Upton: Calling Will was like calling the Godfather. If you needed something, he would have it within moments, no questions asked. (On sportswriter Will McDonough.)
Upton: I thought, 'This is 'Monday Night Football if I ever saw it,' The show was more than a game. It was an entertainment product. The only thing missing was Cecil B. DeMille. (On the Patriots first MNF game.)
Upton has one brother, Bert, and one sister, Jane.
Upton's father died in 1959 in the stands as he was watching a NFL game between the Steelers and the Eagles.
Upton was the presenter for Bill Hewitt's induction into the Hall of Fame in 1971.
Upton's uncle, John C. Bell Jr., was Lieutenant Governor and briefly Governor of Pennsylvania.
Upton had a 25-year career as a radio talk show host.
Upton's father was Bert Bell who was once Commissioner of the NFL.
Upton's mother was former Zigfeld Follies Star Frances Upton.
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