Terry Bledsoe

Truman Claudius Bledsoe III (August 4, 1934 – December 12, 2015) was a sportswriter and NFL executive. He was a sportswriter at the Milwaukee Journal for many years.^[1] He covered the Green Bay Packers from 1962 to 1968.^[1] He was the beat writer for Marquette basketball and Al McGuire from 1962 to 1973. In 1973, he got a public relations job for the NFL Management council.^[1] In 1979, Bledsoe became an assistant general manager for the New York Giants.^[1] In 1984, he became the general manager for the Buffalo Bills.^[1][2][3] He was there for two seasons.^[3] After two consecutive years of going 2–14, he was fired. He later had senior management positions for the Cleveland Browns and Arizona Cardinals.^[3] He died on December 12, 2015, at the age of 81. He was survived by his wife, 6 children, and 13 grandchildren.^[2]