- Born
- Died
- Birth nameOrenthal James Simpson
- Nicknames
- The Juice
- O.J.
- Juice
- Height6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
- Orenthal James Simpson, was an American former football running back, broadcaster, actor, advertising spokesman.
Simpson attended the University of Southern California, where he played football for the USC Trojans and won the Heisman Trophy in 1968. He played professionally as a running back in the NFL for 11 seasons, primarily with the Buffalo Bills from 1969 to 1977. He also played for the San Francisco 49ers from 1978 to 1979. In 1973, he became the first NFL player to rush for more than 2,000 yards in a season. He holds the record for the single season yards-per-game average, which stands at 143.1. He was the only player to ever rush for over 2,000 yards in the 14-game regular season NFL format.
Simpson was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1983 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1985. After retiring from football, he began new careers in acting and football broadcasting.- IMDb mini biography by: Tango Papa
- SpousesNicole Brown Simpson(February 2, 1985 - October 15, 1992) (divorced, 2 children)Marguerite Whitley(June 24, 1967 - March 1979) (divorced, 3 children)
- ChildrenAaren Lashone Simpson
- ParentsJimmy Lee Simpson
- RelativesCarmelita Simpson-Durio(Sibling)Shirley Simpson-Baker(Sibling)Melvin Leon Simpson(Sibling)
- Deep baritone voice
- Was considered for the title role in The Terminator (1984), but producers feared he was "too nice" to be taken seriously as a cold-blooded killer.
- A Las Vegas (NV) jury convicted him of armed robbery and kidnapping in 2008, 13 years to the day after he was acquitted of killing ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman.
- The second professional athlete to host Saturday Night Live (1975) (February 25, 1978). He was the only former host not invited to attend the show's 25th Anniversary Special.
- Multiple attempts at a Hollywood comeback yielded no offers.
- On June 17, 1994, OJ Simpson was arrested and charged with the June 12, 1994 murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman. OJ was tried for the double murders with special circumstances on January 24, 1995, and on October 3, 1995, he was found not guilty after 16 months of confinement.
- [1998, in Esquire Magazine] Let's say I committed this crime . . . even if I did do this, it would have been because I loved her very much, right?
- [1975, in Playboy magazine] The day you take complete responsibility for yourself, the day you stop making any excuses, that's the day you start to the top.
- [1995, on his acquittal] When things have settled down a bit I will pursue as my primary goal in life the killer or killers who slaughtered [Nicole Brown Simpson] and [Ron Goldman].
- [1970s, interview with Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service about his acting career] Obviously, I'm not Dustin Hoffman. I have to play an athletic type, just as Woody Allen has to play a wimp type. No matter how many acting lessons I took, the public just wouldn't buy me as Othello.
- If there wasn't no fight, there wasn't no weekend.
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