Truman Claudius Bledsoe III (August 4, 1934 – December 12, 2015) was a sportswriter and

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executive. He was a sportswriter at the

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for many years. He would cover the

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from 1962 to 1968. In 1973, he got a public relations job for the NFL Management council. In 1979, Bledsoe became an assistant general manager for the

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. In 1984, he became the general manager for the

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. He was there for two seasons. After two consecutive years of going 2–14, he was fired. He later had senior management positions for the

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and

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. He died on December 12, 2015, at the age of 81. He was survived by his wife, 6 children, and 13 grandchildren.

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