Richard Berthelsen
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Richard A. Berthelsen is a former interim executive director of the NFL Players Association. Berthelsen assumed the role after the death of Gene Upshaw
on August 21, 2008, and left the office on March 16, 2009, when DeMaurice Smith
was named as Upshaw's successor. Before becoming interim executive director, Berthelsen had worked for the NFL Players Association since 1972 as a legal counsel and principal assistant.
Gene Upshaw
Eugene Thurman Upshaw, Jr. was an American football player for the Oakland Raiders of the American Football League and later the NFL, later the executive director of the National Football League Players' Association...
on August 21, 2008, and left the office on March 16, 2009, when DeMaurice Smith
DeMaurice Smith
DeMaurice "D" Smith is the Executive Director of the National Football League Players' Association . Smith was elected unanimously by a board of active player representatives on March 16, 2009.- Career :...
was named as Upshaw's successor. Before becoming interim executive director, Berthelsen had worked for the NFL Players Association since 1972 as a legal counsel and principal assistant.