The promising life of OJ Simpson wasn’t so promising after all…. According to Buffalo Sports Hall Of Fame.com OJ was a star Buffalo Bills Running back from 1969-1977 if not one of the best Bills players to ever play. OJ was an All-American four years straight in college at the University of Southern California, and the City College of San Francisco. He didn’t stop there though, as he received the Heisman Trophy award for his outstanding skills in college football. He was also named the Associated Press and the United Press International college athlete of the year. OJ then continued his career with the Buffalo Bills in the 1969 AFL-NFL draft. OJ would later play ten seasons with the Bills setting multiple franchise records. He had the most career rushing yards (10,183 yards) and his highest career rushing average was at 4.8 yards per carry which is very impressive. Simpson wasn’t done yet tho as his 1973 season he was the first running back to rush for 2,003 yards in just fourteen games, and he was also named the American Football Conference Most Valuable Player of the Year from 1972,73, and 75 in 1975 he was also named NFL most valuable player. OJ was later inducted into the College Football Hall Of Fame and the NFL Hall Of Fame.
OJ was showing a very promising career when one day his whole life took a change for the worse. ( According to Britannica.com) OJ was acquitted in 1995 for the murder of his ex wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman. It was named as one of the most notorious criminal trials in America. On June 12, 1994 Simpson’s ex wife and Ronald Goldman were stabbed outside her condominium in Los Angeles. Immediately OJ was the prime suspect in this murder case. OJ didn’t help his case, rather than turning himself in he hid in the back of his friends sport utility vehicle driven by his friend A.C. Cowlings. While the police were chasing the vehicle they were notified that OJ was wielding a firearm, so the police followed at slow speeds for around an hour as the so-called “chase” was racking in 95 million viewers. Simpson was later brought into custody, when OJ was brought into custody he pleaded not guilty as he was the prime suspect due to the late divorce between his wife. During the trial the Simpsons defense team relied heavily on the fact of mishandling evidence, and racist motivations from the Los Angeles Police. OJ wasn’t in the clear though as a detective found a bloody glove in OJ’s home, once the evidence was brought up in the trial the defense team then claimed that the glove was too small to fit the large hands of OJ Simpson, they also brought claims of evidence planting from the detectives. OJ was later found not guilty after a four hour trial, and was released with no charges, but was being sued by the families of the deceased. Not even four months later OJ was found guilty of his crimes and was to pay the families 33.5 million dollars in damages.
OJ Simpson met his end this week as he passed away at the age of 76. (according to NBC News.com) OJ’s lawyer came out and said that OJ had passed away from cancer, and that his body is to be cremated in the next couple of days, and that they will not be donating his brain to science to be studied, as it will be cremated as well. Simpson’s lawyer came out and said that he has had multiple scientists reach out asking to study the brain for (CTE) or Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, which is found in most pro football players. There is to be a celebration held in honor of OJ this upcoming week that is being limited to close friends and family.
