Leadership
The current president of the NFLPA is Domonique Foxworth and the executive director is DeMaurice Smith. As of 2012, the executive committee consisted of the following current and retired NFL players: Charlie Batch, Brees, Brian Dawkins, Fujita, Matt Hasselbeck, Matt Light, Brandon Moore, Jeff Saturday, Brian Waters, and Benjamin Watson. Each NFL team also has a player representative, along with two to three alternate representatives.
| Leader | Year(s) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Executive Directors | |||||||||
| John Gordy | January 16, 1969–November 1, 1969 | ||||||||
| None | November 1, 1969–1971 | ||||||||
| Ed Garvey | 1971–1983 | ||||||||
| Gene Upshaw | June 13, 1983–August 21, 2008 | ||||||||
| Richard Berthelsen | August 21, 2008–March 16, 2009 as Interim Executive Director | ||||||||
| DeMaurice Smith | March 16, 2009–present | ||||||||
| Presidents | |||||||||
| NFLPA (pre-merger) | |||||||||
| Bill Howton | January 26, 1958–January 4, 1962 | ||||||||
| Pete Retzlaff | January 4, 1962–January 5, 1964 | ||||||||
| Ordell Braase | January 5, 1964–January 8, 1967 | ||||||||
| Mike Pyle | January 8, 1967–January 11, 1968 | ||||||||
| John Gordy | January 11, 1968–January 16, 1969 | ||||||||
| John Mackey | January 16, 1969–1970 | ||||||||
| AFLPA | |||||||||
| Tom Addison | January 14, 1964–1965 | ||||||||
| Jack Kemp | 1965–1970 | ||||||||
| NFLPA (post-merger) | |||||||||
| John Mackey | 1970–1973 | ||||||||
| Bill Curry | 1973–May 31, 1975 | ||||||||
| Kermit Alexander | May 31, 1975–March 8, 1976 | ||||||||
| Dick Anderson | March 8, 1976–January 26, 1978 | ||||||||
| Len Hauss | January 26, 1978–1980 | ||||||||
| Gene Upshaw | 1980–June 13, 1983 | ||||||||
| Jeff Van Note | June 13, 1983–February 1984 | ||||||||
| Tom Condon | February, 1984–April 24, 1986 | ||||||||
| Marvin Powell | April 24, 1986–March 4, 1988 | ||||||||
| George Martin | March 4, 1988–June 13, 1989 | ||||||||
| Mike Kenn | June 13, 1989–March 16, 1996 | ||||||||
| Trace Armstrong | March 16, 1996–March 29, 2004 | ||||||||
| Troy Vincent | March 29, 2004–March 19, 2008 | ||||||||
| Kevin Mawae | March 19, 2008–March 25, 2012 | ||||||||
| Domonique Foxworth | March 25, 2012–present | ||||||||
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