a member of [[Alpha Phi Alpha]] fraternity. In 1967 at age 22, Upshaw married Jimmye Lee Hill-Upshaw (née Hill).<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1891&dat=20021031&id=ZPQwAAAAIBAJ&pg=6174,3466533&hl=en|title = Remains of Former Star's Ex Wife Found|date = October 31, 2002|work = Gadsden Times|access-date = October 28, 2015|via = google news}}</ref> Together they had one son, Eugene Upshaw III, and later divorced.<ref name=":0" />