Robert Forster
American actor (1941-2019)
O.J. Simpson was a legendary NFL running back known as “the Juice” who had a successful career with the Buffalo Bills. However, his life was overshadowed by his highly publicized murder trial in 1994, where he was controversially acquitted of killing his ex-wife and her friend, despite later being found liable in a civil suit.
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Orenthal James Simpsonfor 11 seasons, primarily with the Buffalo Bills. Simpson is regarded as one of the greatest running backs of all time, but his success was overshadowed by his criminal trial and controversial acquittal for the murders of his former wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman in 1994.
Simpson played college football for the USC Trojans, where he won the Heisman Trophy as a senior, and was selected first overall by the Bills in the 1969 NFL/AFL draft. During his nine seasons with the Bills, he received five consecutive Pro Bowl and first-team All-Pro selections from 1972 to 1976. He also led the league in rushing yards four times, in rushing touchdowns twice, and in points scored in 1975. Simpson became the first NFL player to rush for more than 2,000 yards in a season, earning him NFL Most Valuable Player (MVP), and is the only NFL player to do so in a 14-game regular season. He holds the record for the single-season yards-per-game average at 143.1. He acquired the nickname “Juice” as a play on “OJ”, a common abbreviation for orange juice. After retiring with the San Francisco 49ers in 1979, he acted in film and television, became a sportscaster, and was a spokesman for a wide variety of products and companies, notably Hertz. He was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1983 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1985.
In June 1994, Simpson was charged with murdering Brown and Goldman after they were stabbed to death in Los Angeles. His eight-month murder trial received international publicity and exacerbated racial divisions in the U.S., culminating with his acquittal in October 1995. Three years later, he was found liable for the murders in a civil suit from the victims’ families but paid little of the $33.5 million judgment. In 2007, Simpson was arrested in Las Vegas, Nevada, and charged with armed robbery and kidnapping. He was convicted the following year and sentenced to 33 years’ imprisonment with a minimum of nine years without parole. Simpson served his sentence at the Lovelock Correctional Center in rural Nevada until being paroled and released in 2017. For the remainder of his life, he resided in Florida and Nevada.
O.J. Simpson’s nickname was ,the Juice,, which was a play on the abbreviation ,OJ, for orange juice.
O.J. Simpson played in the NFL for 11 seasons, primarily with the Buffalo Bills.
O.J. Simpson was the first NFL player to rush for more than 2,000 yards in a season, earning him the NFL Most Valuable Player (MVP) award.
In 1994, O.J. Simpson was charged with murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman, which led to a highly publicized trial that exacerbated racial divisions in the U.S.
Despite the charges, O.J. Simpson was controversially acquitted of the murders in 1995, but was later found liable for the deaths in a civil suit.
In 2007, O.J. Simpson was arrested in Las Vegas and charged with armed robbery and kidnapping, for which he was convicted and sentenced to 33 years in prison, serving until his parole in 2017.
O.J. Simpson was born on July 9, 1947 in San Francisco, California.
I really have reached a point where I can write a book about all of this.
American football player and actor (1947-2024)
If there wasn’t no fight, there wasn’t no weekend.
American football player and actor (1947-2024)
I tend to watch a little TV… Court TV, once in a while. Some of the cases I get interested in.
American football player and actor (1947-2024)
Oh my God, Nicole is killed? Oh my God, she is dead?
American football player and actor (1947-2024)
I think I’ve been a great citizen.
American football player and actor (1947-2024)
I could not tell you the date of my mother’s death. I could not tell you the date of my dad’s death. These are not dates that I find significant.
American football player and actor (1947-2024)
What do you mean you have my children at the police station? Why are my kids at the police station?
American football player and actor (1947-2024)
I didn’t beat her. I just pushed her out of bed.
American football player and actor (1947-2024)
Nicole will come up in conversations where it’s in a part of the conversation. Or we may be somewhere and I would tell some story about their mother and I. You know, we always honor her birthday.
American football player and actor (1947-2024)
I’ve been very clear. I won. I didn’t commit the crime.
American football player and actor (1947-2024)
I don’t know how often I can discuss one incident in my entire life, but I’ll continue to do that.
American football player and actor (1947-2024)
I’m absolutely, l00 percent, not guilty.
American football player and actor (1947-2024)
I have always wanted to be liked and respected.
American football player and actor (1947-2024)
My NFL pension can barely pay my son’s tuition. You know, it’s very little money.
American football player and actor (1947-2024)
I had one fight in my adult life. I had the famous ’89 fight with Nicole, which she admits that she initiated the physical part.
American football player and actor (1947-2024)
I’m enjoying the money, the big house, the cars; what ghetto kid wouldn’t?
American football player and actor (1947-2024)
The day you take complete responsibility for yourself, the day you stop making any excuses, that’s the day you start to the top.
American football player and actor (1947-2024)
Money takes wings. The only thing that endures is character.
American football player and actor (1947-2024)
I did not have anything to do with these murders. Ever.
American football player and actor (1947-2024)