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| birth_place =[[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], Webster Parish,  [[Louisiana]], [[United States|USA]]​

| birth_place =[[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], Webster Parish,  [[Louisiana]], [[United States|USA]]​

| death_date=March 17, 2003 (aged 53) ​

| death_date=March 17, 2003 (aged 53) ​

| death_place=Minden, Louisiana,br>

| death_place=Minden, Louisiana

Resting place:<br>

Resting place:<br>

Minden Cemetery​

Minden Cemetery​

In 1967, at the state track meet, Upton ran the 120-yard high hurdles in a personal and state record time of 13.8 seconds; he topped the record for all classes in the event. He finished the 180-yard low hurdles in 18.8 seconds, a tie of the state record. Nevertheless, his Crimson Tide team finished in third place at the state meet. Thereafter, Upton ran in the National Jaycee Track meet<ref name=jagan/> and in the Golden West Relays in [[San Francisco]], [[California]], in what was considered the most competitive track meet in the country.<ref>"Upton in Gold West Relays", ''Minden Press-Herald'', June 15, 1967, p. 1.</ref> He ran in the nationals 200-yard race and in the 180-yard low hurdle race. He finished in fourth place in the hurdles race with a time of 18.8 seconds.<ref name=jagan/> The winner, William "Bill" Tipton of Pontiac Central High School in Pontiac, [[Michigan]], set a new national record of 18.3. Upton's was the fourth fastest ever for a race on a turn. R. W. "Bob" Jarvis an official of the Golden West Relays, in an email to the dermatologist Dr. Thomas Drew Carey of [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]] in December 2006, said that the runners were aided by a 3.74 m.p.h. wind. The maximum allowable wind speed is 4.473 m.p.h. Upton capped his high school career by being named All-American in track.​<ref name=jagan/>

In 1967, at the state track meet, Upton ran the 120-yard high hurdles in a personal and state record time of 13.8 seconds; he topped the record for all classes in the event. He finished the 180-yard low hurdles in 18.8 seconds, a tie of the state record. Nevertheless, his Crimson Tide team finished in third place at the state meet. Thereafter, Upton ran in the National Jaycee Track meet<ref name=jagan/> and in the Golden West Relays in [[San Francisco]], [[California]], in what was considered the most competitive track meet in the country.<ref>"Upton in Gold West Relays", ''Minden Press-Herald'', June 15, 1967, p. 1.</ref> He ran in the nationals 200-yard race and in the 180-yard low hurdle race. He finished in fourth place in the hurdles race with a time of 18.8 seconds.<ref name=jagan/> The winner, William "Bill" Tipton of Pontiac Central High School in Pontiac, [[Michigan]], set a new national record of 18.3. Upton's was the fourth fastest ever for a race on a turn. R. W. "Bob" Jarvis an official of the Golden West Relays, in an email to the dermatologist Dr. Thomas Drew Carey of [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]] in December 2006, said that the runners were aided by a 3.74 m.p.h. wind. The maximum allowable wind speed is 4.473 m.p.h. Upton capped his high school career by being named All-American in track.​<ref name=jagan/>

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After high school, Upton attended [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]] on a track [[scholarship]] for his freshman year. He ran the maximum five events permitted while he was on the LSU track team. He transferred to ULM, then known as Northeast Louisiana State College, where Robert E. "Bob" Groseclose (1920-2002) was his coach. Groseclose coached track at ULM for twenty-nine years, a record duration among all coaches in all sports at the university. In 1996, ULM named its track field to honor Groseclose, a native [[Texas|Texan]]. At ULM, Upton was shifted to the longer hurdle race, the 440-yard or 400-meter hurdles. He was named an [[NCAA]] All-American in 1972. Only one other athlete from his hometown of Minden, James Britt, of the LSU football team, had received "All-American" designation. Some of Upton's records still stand at ULM. In 1994, he was inducted into the ULM Athletic Hall of Fame and the Arkansas-Louisiana-Texas Athletic Hall of Fame. In 1998, he was inducted into the ULM Graduate N Club.<ref name=jagan/>​

After high school, Upton attended [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]] on a track scholarship for his freshman year. He ran the maximum five events permitted while he was on the LSU track team. He transferred to ULM, then known as Northeast Louisiana State College, where Robert E. "Bob" Groseclose (1920-2002) was his coach. Groseclose coached track at ULM for twenty-nine years, a record duration among all coaches in all sports at the university. In 1996, ULM named its track field to honor Groseclose, a native [[Texas|Texan]]. At ULM, Upton was shifted to the longer hurdle race, the 440-yard or 400-meter hurdles. He was named an [[NCAA]] All-American in 1972. Only one other athlete from his hometown of Minden, James Britt, of the LSU football team, had received "All-American" designation. Some of Upton's records still stand at ULM. In 1994, he was inducted into the ULM Athletic Hall of Fame and the Arkansas-Louisiana-Texas Athletic Hall of Fame. In 1998, he was inducted into the ULM Graduate N Club.<ref name=jagan/>​

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==Death at 53===​

==Death at 53===​