Gene Upshaw
GU stands for Gene Upshaw, he was head of the player's union and retired NFL player. He passed away just before this season started.
GU stands for genitourinary.
GU are the initials of the late Gene Upshaw, Hall of Fame Guard and former Head of the NFLPA. Upshaw died of cancer just prior to kickoff 08 and the patches are part of the way the league chose to honor him.
The GU sticker on the helmets acknowledges the passing of Gene Upshaw, a former NFL player and head of the Players Union.
The GU stands for Gene Upshaw, who is a Hall of Famer for the Oakland Raiders, and more recently the executive director for the NFLPA. He died prior to the beginning of the current 2008-2009 season from pancreatic cancer.
The GU is a tribute to Gerald Underthal the 15 year Oakland Raider hall-fame guard (#63) and player union executive director who passed away in August, 2008. The GU is for Gene Upshaw. All the players in the NFL wore them.
GU is actually on NFL uniforms, and are the initials of the late Gene Upshaw. The players union president who died this past offseason.
In honor to NFL Players union president Gene Upshaw, who passed away earlier this year.
The GU patch is worn by every team in the NFL. It honors the memory and contributions that Gene Upshaw made to the NFL, both as a player and as head of the NFL Players Association as Executive Director. Gene Upshaw passed away August 20, 2008.
GU stands for Gene Upshaw. See : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Upshaw
The GU stands for Gene Upshaw's initials. Gene Upshaw was the Exectutive director of the NFL players association. Gene died August 20 2008.
It was for a fallen NFL idol Gene Upshaw