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Born July 9, 1947 · San Francisco, California, USA
Orenthal James Simpson (July 9, 1947 – April 10, 2024) was an American football player, actor, and broadcaster. He played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons, primarily with the Buffalo Bills, and is regarded as one of the greatest running backs of all time. Once a popular figure with the American public, Simpson's professional success was later overshadowed by his 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, Simpson 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. In 1973, he 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. Simpson holds the record for the single-season yards-per-game average at 143.1. After retiring with the San Francisco 49ers in 1979, Simpson pursued an acting and broadcasting career. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1983 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1985. In June 1994, Simpson was arrested and charged with the murders of Brown and Goldman. He was acquitted in a lengthy and internationally publicized trial, but found liable for the deaths three years later in a civil suit from the victims' families. Prior to his death, Simpson had paid little of the $33.5 million judgment (equivalent to $64 million in 2023). In 2007, Simpson was arrested in Las Vegas, Nevada, and charged with armed robbery and kidnapping. In 2008, he was convicted and sentenced to 33 years' imprisonment, with a minimum of nine years without parole. He served his sentence at the Lovelock Correctional Center near Lovelock, Nevada. He was granted parole in July 2017, released from prison in October, and granted early release from his parole in December 2021 by the Nevada Division of Parole and Probation. He died in 2024 at the age of 76 from prostate cancer. Description above from the Wikipedia article O. J. Simpson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Elway
2025
Detective Tom Lange and the O.J. Simpson Case (Part 1)
2025

TMZ Presents | O.J.: How He Really Did It
2024

The Life & Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson
2024

Most Famous Murder: The O.J. Simpson Trial
2024

O.J. Simpson: Blood, Lies & Murder
2023

O.J. Simpson: The Lost Confession?
2018

O.J.: Guilty in Vegas
2017

O.J.: Made in America
2016

The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story
2016

O.J. Speaks: The Hidden Tapes
2015

The Secret Tapes of the O.J. Case: The Untold Story
2015

2012: Time for Change
2010

History of the Buffalo Bills
2009

Juiced with O.J. Simpson
2006

Midnight Blue, Vol. 3: Celebrities Edition
2006

Murders of Hollywood
2003

Bamboozled
2000

Absolutely 100% Guilty
1999

O.J. Simpson: The Interview
1996

Nicole's Revenge
1995

O.J. Fitness: Minimum Maintenance Fitness for Men
1994
Fall from Grace: O.J.'s Last Run
1994

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994

No Place to Hide
1992

C.I.A. Code Name: Alexa
1992

The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
1991