J.T. Snow, Marcus Allen and others to golf in 8th annual Gene Upshaw Classic

NFL Hall of Famers, former Major League Baseball players and other sports celebrities will gather July 17-18 to once again pay tribute to the former Oakland Raider at the 8th annual Gene Upshaw Memorial Golf Classic at the Schaffer’s Mill Golf & Lake Club in Truckee, Calif.

Upshaw, who often played in the Celebrity Golf Tournament in South Lake Tahoe, died of pancreatic cancer in 2008 at Tahoe Forest Hospital.

Upshaw’s wife, Terri, and sons Justin and Daniel established the Gene Upshaw Memorial Fund because of the exceptional care he received at the hospital. Terri wanted to continue her husband’s legacy and help the rural community and hospital that cared for Upshaw in his final days. Since its inception in 2009, the fund has raised more than $1 million for cancer research, patient care and mild traumatic brain injury research and innovation.

The following celebrities will be playing:

Marcus Allen – Hall of Fame, Los Angeles Raiders (82-92), Kansas City (93-97)
Cornelius Bennett – Buffalo (87-95), Atlanta (96-98), Indianapolis (99-00)
Alex Carter - Detroit (current active player)
Vida Blue – Cy Young winner, Oakland Athletics (69-77), San Francisco Giants (78-81), Kansas City Royals (82-83), San Francisco Giants (85-86)
Eric Bjornson - Dallas (95-00), New England (00)
Tim Brown – Hall of Fame, Los Angeles & Oakland Raiders (88-03), Tampa Bay (04)
Raymond Chester - Oakland (70-72, 78-81), Baltimore Colts (73-77)
Herm Edwards – Philadelphia (79-85), Los Angeles Rams (86), Atlanta (86)
Scott Erickson - Minnesota (90-95), Baltimore ( 95-22, 02), NY Mets (04), Texas (04), LA Dodgers (05), NY Yankees (06)
Marshall Faulk – Hall of Fame, Indianapolis (94-98), St. Louis (99-05)
Tom Flores – Oakland (60-66), Buffalo (67-69), Kansas City (69)
La'Roi Glover - Oakland (96), Barcelona Dragons (97), New Orleans (97-01), Dallas (02-05), St Louis Rams (06-08)
Jeff Hamilton - Four time speed skiing world champion. First to ski 150 mph Olympic Medalist
Mike Kenn - Atlanta (78-94)
Ted Kwalick – San Francisco (69-74), Oakland (75-77)
Keenan McCardell - Washington (91, 07), Cleveland (92-95), Jacksonville (96-01), Tampa Bay (02-03), San Diego (04-06), Houston (07)
Sam McCullum – Minnesota (74-75, 82-83), Seattle (76-81)
Brian Mitchell – Washington (90-99), Philadelphia (00-02), New York Giants (03)
Clinton Portis - Denver (02-03), Washington (04-10)
Daron Rahlves – The most decorated American Downhill and Super G skier in history
Ron Rivera – Head Coach – Carolina Panthers, former player - Chicago (84-92)
Sterling Sharpe – Green Bay (88-95)
Otis Sistrunk - Oakland (72-78)
J.T. Snow – New York Yankees (92), California Angels (93-96), San Francisco Giants (97-05), Boston Red Sox (06), San Francisco Giants (08)
Will Witherspoon – Carolina (02-05), St. Louis (06-09, 13), Philadelphia (09), Tennessee (10-12)

2016 Participating Celebrity Guests
Doug Allen – Buffalo (74-75)
Fred Biletnikoff – Hall of Fame, Oakland (65-78), Montreal (80)
Tom DePaso - Cincinnati (78-79)

Practice rounds begin Sunday, July 17, followed by a VIP pairings party. Tournament play begins Monday, July 18, with a 9:30 a.m. shotgun start followed by an afternoon awards banquet.