# Terry Bledsoe

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{{Short description|American sportswriter and football executive (1934–2015)}}
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| position            = General Manager/Assistant General Manager
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1934|8|4}}
| birth_place         = [Chicago, Illinois](/source/Chicago%2C_Illinois), U.S.
| death_date          = {{death date and age|2015|12|12|1934|8|4}}
| death_place         = [Providence, Rhode Island](/source/Providence%2C_Rhode_Island), U.S.
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* [New York Giants](/source/New_York_Giants) ({{nfly|1979}}-{{nfly|1983}})<br>Assistant Manager
* [Buffalo Bills](/source/Buffalo_Bills) ({{nfly|1984}}-{{nfly|1985}})<br>General Manager/VP
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'''Truman Claudius Bledsoe III''' (August{{nbsp}}4, 1934{{snd}}December{{nbsp}}12, 2015) was a sportswriter and [NFL](/source/NFL) executive. He was a sportswriter at the ''[Milwaukee Journal](/source/Milwaukee_Journal)'' for many years.<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.jsonline.com/sports/longtime-journal-sportswriter-terry-bledsoe-went-on-to-be-bills-gm-b99634247z1-362129211.html|title=Longtime Journal sportswriter Terry Bledsoe went on to be Bills GM|website=www.jsonline.com}}</ref> He covered the [Green Bay Packers](/source/Green_Bay_Packers) from 1962 to 1968.<ref name="auto2"/> 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.<ref name="auto2"/> In 1979, Bledsoe became an assistant general manager for the [New York Giants](/source/New_York_Giants).<ref name="auto2"/> In 1984, he became the general manager for the [Buffalo Bills](/source/Buffalo_Bills).<ref name="auto2"/><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/amp/obituaries/providence/176882381|title=Truman Bledsoe Obituary (2015) - The Providence Journal|website=www.legacy.com}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/executives/BledTe0.htm|title=Terry Bledsoe Football Executive Record|website=Pro-Football-Reference.com}}</ref> He was there for two seasons.<ref name="auto"/> After two consecutive years of going 2–14, he was fired. He later had senior management positions for the [Cleveland Browns](/source/Cleveland_Browns) and [Arizona Cardinals](/source/Arizona_Cardinals).<ref name="auto"/> He was married to his wife Shirley for 59 years until his death, and he had six children.<ref name="auto2"/> Bledsoe died on December 12, 2015, at the age of 81.<ref name="auto1"/>

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